Anthony Knockaert

Anthony Patrick Knockaert (born 20 November 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Ligue 2 club Valenciennes.

Anthony Knockaert

Knockaert playing for Brighton & Hove Albion in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Patrick Knockaert[1]
Date of birth	(1991-11-20) 20 November 1991 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth	Roubaix, France
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Valenciennes
Number	93
Youth career
1997–1999	Wasquehal
1999–2001	Leers
2001–2004	Lens
2004–2007	Mouscron
2007–2009	Lesquin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Guingamp	59	(13)
2012–2015	Leicester City	93	(13)
2015–2016	Standard Liège	20	(5)
2016–2020	Brighton & Hove Albion	127	(25)
2019–2020	→ Fulham (loan)	38	(3)
2020–2023	Fulham	8	(0)
2020–2021	→ Nottingham Forest (loan)	34	(2)
2022–2023	→ Volos (loan)	9	(1)
2023	→ Huddersfield Town (loan)	5	(0)
2023–	Valenciennes	0	(0)
National team
2011–2012	France U20	10	(4)
2012	France U21	3	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:25, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Career statistics

As of 5 February 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Guingamp	2010–11[3]	Championnat National	23	2	0	0	4	3	—		27	5
	2011–12[3]	Ligue 2	36	11	2	0	2	2	—		40	13
	Total		59	13	2	0	6	5	—		67	18
Leicester City	2012–13[4]	Championship	42	8	2	0	1	1	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	47	9
	2013–14[5]	Championship	42	5	1	0	5	2	—		48	7
	2014–15[6]	Premier League	9	0	1	0	1	0	—		11	0
	Total		93	13	4	0	7	3	2	0	106	16
Standard Liège	2015–16[7]	Belgian Pro League	20	5	3	0	—		4[lower-alpha 2]	2	27	7
Brighton & Hove Albion	2015–16[8]	Championship	19	5	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	21	5
	2016–17[9]	Championship	45	15	0	0	0	0	—		45	15
	2017–18[10]	Premier League	33	3	2	0	2	0	—		37	3
	2018–19[11]	Premier League	30	2	6	2	0	0	—		36	4
	Total		127	25	8	2	2	0	2	0	139	27
Fulham (loan)	2019–20[12]	Championship	38	3	1	1	1	0	—		39	4
Fulham	2019–20[12]	Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 4]	0	7	0
	2020–21[13]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	3	0	—		3	0
	2021–22[14]	Championship	4	0	1	0	2	0	—		7	0
	Total		8	0	1	0	5	0	3	0	17	0
Nottingham Forest (loan)	2020–21[13]	Championship	33	2	1	1	0	0	—		34	3
Career total			378	61	20	4	19	8	11	2	428	75

1. Championship play-offs
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Championship play-offs
4. Championship play-offs

Honours

Guingamp

• Championnat National third-place promotion: 2010–11^[source?]

Leicester City

• Football League Championship: 2013–14^[15]

Brighton & Hove Albion

• EFL Championship runner-up: 2016–17^[16]

Fulham

• EFL Championship play-offs: 2020^[17]

Individual

• PFA Championship Team of the Year: 2016–17^[18]
• EFL Team of the Season: 2016–17^[19]
• EFL Championship Player of the Year: 2016–17^[20]
• Football League Championship Player of the Month: April 2016^[21]
• Premier League Goal of the Month: March 2019^[22]

References

1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2017 and 31/07/2017". The Football Association. p. 19. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
2. "Anthony Knockaert: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
3. "Anthony Knockaert". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 7 June 2018.
4. "Games played by Anthony Knockaert in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
5. "Games played by Anthony Knockaert in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
6. "Games played by Anthony Knockaert in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
7. "A. Knockaert". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
8. "Games played by Anthony Knockaert in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
9. "Games played by Anthony Knockaert in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
10. "Games played by Anthony Knockaert in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
11. "Games played by Anthony Knockaert in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
12. "Games played by Anthony Knockaert in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
13. "Games played by Anthony Knockaert in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
14. "Games played by Anthony Knockaert in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
15. Anderson, John, ed. (2014). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2014–2015. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-1-4722-1251-1.
16. Anderson, John, ed. (2017). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2017–2018. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-1-4722-3397-4.
17. Stevens, Rob (4 August 2020). "Brentford 1–2 Fulham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
18. "PFA teams of the year: Chelsea and Tottenham dominate Premier League XI". BBC Sport. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
19. "EFL Awards: The complete 2017 winners list". EFL.com. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
20. "Brighton's Anthony Knockaert is named Championship Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
21. "Hughton and Knockaert win Skybet awards". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
22. "Knockaert wins March Carling Goal of the Month". Premier League. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.