Antef Tsoungui
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antef Tsoungui[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 December 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
OH Leuven (on loan from Feyenoord) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Chelsea[2] | ||
| 2018–2023 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Lommel (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2023– | Feyenoord | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Dordrecht (loan) | 28 | (1) |
| 2024– | → OH Leuven (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Belgium U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Belgium U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Belgium U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:07, 25 May 2024 (UTC) | |||
Antef Tsoungui (born 30 December 2002) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for OH Leuven on loan from Dutch Eredivisie club Feyenoord.
Early life
[edit]Tsoungui was born in Belgium to a Cameroonian father and Italian mother. Aged four, he migrated to Crawley with his parents.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]Brighton & Hove Albion
[edit]An academy player at Chelsea through to under-14 level,[2] Tsoungui joined the Brighton & Hove Albion Academy in 2018. He made his professional debut for Brighton on 24 August 2021 in a 2–0 EFL Cup victory against Cardiff City.[4]
On 31 January 2023, Tsoungui joined Challenger Pro League club Lommel on loan for the remainder of the 2022-23 Season. On 24 March, his loan contract with the Belgian club would be terminated after only five appearances, including two in the Challenger Pro League.
Feyenoord
[edit]On 12 June 2023, Tsoungui signed for Eredivisie champions Feyenoord for an undisclosed fee.[5]
Later in the month of his signing, Feyenoord announced that he would spend the 2023–2024 season on loan at Eerste Divisie side FC Dordrecht.[6]
On 13 August 2024, Tsoungui joined Belgian Pro League club OH Leuven on a season-long loan deal.[7]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 15 December 2023[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2021–22 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 2021–22 | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | — | — | — | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Lommel (loan) | 2022–23 | Challenger Pro League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Feyenoord | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FC Dordrecht (loan) | 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy
- ^ Challenger Pro League relegation play-offs
References
[edit]- ^ "Premier League 2020/21 Retained List of Players" (PDF). Premier League. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Antef Tsoungui and Victoria Williams give anti-racism message". The Argus. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Antef Tsoungui shows his skills to BBC audience". The Argus. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Cardiff 0–2 Brighton". BBC Sport. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Brighton: Antef Tsoungui completes Feyenoord move". BBC Sport. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Guus Baars en Antef Tsoungui eerste huurlingen FC Dordrecht van Feyenoord" [Guus Baars and Antef Tsoungui first Feyenoord loanes at FC Dordrecht] (in Dutch). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "OH Leuven versterkt zich met Belgische jeugdinternational" [OH Leuven strengthens itself with Belgian youth international]. ohleuven.com (in Dutch). 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ Antef Tsoungui at Soccerbase
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. website
- Belgium profile at Belgian FA
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- Belgian people of Cameroonian descent
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