Mousa Dembélé (Belgian footballer)
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Dembélé with Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Moussa Sidi Yaya Dembélé | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Germinal Beerschot | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Germinal Beerschot | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Willem II | 33 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | AZ | 118 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Fulham | 62 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2019 | Tottenham Hotspur | 181 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Guangzhou City | 47 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 461 | (47) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Belgium U16 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Belgium U17 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Belgium U18 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Belgium U19 | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2018 | Belgium | 82 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Moussa Sidi Yaya Dembélé (born 16 July 1987), known as Mousa Dembélé, is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Dembélé started his career at Belgian Pro League team Germinal Beerschot before spells at Eredivisie sides Willem II and AZ in the Netherlands. He won the league title and the Johan Cruyff Shield with the latter in 2009. Dembélé transferred to Premier League side Fulham in 2010 before joining Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £15 million in August 2012. He was ranked 91st in The Guardian's list of the 100 best current footballers in 2012.
Dembélé accumulated 82 caps for the Belgium national team from 2006 to 2018.