Mousa Dembele
Mousa Dembele (born 16 July 1987) is a Belgian former professional football player. He was a winger. He made over 400 league appearances over an 18-year career.
![]() Dembélé with Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mousa Sidi Yaya Dembélé | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1987
(aged 38)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Antwerp, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Germinal Beerschot | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Germinal Beerschot | 20 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Willem II | 33 | (9) |
| 2006–2010 | AZ | 118 | (24) |
| 2010–2012 | Fulham | 62 | (5) |
| 2012–2019 | Tottenham Hotspur | 181 | (7) |
| 2019–2022 | Guangzhou City | 45 | (1) |
| Total | 451 | (47) | |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2003 | Belgium U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Belgium U17 | 6 | (1) |
| 2004 | Belgium U18 | 1 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Belgium U19 | 12 | (3) |
| 2006–2018 | Belgium | 82 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:01, 31 December 2020 (UTC) | |||
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 27 September 2023[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Germinal Beerschot | 2003–04 | BFD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 22 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 23 | 2 | |||||
| Willem II | 2005–06 | Eredivisie | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 3[d] | 1 | 39 | 10 | |
| AZ | 2006–07 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 4 | – | 12[c] | 4 | 2[e] | 0 | 52 | 14 | ||
| 2007–08 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 6[c] | 1 | – | 40 | 5 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 2[e] | 0 | 28 | 12 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | 6[f] | 0 | 4[g] | 0 | 40 | 6 | |||
| Total | 118 | 24 | 10 | 8 | – | 24 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 160 | 37 | |||
| Fulham | 2010–11 | Premier League | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 5 | ||
| 2011–12 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[h] | 0 | – | 45 | 2 | |||
| 2012–13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7[h] | 0 | – | 75 | 7 | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2012–13 | Premier League | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10[h] | 1 | – | 42 | 2 | |
| 2013–14 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9[h] | 1 | – | 41 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7[h] | 0 | – | 40 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[h] | 1 | – | 35 | 4 | |||
| 2016–17 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[i] | 0 | – | 39 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[f] | 0 | – | 40 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 181 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 44 | 3 | – | 250 | 10 | |||
| Guangzhou City | 2019 | CSL | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2020 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 45 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 459 | 47 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 77 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 592 | 67 | ||
- ↑ Includes Belgian Cup, KNVB Cup, FA Cup, Chinese FA Cup
- ↑ Includes Football League Cup
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
- ↑ Appearances in Eredivisie relegation play-offs
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearances in Eredivisie European qualification play-offs
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield, three appearances in Eredivisie European qualification play-offs
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- Source:[4]
| Belgium | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 1 |
| 2007 | 7 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 |
| 2009 | 9 | 1 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | 11 | 0 |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 82 | 5 |
- Source:[5]
| International goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 11 October 2006 | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | 3–0 | 3–0 | Euro 2008 qualifying | |
| 2. | 22 August 2007 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | 1–0 | 3–2 | Euro 2008 qualifying | |
| 3. | 22 August 2007 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | 3–1 | 3–2 | Euro 2008 qualifying | |
| 4. | 17 October 2007 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | 2–0 | 3–0 | Euro 2008 qualifying | |
| 5. | 28 March 2009 | Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2010 WCQ | |
Honours
AZ
Tottenham Hotspur
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2014–15[7]
Belgium
- FIFA World Cup third place: 2018[8]
References
- ↑ "Mousa Dembélé: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ↑ "Mousa Dembélé". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Archived from the original on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ↑ Mousa Dembélé career stats at Soccerbase
- ↑ Mousa Dembélé at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Moussa Dembélé". eu-football.info. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ↑ "OFFICIAL: Moussa Dembele Joins Fulham From AZ". Goal.com. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (1 March 2015). Chelsea 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur. BBC Sport. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31572594. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ "Belgium 2–0 England: Line-ups". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
Other websites
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- Mousa Dembélé at tottenhamhotspur.com
- Mousa Dembele career stats at Soccerbase
- Mousa Dembele at Soccerway
- Mousa Dembele at National-Football-Teams.com
- Premier League profile Archived 25 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Mousa Dembele at ESPN FC
