Guy Moussi (born 23 January 1985) is a French former professional footballer who last played as a defensive midfielder. He spent several years with both Angers SCO and Nottingham Forest, and short spells with Millwall and Birmingham City. He ended his career after one season with Finnish club HJK Helsinki.
 Moussi playing for Nottingham Forest in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Guy Moussi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1985[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bondy, France | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2008 | Angers | 91 | (2) |
| 2008–2014 | Nottingham Forest | 136 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | → Millwall (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Birmingham City | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | HJK Helsinki | 22 | (0) |
| Total | 254 | (5) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editAngers
editBorn in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, Moussi began his career at Angers SCO. He spent six seasons, where he made 120 appearances, scoring two goals. On 30 June 2008, it was announced that Moussi had travelled to the City Ground to join Nottingham Forest.[2]
Nottingham Forest
editAfter joining Forest in the summer, Moussi made a confident start to his career in England, becoming a regular in the Forest midfield. However, due to injury, he missed a large portion of his debut English season. After recovering from an injury at the start of the 2009–10 season, Moussi scored his first goal for Nottingham Forest three minutes into added time in the 1–0 win over Barnsley at the City Ground on Tuesday 20 October. His over-enthusiastic celebration earned him a second yellow card, resulting in him being sent off.
On 19 July 2011, despite reports linking Moussi with moves to Everton,[3][4] Wigan Athletic,[3][4] Stoke City[3] and West Bromwich Albion,[4] he re-signed for Nottingham Forest on a three-year deal after his contract had run out on 30 June.[5]
On 14 November 2013, Moussi signed on loan for Millwall until 2 January 2014.[6] On 28 May 2014, it was announced Moussi would not be having his contract renewed.
Birmingham City
editIn November 2014, Moussi signed a two-month deal with Football League Championship club Birmingham City.[7] Following his signing, he pledged to donate all his salary to four charities: the Birmingham City Disabled Supporters Club, Stop Ebola, a church in Paris (MIGDM: Mission Internationale des Guérisons des Délivrances des Miracles) and the TEV Soma Charity, which was raising money to help victims of the Soma mine disaster in Turkey.[8] He made his debut as a second-half substitute in the Championship match at home to Reading on 13 December, with Birmingham already 6–1 ahead.[9] He had little opportunity to force himself into a stable first team, and his contract was not extended, his only other league appearance coming at his former employers Nottingham Forest, where he received a good reception from the Forest fans.[10][11]
HJK
editOn the transfer deadline day in February 2015, Moussi signed for Finnish club HJK Helsinki.[12]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Angers | 2004–05[13] | Ligue 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |
| 2005–06[13] | National | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07[13] | National | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08[13] | Ligue 2 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | ||
| Total | 91 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 100 | 2 | |||
| Nottingham Forest | 2008–09[14] | Championship | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[15] | Championship | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |
| 2010–11[16] | Championship | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 2011–12[17] | Championship | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[18] | Championship | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14[19] | Championship | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Total | 136 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 3 | ||
| Millwall (loan) | 2013–14[19] | Championship | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Birmingham City | 2014–15[20] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| HJK Helsinki | 2015[21] | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Career total | 254 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 289 | 5 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Football League play-offs
References
edit- ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 298. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ "Actualité – ANGERS SCO – Site Officiel". Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
- ^ a b c "Premier trio battling to trap Moussi". Daily Mirror. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ a b c "Moussi set for Forest exit". Sky Sports. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Nottm Forest 1–0 Barnsley". BBC Sport. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ^ "Moussi move". www.millwallfc.co.uk. 14 November 2013.
- ^ "Guy Moussi joins Blues". Birmingham City F.C. 20 November 2014. Archived from the original on 20 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ Burrell, Jack (20 November 2014). "What a great Guy!". Birmingham City F.C. Archived from the original on 20 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Birmingham 6–1 Reading". BBC Sport. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ "Guy Moussi to depart Blues". Birmingham City F.C. 17 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ Davies, Matt (15 October 2023). "Guy Moussi loved Nottingham Forest but hated football by the end after sleepless nights". Nottingham Post. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "HJK sopimukseen Guy Moussin kanssa". HJK Helsinki (in Finnish). 2 February 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Guy Moussi". L'Équipe.fr. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Guy Moussi in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Guy Moussi in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Guy Moussi in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Guy Moussi in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Guy Moussi in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Games played by Guy Moussi in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Games played by Guy Moussi in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ Guy Moussi at Soccerway
External links
edit- Guy Moussi at Soccerbase
