François M'Pelé

François M'Pelé
M'Pelé with Paris Saint-Germain in 1978
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-07-13) 13 July 1947
Place of birth Brazzaville, Middle Congo
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1968 Standard de Brazzaville 56 (63)
1968–1973 Ajaccio 149 (71)
1973–1979 Paris Saint-Germain 217 (97)
1979–1981 Lens 65 (16)
1981–1982 Rennes 34 (16)
Total 521 (263)
International career
1971–1978 Congo[1] 29 (12)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Congo
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 1972 Cameroon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

François M'Pelé (born 13 July 1947) is a Congolese former professional footballer who played as a forward. In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.[2]

Career

M'Pelé played professional football in Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain, Lens and Rennes. He played for PSG from 1973 to 1979, and as of 2014, was the club's eighth-highest goalscorer with 95 in all competitions.[3] M'Pelé was also PSG's all-time leading goalscorer in the Coupe de France with 28 goals,[4] until Kylian Mbappé surpassed him in January 2024.[5]

Honours

People's Republic of the Congo

References

  1. ^ "Congo-Brazzaville - Record International Players".
  2. ^ "Οι 200 κορυφαίοι Αφρικανοί". Sport24.gr. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Kylian Mbappé equals Edinson Cavani!". EN.PSG.FR.
  4. ^ "François M'Pelé reçu au Stade Rennais... en attendant le Paris-Saint-Germain" (in French). Agence d'Information d'Afrique Centrale. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  5. ^ "PSG : Mbappé, Ibrahimovic, Pauleta... le top 10 des buteurs parisiens en Coupe de France" [PSG: Mbappé, Ibrahimovic, Pauleta... the top 10 Parisian scorers in the French Cup]. RMC Sport (in French). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  6. ^ "African Cup of Nations 1972-Congo Squad" (in French). Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2025.


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