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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lys Émilien Mousset[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1996[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Montivilliers, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Soquence Graville | ||
| 2004–2006 | Havre Caucriauville | ||
| 2006–2012 | Le Havre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Le Havre B | 57 | (14) |
| 2014–2016 | Le Havre | 34 | (14) |
| 2016–2019 | AFC Bournemouth | 58 | (3) |
| 2019–2022 | Sheffield United | 48 | (9) |
| 2022 | → Salernitana (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | VfL Bochum | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Nîmes (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2025 | Bohemians | 9 | (1) |
| 2026– | Vancouver FC | 9 | (2) |
| 2026– | → Langley United (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2016 | France U20 | 8 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | France U21 | 8 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 July 2026 | |||
Lys Émilien Mousset (born 8 February 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Canadian Premier League club Vancouver FC.
Club career
[edit]Le Havre
[edit]Mousset joined the Le Havre academy in 2006, after playing for local clubs Soquence Graville and Havre Caucriauville. He began playing for the reserve side in 2012, where he impressed, before making his debut for the first team in 2014. Mousset would go on to score fourteen goals in thirty-six games for Le Havre.[3]
AFC Bournemouth
[edit]On 30 June 2016, Mousset joined AFC Bournemouth from Le Havre for a €7.3 million transfer fee.[4][5] He scored his first goal for Bournemouth in an FA Cup tie against Wigan Athletic on 6 January 2018.[6]
Sheffield United
[edit]On 21 July 2019, Mousset signed for newly promoted Premier League club Sheffield United. The Blades paid a club-record fee in the region of £10 million for Mousset, and he put pen to paper on a three-year contract.[7] On 21 September 2019, He scored his first goal for Sheffield United in a 2–0 away win against Everton.[8] On 30 September Wilder confirmed that Mousset's toe injury could keep him out for at least another two months. He still finished the 2019–20 season as joint highest scorer for Sheffield United along with Oli McBurnie on six goals, and joint highest assist provider along with Enda Stevens on four assists.[9]
Loan to Salernitana
[edit]On 31 January 2022, Mousset was loaned to Serie A club Salernitana until the end of the season.[10] He made just 4 appearances during his time with the club, failing to score.[11]
VfL Bochum
[edit]On 15 August 2022, Mousset signed a two-year contract with VfL Bochum in Germany.[12] In January 2023, Mousset was suspended from the team due to disciplinary issues including a "lack of motivation, unpunctuality and unprofessionalism",[13][14][15] with Bochum sporting director Patrick Fabian stating: "We kept giving him a chance, now there's no point. It's pretty disappointing because we naturally had a lot of hopes from him in terms of sport. At some point, however, the time has come when we have to protect the group as a whole."[16] He was loaned out to Ligue 2 club Nîmes on 31 January 2023.[17] He suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in May 2023 with Nîmes.[16] On 9 January 2024, Mousset's contract with Bochum was terminated by mutual consent, without having played a game for the club.[18]
Bohemians
[edit]After spending 13 months without a club, on 5 February 2025, Mousset signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians following a successful trial period with the club.[19][20] He made his debut for the club on 16 February 2025, in a 1–0 win over Shamrock Rovers in the Dublin Derby at the Aviva Stadium.[21] On 10 May 2025, he scored his first goal for the club on his 9th appearance, with an 88th minute winner 10 minutes after coming off the bench in a 1–0 win away to Sligo Rovers at The Showgrounds.[22] That proved to be his final appearance for Bohs as on 2 July 2025, it was announced that he had left the club by mutual consent, with manager Alan Reynolds stating "Getting him fit was the issue. We tried everything with him. All the staff did. But he picked up niggles and things like that which slowed it down all the time. One thing is for sure, if he wants to play football, he needs to get fit."[23][24][25]
Vancouver FC
[edit]On 23 March 2026, Canadian Premier League club Vancouver FC announced the signing of Mousset for the 2026 season with an option to extend through 2027.[26] On 10 April 2026, he appeared with their affiliate club Langley United in the British Columbia Premier League, scoring in the match against Kamloops United FC.[27]
International career
[edit]Mousset was born in France to a Senegalese father and a French mother, and is eligible for both countries.[28] He made his France U20 debut in 2015.[citation needed]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 10 May 2025[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Le Havre | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 14 | ||
| Total | 34 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 14 | |||
| AFC Bournemouth | 2016–17 | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | Premier League | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2018–19 | Premier League | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 28 | 2 | ||
| Total | 58 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 71 | 5 | |||
| Sheffield United | 2019–20 | Premier League | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 6 | |
| 2020–21 | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Championship | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 3 | ||
| Total | 48 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 53 | 9 | |||
| Salernitana (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| VfL Bochum | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nîmes (loan) | 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Bohemians | 2025 | LOI Premier Division | 9 | 1 | — | — | 0[c] | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Total | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |||
| Vancouver FC | 2026 | Canadian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Langley United (loan) | 2026 | British Columbia Premier League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 165 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 31 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup & DFB-Pokal
- ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue & EFL Cup
- ↑ Appearance(s) in the Leinster Senior Cup
References
[edit]- ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2016 and 31/07/2016" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 23. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- 1 2 "Lys Mousset: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ↑ "French striker smashes transfer record". Sheffield United. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "HAC Football on Twitter". twitter.com/HAC_Foot (in French). HAC Football (Le Havre). 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ↑ Lustig, Nick (30 June 2016). "Bournemouth complete transfer of Lys Mousset from Le Havre". www.skysports.com. Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ↑ "Bournemouth 2-2 Wigan". BBC. 6 January 2018. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ↑ "Sheffield United sign Lys Mousset for club-record £10m from Bournemouth". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "Everton v Sheffield Utd, 2019/20 | Premier League". www.premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ↑ "ESPN: Serving sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere. - ESPN". ESPN. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ↑ "LYS MOUSSET È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA SALERNITANA" (Press release) (in Italian). Salernitana. 31 January 2022. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- 1 2 Lys Mousset at Soccerway
- ↑ "VfL verpflichtet Lys Mousset" (in German). VfL Bochum. 15 August 2022. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ↑ "Problemfall mit Ansage. VfL suspendiert Mousset: Wie es jetzt weitergeht" (in German). VfL Bochum Magazin - Philipp Rentsch. 9 January 2023. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ↑ "Mousset reportedly suspended by new club due to discipline issues". Bournemouth Echo. 9 January 2023.
- ↑ "Lys Mousset slammed by manager after ex-Blade is 'suspended' by current club over fitness issues". The Star. 9 January 2023.
- 1 2 "Sad Lys Mousset slide continues as Sheffield United fans lament what could have been". The Star. 19 January 2024.
- ↑ "Lys Mousset loaned out". VfL Bochum. 31 January 2023. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ↑ "Vertrag von Lys Mousset aufgelöst" [Lys Mousset's contract terminated] (in German). VfL Bochum. 9 January 2024. Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ↑ "Bohemian FC complete signing of striker Lys Mousset | Bohemian FC". bohemianfc.com.
- ↑ "Bohemians seal deal for former £10m Premier League striker Lys Mousset". www.independent.ie. 5 February 2025.
- ↑ Branigan, Peter (16 February 2025). "Bragging rights for Bohs on historic day for the LOI" – via www.rte.ie.
- ↑ Farry, Jessica (10 May 2025). "Mousset off the mark as Bohs leave it late again to move up to fourth". The 42.
- ↑ "Former Premier League striker Mousset makes Bohs exit". 2 July 2025 – via www.rte.ie.
- ↑ O'Hehir, Paul (3 July 2025). "Bohemians manager Alan Reynolds addresses strong transfer interest in key player". Irish Mirror.
- ↑ Fallon, John (3 July 2025). "Reynolds and Bohs tried everything to avoid turning Mousset loose". Irish Examiner.
- ↑ staff, Canadian Soccer Daily (23 March 2026). "CPL's Vancouver FC signs ex-Premier League striker Lys Mousset". Canadian Soccer Daily. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ Jacques, John (13 April 2026). "Former Premier League Striker Lys Mousset Scores In Canadian Semi-Pro Match". Northern Tribune.
- ↑ "Talent Caché : Lys Mendy, le méconnu des sénégalais de Premier League !". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- Lys Mousset at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Lys Mousset at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Lys Mousset at Soccerbase
- 1996 births
- French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
- People from Montivilliers
- Footballers from Seine-Maritime
- Living people
- French men's footballers
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- Le Havre AC players
- AFC Bournemouth players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- US Salernitana 1919 players
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- Nîmes Olympique players
- Bohemian F.C. players
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- French expatriate men's footballers
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- French expatriate sportspeople in Italy
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- French expatriate sportspeople in Germany
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- French expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
- Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
- 21st-century French sportsmen
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- British Columbia Premier League players
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