french association football player

Neal Maupay ( born 14 August 1996 ) is a french professional football player who plays as a forward for Premier League cabaret Brighton & Hove Albion. Maupay started his career with Nice, Saint-Étienne and Brest and was a France young person international. He is besides adept as an attacking midfielder or winger .

Club career [edit ]

nice [edit ]

Maupay began his youth career at US Valbonne at historic period six in 2002, before moving into the Nice academy in 2007. [ 5 ] He progressed through the ranks into the reserve team at the beginning of the 2012–13 season, scoring four goals in three early-season matches before receiving his maid call into the beginning team team on 15 September 2012, [ 6 ] for a Ligue 1 pit versus Brest. [ 7 ] At senesce 16 years and 32 days, [ 8 ] Maupay made his professional debut as an injury-time alternate for Éric Bauthéac during the 3–2 win. [ 9 ] He was a regular inclusion in the beginning team team from October 2012 through to March 2013 and signed a new two-and-a-half year contract in January 2013. [ 7 ] Maupay ‘s season was ended by a tear cruciate ligament suffered during a allow pit on 14 April 2013. [ 6 ] [ 10 ] Maupay made 19 appearances and scored four goals during the 2012–13 temper and when making his Ligue 1 debut and scoring his first Ligue 1 goal, [ 7 ] he became the second-youngest player to achieve both feats. [ 11 ]

Despite his discovery into the first team police squad during the 2012–13 season and after recovering from wound, Maupay was out of privilege with coach Claude Puel during 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons, [ 12 ] which ultimately caused his deviation in August 2015. [ 13 ] He made 53 appearances and scored 9 goals during three seasons as a first base team actor at the Allianz Riviera. [ 6 ]
On 10 August 2015, Maupay transferred to Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne on a four-year contract for a €500,000 fee. [ 13 ] Despite making 23 appearances and scoring three goals during the 2015–16 season, he departed on loanword for the duration of 2016–17 and left the baseball club in July 2017. [ 14 ] [ 15 ]

Brest ( lend ) [edit ]

On 20 July 2016, Maupay joined Ligue 2 club Brest on a season-long lend. [ 14 ] He had a good begin to the 2016–17 season, scoring 10 goals in his opening 21 matches, [ 16 ] winning the August 2016 UNFP Ligue 2 Player of the Month award and receiving nominations in September, [ 17 ] October and December. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Injuries in December 2016 and February 2017 disrupted Maupay ‘s good shape and he finished the season with 12 goals in 31 appearances. [ 6 ] [ 16 ] [ 21 ]

Brentford [edit ]

On 14 July 2017, Maupay moved to England to join Championship club Brentford on a four-year shrink for an undisclosed fee, [ 15 ] reported to be £1.6 million. [ 22 ] The club ‘s France scout Brendan MacFarlane, who would besides go on to identify Saïd Benrahma, Julian Jeanvier and Bryan Mbeumo, played a key function in the designation of the player as a prey. [ 23 ] He was deployed as a forward and scored three goals in his opening six appearances for the baseball club, [ 24 ] with his first finish coming in a 4–3 kill to Nottingham Forest on 12 August 2017. [ 25 ] By mid-december, Maupay was considered the best “ super-sub “ of 2017–18 Championship season so far, with four of his five league goals having been scored during substitute appearances. [ 26 ] He broke into the starting lineup during the drawn-out transfer of first choice forward Lasse Vibe away from Griffin Park in January 2018 and he assumed the function full meter after Vibe ‘s deviation early the following calendar month. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Maupay showed improved goalscoring form between mid-january and mid-april, with a run of seven goals in 15 matches. [ 25 ] He finished the 2017–18 season with 46 appearances and as the golf club ‘s top-scorer, with 13 goals. [ 25 ] [ 29 ] Maupay had an excellent startle to the 2018–19 season and scored 13 goals in his first gear 17 league appearances. [ 30 ] Five goals in August 2018 and four in September led to nominations for the August PFA Fans ‘ Championship Player of the Month and the September EFL Championship Player of the Month awards respectively. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] 18 goals in 30 appearances by the end of January 2019 saw Maupay win the EFL Player of the Year prize at the 2019 London Football Awards. [ 30 ] [ 33 ] He finished a mid-table season with 28 goals in 49 appearances and was voted the Brentford ‘s Supporters ‘ and Players ‘ Player of the Year. [ 30 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ]

Brighton & Hove Albion [edit ]

2019–20 season [edit ]

On 5 August 2019, Maupay moved to Premier League cabaret Brighton & Hove Albion on undisclosed terms, [ 36 ] for a tip reported to be in the region of £20 million on a four-year deal. [ 37 ] Maupay scored on his introduction in the opening equal of the 2019–20 season, scoring the third base for The Seagulls in a 3–0 away win over Watford. [ 38 ] On 14 September, Maupay opened the scoreline in an eventual 1–1 draw against Burnley, claiming his first home finish for the Sussex club. [ 39 ] Maupay scored his tenth goal of the season in a 1–1 away absorb against Southampton on 16 July 2020, helping Brighton earn an important point towards safety. [ 40 ]

2020–21 temper [edit ]

Maupay opened his scoring count on the second base game of the season scoring two inside the beginning seven minutes in a eventual 3–0 aside win over Newcastle. [ 41 ] On 26 September, Manchester United were given a punishment after the concluding whistle due to VAR giving a handball on Maupay properly at the end. Bruno Fernandes converted the penalty with United winning the match 3–2. Maupay besides scored a penalty himself earlier on in the game in Panenka style. [ 42 ] Maupay played in Brighton ‘s 1–0 aside victory over defending champions Liverpool on 3 February 2021 claiming their first base league gain at Anfield since 1982. [ 43 ] Maupay was sent off after the broad time whistle on 9 May in a 2–1 away loss at Wolves for confronting the referee, Jonathan Moss, with captain Lewis Dunk besides being dismissed earlier in the game for pulling back Fábio Silva who was darting for goal. As a result, Maupay missed the death three games of the season. [ 44 ]

2021–22 season [edit ]

Maupay put Brighton back charge with Burnley on 14 August in the hatchway game of the 2021–22 season with Alexis Mac Allister scoring the achiever for The Seagulls five minutes late to take all three points at Turf Moor on Maupay ‘s twenty-fifth birthday. [ 45 ] He scored in the future match, scoring Brighton ‘s second in a 2–0 home winnings over Watford on 21 August, with the render to a full stadium. [ 46 ] On 27 September, in the first M23 bowler hat of the season away at Crystal Palace, Maupay lobbed Palace keeper Vicente Guaita after a long musket ball from Joël Veltman and earnt a 90+5th infinitesimal counterweight taking a point back to Sussex after the eventual 1–1 draw. [ 47 ] He came on as a ersatz in fourthly beat EFL Cup regular aside at Leicester on 27 September, where he late hit the crossbar in the eventual penalty gunfight after the score finished flat, with his penalty girl and Enock Mwepu ‘s gripe saved by Foxes keeper Danny Ward ending Brighton ‘s hopes of advancing to the quarter finals. [ 48 ] After seven games without scoring, Maupay scored his one-fifth goal of the temper on 1 December away at West Ham, an acrobatic overhead recoil from a Tariq Lamptey cross in the 89th minute to earn a 1–1 puff. [ 49 ] He scored another late equalizer three days by and by, this time a 90+8th minute hit to take it to 1–1 and sharing the points with Southampton at St Mary ‘s Stadium. [ 50 ] On Boxing Day, Maupay scored for the third game move, a curl shoot from outside the corner, doubling Brighton ‘s lead against his former clubhouse Brentford in the 2–0 victory at Falmer Stadium. [ 51 ]

International career [edit ]

Maupay is eligible to play for the France or Argentina national teams. He won 35 caps and scored 16 goals for France at U16, U17, U19 and U21 level. [ 53 ] He was a member of France ‘s 2015 UEFA European U19 Championship police squad and made two appearances in the tournament. [ 53 ]

style of play [edit ]

Maupay ‘s footballing paragon is Zinedine Zidane. He stated that he “ can play out wide or as a number 10, but my prefer position is hitter. I like to play down the middle and use my footstep to get in behind defences ” and “ I ’ m used to looking after the ball and holding off defenders ”. [ 54 ]

personal life [edit ]

Maupay was born in Versailles and moved to the Côte d’Azur with his family at age five. He is of argentinian descent on his mother ‘s side and holds both french and argentinian citizenships since 2013. He has the habit of read in the footlocker room before matches. [ 55 ] In June 2020, Maupay was targeted with end threats after scoring a last-minute victorious goal against Arsenal. A joint probe by the Premier League and authorities in Singapore identified the perpetrator as 19-year-old Derek Ng, who was given a nine-month probation holy order. This was the first pursuance outside the UK for abusing a Premier League actor. [ 56 ]

career statistics [edit ]

As of 29 December 2021

Honours [edit ]

Individual

References [edit ]