Matt Devlin Moussilou Massamba (born 1 June 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in France, he was capped by Congo at international level.

Club career

On 2 April 2005, he scored four goals for Lille in a 8–0 win over Istres, including a hat-trick in four minutes to be the fastest in Ligue 1 history. On 3 February 2007, he played his first Ligue 1 match for Saint-Étienne against Sedan. He played as a striker for OGC Nice and after returning from a loan to Al-Arabi, he was on 27 August 2009 released from his club.

Matt Moussilou

On 7 September 2009, it was announced that he had joined Swansea City on trial but on 6 October 2009 he signed for Boulogne on a free transfer, until the end of the season. With Boulogne's relegation at the end of the campaign, Moussilou did not re-sign. In January 2011, he signed with Lausanne-Sport until the end of the 2010–11 season. Moussilou would go on to spend two and half years with the club before moving on to sign for Tunisian-side Club Africain.

Matt Moussilou

International career

In 2006, Moussilou was called up to represent the national team of the Republic of the Congo by their new coach Noel Tosi. Since Moussilou had represented France at under-21 level, however, FIFA ruled against this as he should have applied for the change in his national status before 31 December 2005. However, the rule was changed, and finally he made a full international debut for Congo on 12 August 2009 in a friendly against Morocco. He scored his first goal in this match.

Matt Moussilou

International goals

Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moussilou goal.

Personal life

Moussilou was born in Paris, France and is of Beninese and Congolese descent.

Honours

Lille

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004

References

External links

1982 births

Living people

Footballers from Paris

French men's footballers

Republic of the Congo men's footballers

French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent

French sportspeople of Beninese descent

French expatriate men's footballers

Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers

Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Qatar

Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland

Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia

Men's association football forwards

France men's under-21 international footballers

Republic of the Congo men's international footballers

Lille OSC players

OGC Nice players

AS Saint-Étienne players

Olympique de Marseille players

Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players

US Boulogne players

FC Lausanne-Sport players

Club Africain players

Amiens SC players

FC Le Mont players

Yverdon-Sport FC players

FC Meyrin players

Ligue 1 players

Swiss Super League players

Swiss Challenge League players

Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar

Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland

Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia

Qatar Stars League players

Black French sportspeople