Antoine Gounet
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antoine Gounet[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Doulchard, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2006 | Bourges 18 | ||
| 2006–2008 | Tours | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Tours | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Tours B | 40 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | Vendée Luçon | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Magreb'90 | 11 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:38, 22 November 2016 (UTC). | |||
Antoine Gounet (born 16 October 1988) is a French football goalkeeper, who is currently unattached. He began his career in his native France with Tours, before moving to England and joining Brentford in 2011.
Club career
Early years
Gounet grew up in Saint-Doulchard, Cher, France and began his career at his local side Bourges 18, signing at the age of 12.[2]
Tours
Gounet moved to Ligue 2 club Tours at the age of 18. Following an injury to first team keeper Peter Jehle, Gounet served as backup to Denis Ribeiro for a number of Ligue 2 and Coupe de France matches during the 2008–09 season.[3] While at Tours he was a team mate of future France internationals Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud. Gounet made 40 appearances for the B team in the Championnat de France amateur 2 during his time at the club, including 28 appearances during the 2010–11 season.[4] His spell at Tours came to an end after he suffered an injury in 2010, which kept him out of football for a year and saw him released by the club in June 2011.[5]
Brentford
After arriving in London in October 2011, Gounet was awarded a two-week trial at League One club Brentford and impressed enough to be awarded a contract running until the end of the 2011–12 season.[6] He failed to feature for the first team during the season and played instead for the Development Squad. In the summer of 2012, Gounet was awarded a contract for the 2012–13 season.[7] He received his maiden call into the first team squad for a League Cup first round match versus Walsall on 12 August 2012 and remained on the bench during the 1–0 defeat.[8] Gounet made his professional debut in an FA Cup second round replay against Bradford City at Griffin Park on December 18, 2012.[8] He started the match and conceded two goals as Brentford ran out 4–2 victors after extra time.[8] During the latter part of the season Gounet became a regular backup to Simon Moore.[8] He also made eight Professional Development League 2 South appearances for the Development Squad during the 2012–13 season.[9] Gounet was released upon the expiration of his contract, shortly after Brentford's League One Playoff Final defeat to Yeovil Town.[10] He made just one first team appearance for the Bees.[11]
Free agent
Gounet was offered a contract by Ligue 2 club Stade Laval in the summer of 2013, but turned it down as he wished to remain in England.[2] In January 2014, Gounet tweeted that he had been training with Premier League side Fulham.[12] Gounet joined Scottish Championship side Hibernian on trial in July 2014, linking up with former Brentford teammate Farid El Alagui.[13] He played in a 2–0 pre-season friendly win over Stirling Albion on 20 July, with manager Alan Stubbs remarking after the game that he would keep Gounet on trial.[14] In September 2014, Gounet tweeted that he was still looking for a new club.[15]
Vendée Luçon
In September 2015, Gounet joined Vendée Luçon following a short trial with the Championnat National side.[16] He failed to make an appearance for the club.[17]
Magreb'90
In November 2015, Gounet moved to the Netherlands to sign for Topklasse club Magreb'90.[18] He made 11 appearances in what remained of the 2015–16 season.[17]
Free agent
Gounet began training with Premier League club Crystal Palace in November 2016.[19]
Career statistics
- As of match played 16 May 2016.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tours | 2008–09[3] | Ligue 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Brentford | 2012–13[11] | League One | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Magreb'90 | 2015–16[17] | Topklasse | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
References
- ↑ http://www.football-league.co.uk.p.preprod.performgroup.com/staticFiles/4e/bd/0,,10794~179534,00.pdf
- 1 2 "In Depth Interview: Antoine Gounet | Get French Football News". Getfootballnewsfrance.com. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- 1 2 "Espn Fc". Espn Fc. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ↑ Antoine Gounet (1988-10-16). "Antoine Gounet - Football Career". Fieldoo. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ↑ "Antoine Gounet reflects on remarkable journey from trial to first team - Sport". London24. 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ↑ "Bees bring in keeper | Football News". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ↑ "Brentford - Antoine Gounet". Brentford.vitalfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- 1 2 3 4 "Espn Fc". Espn Fc. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ↑ "2012/13 DEVELOPMENT SQUAD STATS". Brentfordfc.co.uk. 2013-05-11. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ↑ "End Of Season Player Update". Brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- 1 2 "Antoine Gounet". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Twitter / antoinegounet: Training done. Great feeling". Twitter.com. 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
- ↑ "Hibernian - Hibs Take Gounet On Trial". Hibs.vitalfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ↑ Johnstone, Darren (2014-07-21). "Antoine Gounet to remain on trial at Hibs". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
- ↑ "Antoine Gounet on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "Antoine Gounet on Twitter". Retrieved 2015-09-29.
- 1 2 3 "France - A. Gounet - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ↑ "Franse doelman traint bij Go Ahead". Centrale Redactie (web). Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ↑ "Instagram photo by Antoine Gounet • Nov 10, 2016 at 9:03pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
