Anthony Knockaert

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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)
2019–2020Fulham (loan) 38 (3)
2020–2023 Fulham 8 (0)
2020–2021Nottingham Forest (loan) 34 (2)
2022–2023Volos (loan) 9 (1)
2023Huddersfield 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)

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

Career statistics[change | change source]

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[a] 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[b] 2 27 7
Brighton & Hove Albion 2015–16[8] Championship 19 5 0 0 0 0 2[c] 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[d] 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

Honours[change | change source]

Guingamp

Leicester City

Brighton & Hove Albion

Fulham

Individual

References[change | change source]

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  2. 2.0 2.1 "Anthony Knockaert: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "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.
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  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. 12.0 12.1 "Games played by Anthony Knockaert in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  13. 13.0 13.1 "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.