| Lys Mousset | |
| Fullname: | Lys Émilien Mousset[1] |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1996[2] |
| Birth Place: | Montivilliers, France |
| Height: | 1.84 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2004 |
| Youthclubs1: | Soquence Graville |
| Youthyears2: | 2004–2006 |
| Youthclubs2: | Havre Caucriauville |
| Youthyears3: | 2006–2012 |
| Youthclubs3: | Le Havre |
| Years1: | 2012–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Le Havre B |
| Caps1: | 57 |
| Goals1: | 14 |
| Years2: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs2: | Le Havre |
| Caps2: | 34 |
| Goals2: | 14 |
| Years3: | 2016–2019 |
| Clubs3: | AFC Bournemouth |
| Caps3: | 58 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs4: | Sheffield United |
| Caps4: | 48 |
| Goals4: | 9 |
| Years5: | 2022 |
| Clubs5: | → Salernitana (loan) |
| Caps5: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs6: | VfL Bochum |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023 |
| Clubs7: | → Nîmes (loan) |
| Caps7: | 11 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | France U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | France U21 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 5 |
| Club-Update: | 9 January 2024 |
Lys Émilien Mousset (born 8 February 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Mousset joined the Le Havre academy in 2006, after playing for local clubs Soquence Graville and Havre Caucriauville. He began playing for the reserve side in 2012, where he impressed, before making his debut for the first team in 2014. Mousset would go on to score fourteen goals in thirty-six games for Le Havre.[3]
On 30 June 2016, Mousset joined AFC Bournemouth from Le Havre for a €7.3 million transfer fee.[4] [5] He scored his first goal for Bournemouth in an FA Cup tie against Wigan Athletic on 6 January 2018.[6]
On 21 July 2019, Mousset signed for newly promoted Premier League club Sheffield United. The Blades paid a club-record fee in the region of £10 million for Mousset, and he put pen to paper on a three-year contract.[7] On 21 September 2019, He scored his first goal for Sheffield United in a 2–0 away win against Everton.[8] On 30 September Wilder confirmed that Mousset's toe injury could keep him out for at least another two months. He still finished the 2019–20 season as joint highest scorer for Sheffield United along with Oli McBurnie on six goals, and joint highest assist provider along with Enda Stevens on four assists.[9]
On 31 January 2022, Mousset was loaned to Salernitana in Serie A.[10]
On 15 August 2022, Mousset signed a two-year contract with VfL Bochum in Germany.[11]
In January 2023, Mousset was suspended from the team.[12] He was loaned out to Nîmes on 31 January.[13]
On 9 January 2024, Mousset's contract with Bochum was terminated by mutual consent.[14]
Mousset was born in France to a Senegalese father and a French mother, and is eligible for both countries.[15] He made his France U20 debut in 2015.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Le Havre | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 14 | |||
| Total | 34 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 | |||
| AFC Bournemouth | 2016–17 | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Premier League | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | |||
| 2018–19 | Premier League | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 28 | 2 | |||
| Total | 58 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 5 | |||
| Sheffield United | 2019–20 | Premier League | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 6 | ||
| 2020–21 | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Championship | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 3 | |||
| Total | 48 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 9 | |||
| Salernitana (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 144 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 27 | |||