Mousa Dembele

Mousa Dembélé

Dembélé with Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Mousa Sidi Yaya Dembélé
Date of birth	(1987-07-16) 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	45	(1)
Total		451	(47)
International career
2002–2003	Belgium U16	3	(0)
2003–2004	Belgium U17	6	(1)
2004	Belgium U18	1	(1)
2004–2006	Belgium U19	12	(3)
2006–2018	Belgium	82	(5)
Medal record Men's football Representing Belgium FIFA World Cup 2018
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:01, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Mousa Dembele (born 16 July 1987) is a Belgian former professional football player. He was a winger. He made over 400 league appearances over an 18-year career.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 September 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germinal Beerschot	2003–04	BFD	1	0	0	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2004–05		19	1	3	1	–		–		–		22	2
	Total		20	1	3	1	–		–		–		23	2
Willem II	2005–06	Eredivisie	33	9	1	0	–		2	0	3	1	39	10
AZ	2006–07		33	6	5	4	–		12	4	2	0	52	14
	2007–08		33	4	1	0	–		6	1	–		40	5
	2008–09		23	10	3	2	–		–		2	0	28	12
	2009–10		29	4	1	2	–		6	0	4	0	40	6
	Total		118	24	10	8	–		24	5	8	0	160	37
Fulham	2010–11	Premier League	24	3	2	1	2	1	–		–		28	5
	2011–12		36	2	1	0	1	0	7	0	–		45	2
	2012–13		2	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
	Total		62	5	3	1	3	1	7	0	–		75	7
Tottenham Hotspur	2012–13	Premier League	30	1	2	0	0	0	10	1	–		42	2
	2013–14		28	1	1	0	3	0	9	1	–		41	2
	2014–15		26	1	2	0	5	0	7	0	–		40	1
	2015–16		29	3	2	0	0	0	4	1	–		35	4
	2016–17		30	1	3	0	0	0	6	0	–		39	1
	2017–18		28	0	4	0	2	0	6	0	–		40	0
	2018–19		10	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–		13	0
	Total		181	7	14	0	11	0	44	3	–		250	10
Guangzhou City	2019	CSL	26	1	0	0	–		–		–		26	1
	2020		11	0	0	0	–		–		–		11	0
	2021		8	0	0	0	–		–		–		8	0
	Total		45	1	0	0	–		–		–		45	1
Career total			459	47	31	10	14	1	77	8	11	1	592	67

Dembélé warming up on international duty in 2017

International

Source:

Belgium
Year	Apps	Goals
2006	6	1
2007	7	3
2008	4	0
2009	9	1
2010	5	0
2011	6	0
2012	7	0
2013	11	0
2014	6	0
2015	1	0
2016	5	0
2017	6	0
2018	9	0
Total	82	5

Source:

International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 October 2006	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Azerbaijan	3–0	3–0	Euro 2008 qualifying
2.	22 August 2007	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Serbia	1–0	3–2	Euro 2008 qualifying
3.	22 August 2007	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Serbia	3–1	3–2	Euro 2008 qualifying
4.	17 October 2007	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Armenia	2–0	3–0	Euro 2008 qualifying
5.	28 March 2009	Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–1	2–4	2010 WCQ

Honours

AZ

• Eredivisie: 2008–09
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2009

Tottenham Hotspur

• Football League Cup runner-up: 2014–15

Belgium

• FIFA World Cup third place: 2018

Other websites

• Mousa Dembélé at tottenhamhotspur.com
• Mousa Dembele at Soccerbase
• Mousa Dembele at Soccerway
• Mousa Dembele at National-Football-Teams.com
• Premier League profile Archived 25 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine
• Mousa Dembele at ESPN FC