Toifilou Maoulida
Toifilou Maoulida (born 8 June 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker or as a winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Dzaoudzi, Mayotte, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2001 | Montpellier | 118 | (26) |
| 2002–2005 | Rennes | 68 | (12) |
| 2003–2004 | → Metz (loan) | 33 | (12) |
| 2005–2006 | Monaco | 16 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Marseille (loan) | 16 | (6) |
| 2006–2007 | Marseille | 34 | (4) |
| 2007 | Auxerre | 15 | (1) |
| 2008–2011 | Lens | 105 | (30) |
| 2011–2014 | Bastia | 68 | (19) |
| 2014–2016 | Nîmes | 70 | (15) |
| 2016–2017 | Tours | 13 | (0) |
| Total | 556 | (125) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Maoulida was born in Mayotte, a small island in the Indian Ocean, close to the Comoro Islands and Reunion Island, and raised in Marseille.
He started his professional career at Montpellier Hérault Sport Club in 1997. In January 2002, he was transferred to Stade Rennais F.C.[1] After two seasons, coach László Bölöni considered that Maoulida did not fit in any longer with his tactical scheme and he was loaned to Metz, in the east of France. There, he scored 12 goals in 33 matches. After returning to Stade Rennais for the 2004–05 season he scored 7 goals in 31 matches.
In summer 2005, he was transferred to AS Monaco FC on free transfer, where he failed once more.[2] Eventually, he went to Olympique de Marseille[3] where he finally met success reaching the French Cup final in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons and getting the second place in the French League 1 in the 2006–07 season. He played for AJ Auxerre in the 2007–08 season,[4] and joined RC Lens in January 2008, at that time of the bottom three in Ligue 1.
In August 2011, he signed a contract with Ligue 2 side SC Bastia.
In July 2014, he signed a two-year contract with Ligue 2 team Nîmes Olympique.[5]
International career
Given that Comorians consider the Mayotte's people as their own, the country's football federation asked Maoulida to join the Comorian senior team, but he rejected the offer out of respect for the people of his island.[6]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[lower-alpha 1] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Montpellier | 1997–98[8] | Division 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 1998–99[8] | Division 1 | 28 | 2 | 28 | 5 | |||||
| 1999–2000[8] | Division 1 | 29 | 5 | 29 | 5 | |||||
| 2000–01[8] | Division 2 | 36 | 13 | 36 | 13 | |||||
| 2000–01[8] | Division 1 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 118 | 26 | 118 | 26 | ||||||
| Rennes | 2001–02[8] | Division 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 2002–03[8] | Ligue 1 | 27 | 3 | 27 | 3 | |||||
| 2003–04[8] | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2004–05[8] | Ligue 1 | 31 | 7 | 31 | 7 | |||||
| Total | 68 | 12 | 68 | 12 | ||||||
| Metz | 2003–04[8] | Ligue 1 | 33 | 12 | 33 | 12 | ||||
| Monaco | 2005–06[8] | Ligue 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Marseille (loan) | 2005–06 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 5 | — | 22 | 11 | |
| Marseille | 2006–07 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 10 |
| Auxerre | 2007–08 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 18 | 3 | |
| Lens | 2007–08 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | 20 | 6 | |
| 2008–09 | Ligue 2 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 1 | — | 37 | 14 | ||
| 2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | — | 30 | 13 | ||
| 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | ||
| Total | 105 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 35 | ||
| Bastia | 2011–12 | Ligue 2 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 4 | — | 35 | 17 | |
| 2012–13[9] | Ligue 1 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | 35 | 8 | ||
| 2013–14[9] | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 68 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 25 | ||
| Nîmes | 2014–15[9] | Ligue 2 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 1 | — | 39 | 12 | |
| 2015–16[9] | Ligue 2 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 4 | ||
| Total | 70 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 16 | ||
| Tours | 2016–17[9] | Ligue 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Career total | 556 | 125 | 44 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 604 | 150 | ||
- Includes UEFA Intertoto Cup, UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League
References
- "Maoulida ready for Rennes". UEFA.com. 30 January 2002.
- "Monaco make double swoop". UEFA.com. 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009.
- "Maoulida makes Marseille move". UEFA.com. 6 January 2006. Archived from the original on 10 January 2006.
- "Marseille sell Maoulida to Auxerre". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007.
- "Toifilou Maoulida : "Ce maillot rouge-là, je le mouillerai"". midilibre.fr (in French). 8 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- "Selection comoriennes foot" [Comorian football selection]. Mayotte Observer (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- "Player profile - Toifilou Maoulida". Ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017.
- Toifilou Maoulida at National-Football-Teams.com
- Toifilou Maoulida at Soccerway
- "Hamburg 1-1 Montpellier (Aggregate: 2 - 2p)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2020.