Mickaël David Alphonse (born 12 July 1989) is Former professional

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who plays as a

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. Born in

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, he represents

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at international level.

Club career

Alphonse started his career with

CS Louhans-Cuiseaux Louhans-Cuiseaux Football Club is a football club located in Louhans, France. History The club was founded in 1970 as ''Club Sportif Louhans Cuiseaux 71'' after the merger of ''Club Sportif Louhannais'' (founded in 1916) and ''Club de Cuiseaux'' ...

and made his senior debut on 7 September 2007 in the 2–2 draw with

Pau FC Pau Football Club, commonly referred to as Pau FC, is a professional football club based in Pau, capital of Béarn, France. Pau FC plays its home matches at the Nouste Camp and competes in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Nicknam ...

, coming on as a second-half substitute for Hicham Elouaari. He went on to make 58 league appearances for the club, scoring eight times. In the summer of 2010, he transferring to

FC Rouen Football Club de Rouen 1899 (; commonly referred to as simply FC Rouen) is a French association football club based in Rouen, Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive w ...

. The following year Alphonse switched clubs again, this time joining

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side AS Moulins. He went on to spend two seasons with the club, playing almost 50 games in all competitions. Alphonse signed for Bourg-Péronnas ahead of the 2013–14 campaign and in his second season with the club he was part of the side that finished third in the Championnat National and thereby earned promotion to

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for the first time in the team's history. In July 2016, Alphone signed a two-year contract with Ligue 2 club FC Sochaux Montbeliard. In July 2018, he signed a three-year contract for Ligue 1 side

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

. On 21 August 2020, he became an

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...

player. On 3 February 2022, he signed for a one-year contract with the Israeli Primer League

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. On 1 July 2022, Alphonse returned to France and signed a two-year deal with

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International career

Alphonse was born in metropolitan

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and is of Guadeloupean descent. He made his debut for the Guadeloupe national team in a 3–0

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win over Saint Martin on 11 September 2018.

Career statistics

Honours

Maccabi Haifa *

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

: 2021–22

References

External links

Mickaël Alphonse
at foot-national.com * Living people 1989 births Footballers from Champigny-sur-Marne French people of Guadeloupean descent Guadeloupean men's footballers French men's footballers Men's association football defenders Guadeloupe men's international footballers 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Israeli Premier League players Louhans-Cuiseaux FC players FC Rouen players AS Moulins players Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Dijon FCO players Amiens SC players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players AC Ajaccio players Guadeloupean expatriate men's footballers Guadeloupean expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Black French sportspeople 21st-century French sportsmen {{Guadeloupe-footy-bio-stub