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Steve Mounié
Mounié training in 2014
Personal information
Full name Steve Michel Mounié[1]
Date of birth (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Parakou, Benin
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 FC Augsburg
Number 15
Youth career
2009–2014 Montpellier
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Montpellier 37 (14)
2015–2016 → Nîmes (loan) 32 (11)
2017–2020 Huddersfield Town 89 (17)
2020–2024 Brest 125 (30)
2024– FC Augsburg 16 (1)
2025–2026 → Alanyaspor (loan) 21 (2)
International career‡
2015– Benin 71 (23)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026

Steve Michel Mounié (born 29 September 1994) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a striker for German Bundesliga club FC Augsburg and the Benin national team.[2]

Club career

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Montpellier

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Mounié is a Montpellier youth academy graduate. He made his first team debut on 28 October 2014 in a 2014–15 Coupe de la Ligue round of 32 home match against Ajaccio, replacing Jean Deza after 86 minutes; Montpellier lost the match 1–0.[3]

On 31 August 2015, Mounié was loaned to Nîmes of Ligue 2 for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[4] He was the club's top scorer for the season, with 11 goals in 33 competitive matches, all of them scored during the league campaign.

On 29 June 2016, Mounié extended his contract with Montpellier by two years to 30 June 2019.[5]

On 11 March 2017, Mounié scored for the fifth consecutive Ligue 1 match in a 3–2 home loss to Nantes; it was his 13th league goal of the season.[6]

Huddersfield Town

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On 5 July 2017, Mounié joined newly promoted Premier League club Huddersfield Town on a four-year deal for a club record fee of €13 million (£11.5 million) plus add-ons. The record fee surpassed the previous record £8 million (initial fee) that the club spent on Aaron Mooy from Manchester City a week earlier.[7]

Mounié made his competitive debut on 12 August 2017, scoring twice in Huddersfield's first match in the division, a 3–0 win at Crystal Palace.[8] On 11 February 2018, he scored, assisted Mooy and forced an own goal in a 4–1 home win over AFC Bournemouth.[9]

Brest

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On 9 September 2020, Mounié signed with Ligue 1 side Brest.[10]

FC Augsburg

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On 5 July 2024, Mouniè joined Bundesliga side FC Augsburg on a three-year contract.[11]

International career

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Mouniè played for Benin national team at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations where the team reached the quarter-finals.[12]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 27 April 2026[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Montpellier 2014–15 Ligue 1 00001010
2015–16 20000020
2016–17 351410213815
Total 371410314115
Nîmes (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 2 321110003311
Huddersfield Town 2017–18 Premier League 2873200319
2018–19 3121000322
2019–20 Championship 3081010328
Total 891752109519
Brest 2020–21 Ligue 1 35921—3710
2021–22 35931—3810
2022–23 23620—256
2023–24 32631—357
Total 125301030013533
FC Augsburg 2024–25 Bundesliga 16110—171
2025–26 0011—11
Total 16121—182
Alanyaspor (loan) 2025–26 Süper Lig 21247—259
Career total 2307523134137789

International

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As of match played 31 March 2026[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Benin 201520
201631
201740
201841
2019125
202031
202193
202252
202383
2024103
202593
202621
Total7123
Scores and results list Benin's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mounié goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by Steve Mounié
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
123 March 2016Juba Stadium, Juba, South Sudan South Sudan2–02–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
217 November 2018Independence Stadium, Bakau, Gambia Gambia1–01–32019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
324 March 2019Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin Togo2–12–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
418 June 2019Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco Mauritania1–03–1Friendly
52–1
63–1
713 October 2019Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin Zambia1–12–2Friendly
811 October 2020Estádio Pina Manique, Lisbon, Portugal Gabon2–02–0Friendly
92 September 2021Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar Madagascar1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
107 October 2021National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tanzania1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
1111 November 2021Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin Madagascar2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
1224 March 2022Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey Liberia4–04–0Friendly
1329 March 2022Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey Togo1–11–1Friendly
1422 March 2023Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin Rwanda1–11–12023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
159 September 2023Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique Mozambique1–02–32023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1618 November 2023Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa South Africa1–21–22026 FIFA World Cup qualification
1710 June 2024Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Nigeria2–12–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
1810 September 2024Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Libya1–12–12025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
1911 October 2024Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Rwanda1–03–02025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2020 March 2025Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa Zimbabwe1–02–22026 FIFA World Cup qualification
215 September 2025Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Zimbabwe1–01–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
229 September 2025Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Lesotho1–04–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
2331 March 2026Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco Guinea1–01–0Friendly

References

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  1. ↑ "Benin" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "S. Mounié". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Montpellier vs Ajaccio 0–1". Soccerway. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Trois recrues pour Nîmes". L'Équipe. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Montpellier : Steve Mounié prolonge son contrat". L'Équipe. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sala nets winner as Nantes beat Montpellier". ligue1.com. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Steve Mounie: Huddersfield sign Montpellier striker for a club-record fee". BBC. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Doyale, Paul (12 August 2017). "Steve Mounié double gives Huddersfield perfect start against Crystal Palace". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ "Huddersfield Town 4–1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 11 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Stade Brestois. Steve Mounié à Brest, c'est officiel". Ouest France (in French). 9 September 2020. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Mittelstürmer Steve Mounié wechselt zum FCA" [Centre forward Steve Mounié moves to FCA]. www.fcaugsburg.de (in German). 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Total Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019". CAFOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019.
  13. ↑ Steve Mounié at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  14. 1 2 Steve Mounié at National-Football-Teams.com
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