Mathias Coureur

Mathias Coureur (born 22 March 1988 in Fort-de-France) is a Martiniquais international footballer who plays as a winger for Cherno More Varna in the Bulgarian First League.[1] He is also part of the Martinique national football team.

Mathias Coureur
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-03-22) March 22, 1988
Place of birth Fort-de-France, Martinique
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Cherno More
Number 19
Youth career
1993–2000 Sucy-en-Brie
2000–2006 Le Havre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Beauvais 21 (4)
2008–2010 Nantes B 16 (1)
2008–2009 → Gueugnon (loan) 9 (3)
2010–2011 Orihuela 19 (3)
2011–2012 Atlético Baleares 45 (6)
2013 Golden Lion 18 (8)
2013–2014 Huracán Valencia 20 (1)
2014–2016 Cherno More 55 (16)
2016 Dinamo Tbilisi 2 (0)
2016 Lokomotiv GO 11 (3)
2017–2018 Kaisar 59 (12)
2019 Seongnam 21 (2)
2020– Cherno More 10 (3)
National team‡
2013– Martinique 7 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 February 2017

Career

Born in Martinique, Coureur started his professional career in France, playing for Beauvais, Nantes B and Gueugnon, before moving to Spanish side Orihuela in 2010. He later spent one-and-a-half seasons with fellow Segunda División B club Atlético Baleares. In early 2013 Coureur returned to his country to play for Golden Lion.

After successful 5 months in the Martinique Championnat National, Coureur joined Huracán Valencia in July 2013. He made his debut in a 1–1 away draw against Reus Deportiu on 25 August. Coureur scored his first goal for Huracán on 14 September, in a 4–0 home win over Elche Ilicitano.

Cherno More Varna

On 16 June 2014, Coureur signed with Bulgarian side Cherno More Varna on a two-year deal.[2] He made his debut in a 0–0 home draw against Ludogorets Razgrad on 26 July, coming on as a substitute for Daniel Georgiev. On 31 May 2015, Coureur scored the winning goal in the 119th minute of the 2015 Bulgarian Cup Final against Levski Sofia, giving Cherno More their first ever Bulgarian Cup trophy. He finished the 2014–15 season as the club's top scorer with 9 goals in all competitions.

Dinamo Tbilisi

On 28 May 2016, after his contract with Cherno More expired, Coureur joined Georgian champions Dinamo Tbilisi.[3] He left the club however shortly on a mutual agreement, after his team failed to qualify for the group stages of the European competitions. He appeared in 2 matches for Dinamo Tbilisi in the Umaglesi Liga.

Lokomotiv GO

He returned to Bulgaria, playing for newly promoted A PFG club Lokomotiv GO during the autumn of 2016.

Kaisar

On 13 January 2017, Coureur signed with Kazakh club Kaisar.[4]

International career

In June 2013, Coureur was named in the 23-man Martinique squad for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5] He made his debut in the championship on 7 July in the first group game against Canada, coming on for the last 9 minutes in place of Yoann Arquin.[6] On 12 July, Coureur started in Martinique's second group game, a 1–0 defeat to Panama.[7]

On 3 September 2014, Coureur scored his first international goal in a 6–0 win over Bonaire during the 2014 Caribbean Cup qualifying. In November 2014, he was named in Martinique's squad for the finals of 2014 Caribbean Cup in Jamaica.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 11 November 2018[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Beauvais Oise 2007–08 Championnat National 21420–––234
Nantes B 2007–08 CFA 16100–––161
Gueugnon 2008–09 Championnat National 9310–––103
Orihuela 2010–11 Segunda B 19300–––193
Atlético Baleares 2011–12 Segunda B 35640---396
2012–13 10010---110
Total 45650------506
Golden Lion 2012–13 MCN 18800–––188
Huracán Valencia 2013–14 Segunda B 20110–––211
Cherno More 2014–15 A Group 21584---299
2015–16 341130-21104012
Total 5516114--21106921
Dinamo Tbilisi 2015–16 Umaglesi Liga 2000–40–60
Lokomotiv GO 2016–17 Parva Liga 11300–––113
Kaisar 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 32510---335
2018 27710---287
Total 591220------6112
Career total 27557224--611030462

International goals
Scores and results list Martinique's goal tally first.[10]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 September 2014Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique Bonaire3–06–02014 Caribbean Cup qualification
2.8 October 2016Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic Dominican Republic2–12–12017 Caribbean Cup qualification

Honours

Club
Atlético Baleares
Cherno More
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References
  1. "Mathias Coureur Facts". footballdatabase.eu.
  2. "Черно море подписа с халфа от Мартиника" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 16 June 2014.
  3. "Курьор подписа официално с Динамо Тбилиси" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 29 May 2016.
  4. "Курьор подписа с Кайсар, пусна цитат на Конфуций" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 13 January 2017.
  5. "CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2013 – Martinique squad". 11v11.com.
  6. "Canada 0–1 Martinique". concacaf.com. 7 July 2013.
  7. "Panama 1–0 Martinique". concacaf.com. 12 July 2013.
  8. "M.Coureur". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  9. "Mathias Coureur". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  10. "Coureur, Mathias". National Football Teams. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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