Benjamin Moukandjo

Benjamin Moukandjo Bilé (born 12 November 1988) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Benjamin Moukandjo

Moukandjo with Cameroon at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Moukandjo Bilé
Date of birth	(1988-11-12) 12 November 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Douala, Cameroon
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1998–2006	Kadji SA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007	Kadji SA	15	(12)
2007–2009	Rennes B	14	(2)
2008–2009	Rennes	0	(0)
2008–2009	→ L'Entente (loan)	11	(0)
2009–2011	Nîmes	46	(8)
2011	Monaco	16	(3)
2011–2014	Nancy	89	(19)
2014–2015	Reims	31	(8)
2015–2017	Lorient	56	(26)
2017–2018	Jiangsu Suning	10	(7)
2018	→ Beijing Renhe (loan)	18	(7)
2019–2020	Lens	4	(0)
2020–2021	Valenciennes	2	(0)
2021	AEL	10	(0)
International career
2011–2018	Cameroon	57	(10)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2017 Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:58, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Moukandjo began his career in hometown's Kadji Sports Academy, joining the club's youth setup in 1998, aged 10. Nine years later he moved to France, joining Rennes. In September 2008, after making appearances only for the reserve team of Rennes, he was loaned out to L'Entente SSG.^[1]

Moukandjo returned to Rennes in June 2009, but rescinded his link and joined Nîmes on 31 August 2009.^[2] He appeared regularly for the side in Ligue 2.

Later he moved to Monaco on 31 January 2011.^[3]

In May 2011, after Monaco's relegation to Ligue 2, Moukandjo was linked with Liverpool.^[4] He joined Nancy on 12 August 2011 by signing a three-season contract.^[5]

On 18 July 2014, Moukandjo moved to Ligue 1 side Reims on a two-year deal.^[6]

On 5 August 2015, Moukandjo joined Lorient, also of Ligue 1.^[7] On 8 April 2017, he scored two of Lorient's goals and provided an assist for Sylvain Marveaux in their 4–1 league away win over Lyon.^[8]

On 13 July 2017, Moukandjo moved to the Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning on a two-year deal.^[9][10] On 28 February 2018, Moukandjo was loaned to Beijing Renhe until 31 December 2018.^[11][12]

In March 2019 he left Jiangsu Suning by mutual consent.^[13]

On 11 September 2019, Moukandjo joined Ligue 2 side Lens.^[14][15]

On 23 January 2020, after his release with Lens, Moukandjo joined Ligue 2 rivals Valenciennes where he played just two games.^[16]

On 28 January 2021, Moukandjo signed with Greek club AEL.^[17][18]

International career

On 4 June 2011, Moukandjo made his debut for the Cameroon national football team, starting in a 0–0 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification draw against Senegal.^[19] He netted his first international goal on 16 June of the following year, the winner against Guinea-Bissau.^[20]

Moukandjo was selected in Cameroon's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and started in all three group matches, against Mexico, Croatia and Brazil respectively.^[21]

At the 2015 African Cup of Nations, he scored Cameroon's goal in a 1–1 draw with Guinea at the group stage.^[22]

Two years later, he was named Man of the Match in the final as Cameroon won the Africa Cup of Nations for the fifth time.^[23] He was the captain of the Cameroon national team for this tournament.

In September 2018 he retired from international duty,^[24] having scored eight goals in 57 appearances.^[25]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[26][27]

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rennes B	2007–08[citation needed]	CFA	12	2	—		—		12	2
	2008–09[citation needed]		2	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		14	2	0	0	0	0	14	2
L'Entente	2008–09	National	11	0	—		—		11	0
Nîmes	2009–10	Ligue 2	31	3	3	0	—		34	3
	2010–11		15	5	5	2	—		20	7
	Total		46	8	8	2	0	0	54	10
Monaco	2010–11	Ligue 1	16	3	2	0	—		18	3
Nancy	2011–12	Ligue 1	27	5	1	0	—		28	5
	2012–13		35	5	4	4	—		39	9
	2013–14	Ligue 2	27	9	—		—		27	9
	Total		89	19	5	4	0	0	94	23
Reims	2014–15	Ligue 1	31	8	1	0	—		32	8
Lorient	2015–16	Ligue 1	31	13	3	0	—		34	13
	2016–17		25	13	—		—		25	13
	Total		56	26	3	0	0	0	59	26
Jiangsu Suning	2017	Chinese Super League	10	7	1	1	—		11	8
Beijing Renhe (loan)	2018		18	7	1	0	—		19	7
Lens	2019–20	Ligue 2	3	0	1	1	—		4	1
Valenciennes			2	0	0	0	—		2	0
AEL	2020–21	Super League Greece	10	0	1	0	—		11	0
Career total			306	80	24	8	0	0	329	88

1. Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Greek Football Cup.

International

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moukandjo goal.^[28]

List of international goals scored by Benjamin Moukandjo

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 June 2012	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Guinea-Bissau	1–0	1–0	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2	17 November 2013	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Tunisia	2–0	4–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	24 January 2015	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Guinea	1–0	1–1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
4	30 March 2015	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–2	3–2	Friendly
5	3 September 2016	Limbe Stadium, Limbe, Cameroon	Gambia	1–0	2–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6	9 October 2016	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida, Algeria	Algeria	1–1	1–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	10 January 2017	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon	Zimbabwe	1–1	1–1	Friendly
8	14 January 2017	Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville, Gabon	Burkina Faso	1–1	1–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Cameroon

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2017^[24]

References

1. Prêt, officiel : Moukandjo à Sannois Saint-Gratien (Loan, official: Moukandjo to Sannois Saint-Gratien); Stade Rennais Online, 15 September 2008 (in French)
2. Rennes: Moukandjo à Nîmes (Rennes: Moukandjo to Nîmes) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Mercato 365, 31 August 2009 (in French)
3. Moukandjo pour remplacer Aubameyang (Moukandjo to replace Aubameyang); Football.fr, 31 January 2011 (in French)
4. Benjamin Moukandjo lined up by Liverpool as Gervinho alternative; Metro, 31 May 2011
5. Moukandjo a choisi Nancy (Moukandjo chooses Nancy); Nancy's official website, 12 August 2011 (in French)
6. Benjamin Moukandjo signe au Stade de Reims (Benjamin Moukandjo sign at the Stade de Reims) Archived 23 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Reims's official website, 18 July 2014 (in French)
7. "Mercato. Benjamin Moukandjo signe à Lorient". Ouest France (in French). 5 August 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
8. "Moukandjo, Lorient leave Lyon stunned". www.ligue1.com. 8 April 2017.
9. Bongben, Leocadia (14 July 2017). "Cameroon captain Moukandjo joins China's Jiangsu Suning". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
10. 苏宁宣布法甲13球射手加盟 签约2年身披38号 at sina.com 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017 (in Chinese)
11. Okeleji, Oluwashina (28 February 2018). "Cameroon captain Moukandjo joins Chinese side Beijing Renhe on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
12. 人和官宣穆坎乔租借加盟 at sohu.com 28 February 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018 (in Chinese)
13. Okeleji, Oluwashina (3 March 2019). "Benjamin Moukandjo: Ex-Cameroon skipper leaves Jiangsu Suning". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
14. "NOUVELLE RECRUE" (in French). RC Lens. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
15. Okeleji, Oluwashina (12 September 2019). "Benjamin Moukandjo: Ex-Cameroon skipper returns to France with Lens". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
16. "Official | Valenciennes welcome Benjamin Moukandjo | Get French Football News". www.getfootballnewsfrance.com. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
17. "Le Camerounais Benjamin Moukandjo signe en Grèce" [Cameroonian Benjamin Moukandjo signs in Greece]. RFI (in French). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
18. "Ανακοίνωση Λυσης Συμβολαιων". www.aelfc.gr/. 14 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
19. Cameroun-Sénégal: la CAN s'éloigne (0–0) (Cameroon–Senegal: the CAN is far); Okabol, 4 June 2011 (in French)
20. Eliminatoires CAN 2013: Cameroun 1 – Guinee Bissau 0 (CAN 2013 Qualifications: Cameroon 1 – Guinea-Bissau 0) Archived 19 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Cameroon-Info, 16 June 2012 (in French)
21. "8 Benjamin MOUKANDJO". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
22. "Cameroon 1-1 Guinea". BBC. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
23. Edwards, Piers (6 February 2017). "How Cameroon's Indomitable Lions roared again". BBC News. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
24. Enow, Njie (23 September 2018). "Moukandjo: Nations Cup winning captain retires from Cameroon duty". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
25. "Benjamin Moukandjo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
26. "Benjamin Moukandjo". L'Equipe. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
27. Ligue 1 profile; Ligue 1. Retrieved on 11 June 2014 (in French)
28. Benjamin Moukandjo at Soccerway

External links

• Stade Rennais profile (in French)
• Benjamin Moukandjo – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)