Personal information | |||
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Full name | Moussa Djenepo [1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Mopti, Mali | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Standard Liège | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2016–2017 | Yeelen Olympique | ||
2017 | → Standard Liège (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2017–2019 | Standard Liège | 49 | (9) |
2019–2023 | Southampton | 73 | (3) |
2023– | Standard Liège | 24 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Mali U20 | 3 | (0) |
2017– | Mali | 33 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:25, 23 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:35, 8 September 2023 (UTC) |
Moussa Djenepo (born 15 June 1998) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a winger or left-back for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège and the Mali national team.
Djenepo began his career at Yeelen Olympique in Mali. [3]
On 31 January 2017, Djenepo joined Standard Liège on loan, with an option to buy. [4] The club activated his buyout clause on 30 May 2017, hence making the transfer move permanent. [5] He made his professional debut with Standard Liège in a 4–0 loss in the Belgian First Division A to Club Brugge on 27 August 2017. [6] Djenepo netted his first goal on 11 March 2018, in a 3–2 away victory against Oostende at Versluys Arena. [7] [8]
On 17 March 2018, Djenepo played when he came on as a substitute for Mehdi Carcela, as Standard Liège beat Genk 1–0 after extra time to win the 2018 Belgian Cup Final and qualify for the UEFA Europa League. [9] [10]
On 13 June 2019, Djenepo signed a four-year contract with Premier League club Southampton [11] [12] for a reported fee of £14 million. [13] He scored his first goal for the Saints on 24 August 2019, in a 2–0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion. [14] Djenepo scored his second goal for the club in a 1–0 victory against Sheffield United, which was voted as goal of the month in September 2019. [15] On 7 March 2020, Djenepo was given a red card against Newcastle after Graham Scott checked the pitchside monitor. [16] Djenepo would not make another appearance that season. [17]
On 12 September 2020, Djenepo made his first appearance of the season in a 1–0 defeat to Crystal Palace, replacing Will Smallbone in the 77th minute. [18] Djenepo scored his first goal of the 2020–21 season on 4 October 2020 in a 2–0 win over West Bromwich Albion. [19] On 4 January 2021, Djenepo sustained a muscle injury and was forced to come off in the first half during a 1–0 victory against Liverpool. [20] On 20 March 2021, Djenepo would score his second goal of the season in a 0–3 victory against Bournemouth in the FA Cup. [21]
Djenepo made his first appearance of the 2021–22 season on 14 August 2021 in a 3–1 defeat to Everton. [22] Djenepo only made 16 appearances during the campaign and scored no goals for the club. [23]
On 6 August 2022, Djenepo made his first appearance of the season in a 4–1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. [24] On 14 September 2022, Southampton announced Djenepo had signed a new three-year contract until 2025. [25] On 11 January 2023, Djenepo scored in a 2–0 victory against Manchester City in the EFL Cup. [26]
On 5 September 2023, Djenepo rejoined Standard Liège on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee, [27] [28] reported to be around £3 million. [29]
Djenepo is a youth international for the Mali under-20 team, appearing in the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. [30] [31] [32]
Djenepo received his first call-up to the senior team on 3 October 2017. [33] He made his debut on 6 October, in a goalless 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match with Ivory Coast. [34] On 23 March 2019, Djenepo scored against South Sudan in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification home fixture, which ended in a 3–0 victory. [35]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Standard Liège | 2017–18 [37] | Belgian Pro League | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
2018–19 [37] | Belgian Pro League | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 [c] | 3 | 1 [d] | 0 | 39 | 11 | ||
Total | 49 | 9 | 5 | 0 | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 12 | |||
Southampton | 2019–20 [17] | Premier League | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||
2020–21 [38] | Premier League | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
2021–22 [23] | Premier League | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
2022–23 [39] | Premier League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
2023–24 [40] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 73 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 91 | 5 | ||||
Standard Liège | 2023–24 [40] | Belgian Pro League | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
Career total | 146 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 18 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mali | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
2018 | 5 | 0 | |
2019 | 8 | 2 | |
2020 | 1 | 0 | |
2021 | 6 | 1 | |
2022 | 9 | 0 | |
2023 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 33 | 3 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 23 March 2019 | Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali | 8 | South Sudan | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2 | 17 November 2019 | Stade Omnisports, N'Djamena, Chad | 15 | Chad | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
3 | 11 November 2021 | Nyamirambo Regional Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda | 22 | Rwanda | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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