Our Biography of Moussa Dembele tells you Facts about his Childhood Story, Early Life, Parents, Family, Girlfriend/wife to be, Lifestyle, Net Worth and Personal Life.
In a nutshell, we deliver the history of a French Football Genius nicknamed “Hunskelper“. Lifebogger begins telling his story – from his early days right until when he became famous.
To give you a taste of the engaging nature of Moussa Dembele’s Bio, here is a pictorial summary of his life.
Yes, everyone knows he is supremely talented, a poacher with good attacking instinct, a sense of positioning, and an eye for goal.
However, only a few consider Moussa Dembele’s Biography, which is quite interesting. Now, without further ado, let’s begin.
Moussa Dembele Childhood Story – Early Life and Family Background:
For Biography starters, Moussa Dembele was born on the 12th day of July 1996 as the second child to his parents in Pontoise, a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France.
His parents were once migrants with family origin traced to the West African country of Mali. Moussa has similar family origin as Youssouf Fofana.
Both parents, upon living in their country in the early 1990s met in France and got married in the small village of Pontoise, north of Paris.
Pontoise is a suburb of Paris often seen as a settlement ground and family reunification centre for Malian migrants who leave their home country for France.
Did you know?… Popular Malian migrants in this neighbourhood include the families of Moussa Sissoko and N’Golo Kanté.
Moussa Dembele wasn’t raised in a wealthy family background. Just like Ngolo Kante, His dad and mum were like most people who did menial jobs but didn’t have the best financial education, also oftentimes, they struggle with money.
Moussa Dembele grew up in a small village north of Paris alongside his sister who bears the Instagram name Dembiz Balla and elder brother whom very little is known about.
As a little boy, Moussa Dembele was very reserved, one who was often left out socially. He’s not in as many activities as the other kids in his Pontoise neighbourhood.
Instead of diving in to play with friends, Dembele’d rather stand back and watch the other kid, including his big sister and brother. Because of this behaviour, he doesn’t get invited to friends’ homes alone that often.
Moussa Dembele Education and Career Buildup:
Just like N’Golo Kanté, his fellow Malian with a shy personality, playing football became a source of a confidence boost and Dembele’s own escape route away from the realities of his life.
Thankfully, in front of older football players and those of his age, Dembele learned how to be outgoing, bold, and confident as he showed great qualities with the ball.
Even while attending school, he would play football during recess and sports hours. More so, during the holidays, Dembele would go on to play football for nearly all hours of the morning and evenings.
It took no time before Dembele knew he had the talent to make it like a pro. Getting motivated by the success of black migrants in the France 1998 world cup, he began dreaming of using football as a means to combat hardship and uplift his family status.
Dembele discussed his ambitions with his school teachers, who further encouraged him by saying- his dedication to the sport was an investment which, through hard work and determination, would help him end up becoming a professional footballer.
On a faithful day after school classes, Moussa Dembele went to the local fields of Pontoise where he was invited to a tournament in the neighbourhood.
After the tournament in which he performed excellently, news about him got to his local club. The joy of his entire family knew no bounds as he was called to attend trials by his local club, US Cergy Clos.
Moussa Dembele Biography – Early Career Life:
Getting a trial with local club US Clergy Clos – which wasn’t as simple as it sounds. It took the effort of Mousa Dembele’s brother to intervene before they offered him trials. In his words, according to FourFourTwo;
“when my brother tried to join, they said they didn’t want him. That they already had too many players to take care of. But my brother insisted: ‘Just give him one training session and that’s it’… So they did and never regretted.”
Moussa Dembele became part of US Cergy Clos football academy at the age of 6 after having a successful trial with them in the year 2002.
Upon joining the club, he was deployed to play the forward position and immediately began shining on the field.
At the end of each game, Dembele was the kind of kid who would sometimes lose count of his goals. He was a natural goal scorer who was always in the right place at the right time. His popularity didn’t go unnoticed by PSG after scoring lots of goals for US Cergy Clos.
After the 2003/2004 football season, the diminutive forward took the next steps in his young career by continuing his footballing maturation process with the youth academy of Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
Moussa Dembele Bio – Road to Fame Story:
Moussa Dembele continued to go to school even while he was called by PSG. He completed his elementary school before enrolling in Le Moulin à Vent Collège, located in Cergy, a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris.
At PSG, Mousa Dembele started on the U15 side in the 2010-2011 season. His great qualities of speed and finishing saw him scoring 40 goals in 30 games, a remarkable number which left his educators very impressed.
In 2012, Dembele together with his teammates; Kingsley Coman, Presnel Kimpembe and Adrien Rabiot (all pictured below), were selected to participate in the Al Kass Cup in Doha.
In the tournament, the French striker distinguished himself many times by scoring several decisive goals, including scoring against Barcelona.
Dembele’s goal-scoring prowess helped his team in winning the Al Kass Cup in Doha after downing Juventus in the final.
When the Going Got Tough: Around early 2012, there came rumours of a PSG takeover and revamp by new billionaire owners (Qatar Sports Investments). This rumour turned into reality around March of that year.
Sadly, Moussa Dembele was among those who, despite being highly rated, wasn’t offered a first-team place after academy graduation. PSG was only interested in buying big guns- the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Javier Pastore, Kevin Gameiro etc.
SADLY, Dembele, despite helping the club win the prestigious Al Kass Cup, NEVER managed to make it to the PSG first team.
The frustrated striker decided to leave his hometown club after feeling his career path was already blocked under the newly formed cash-rich ownership of Qatar Sports Investments.
Moussa Dembele Biography – Rise to Fame Story:
Moussa Dembele took a risky trajectory into starting so young abroad. At the age of 16, he joined the English division 2 side, Fulham, where he got exposed to a new culture, training methods and habits.
As a regular in the Fulham U18 team, Dembele’s performance saw him winning the Premier Academy League award in his first season with the club.
Dembele’s meteoric rise from Fulham’s Craven Cottage reflected on the French U-21 national side, and it again led to him winning the France Under-21 Player of the year award.
Transfer offers followed in no time after receiving the honour. Among all offers, that for Celtic prevailed as Dembele became Brendan Rodgers first signing with the club.
Travelling towards the North pole in another risky trajectory for Dembele continued his football trade in the Scottish Premier League, a league relatively unknown to most football fans.
Moussa Dembele played a decisive role for Celtic during the Champions League, including scoring against Manchester City (final score 3-3) in the group stages.
Initially starting the season behind fellow teammate Leigh Griffiths, the Frenchman established himself as Brendan Rodgers’ number one hitman, netting 19 goals – five of which came against Rangers (Celtic’s biggest rivals).
Dembele’s goals (32 goals in 49 games, including back-to-back hat-tricks) guided the team in winning their famous 2018/2019 Treble winning season. This victory saw fans labelling him as a hero.
Winning the Treble saw Dembele announcing himself in a big way to top European clubs. On the 31st of August 2018, the 6-foot striker decided its time to return to his country, this time signing for Ligue 1 club Lyon.
THE SWEET REVENGE:
Moussa Dembele waited to take revenge at PSG. And that moment finally happened less than 6 months after joining Lyon. For some PSG fans, watching a rival player score against them is PAINFUL. To some fans, it is part and parcel of the game.
But seeing Moussa Dembele (who formerly played with them) scoring DEFLATED both the fans and players. Moussa Dembele celebrated against his old club, who once showed a lack of faith in him.
The sacrifice has surely paid off for Dembele since his time at Lyon. After revenging against PSG, he continued his meteoric rise. That made him become one of the hottest young properties in European football.
Dembele’s rise in Lyon can only be comparable to that of Karim Benzema. Also, that of Alexandre Lacazette who are his Lyon French seniors.
Who is Moussa Dembele’s Girlfriend?
With all the successes achieved over the years, it is certain that football fans must have pondered who Moussa Dembele’s girlfriend might be.
There is no denying the fact that his cute/handsome looks, coupled with his style of play, wouldn’t put him on the top of every lady’s boyfriend’s wish list.
After much research on the internet, It appears at the time of writing, that Mousa Dembele has made a conscious effort not to reveal who his girlfriend or wife (that is if he is already married). Or it could be that he is single, which implies the non-existence of a WAG.
We know sometimes football can be un-forgiven especially when it comes to mixing it with relationship matters.
For this reason, it could be that Moussa Dembele is just preferred to focus on his career. Rather than looking for a casual girlfriend or one who would be wife material.
Moussa Dembele Personal Lifeaway from Soccer:
Getting to know Moussa Dembele Personal Life Facts would help you know him better.
As stated previously, Moussa Dembele was born shy and quiet. But later found reasons to changed his perspective to life. He grew up becoming bold and energetic. His success story didn’t come without sacrifice.
Over the course of the years, Dembele has proven to football fans. That he can easily adapt to the energy that surrounds him. This is as observed from his journeys throughout England to Scotland.
Moussa Dembele is capable of perceiving the future. And he knows exactly what he wants, where he would be. More so, what he would be doing five or ten years from the time of writing.
On another page of his personal life, Moussa Dembele hates broken promises as he was once a victim of it while at PSG academy. Because of that, he now has a watchword that goes as follows;
A man without his word is nothing (no man).
Moussa Dembele Lifestyle:
At the time of writing, Moussa earns €48,000 per week. This is so much money, enough for him to live an exotic lifestyle.
However, judging from posts in his social media accounts, Moussa Dembele is smart. He is smart in managing his finances. Also, deciding between practicality and pleasure is not a tough choice for him. There are no signs of flashy cars, mansions, booze, ladies, etc.
Also, on his lifestyle, Moussa Dembele is someone who often finds themselves in the company of very different people. The one-time shy and quiet boy now sees himself wanting to be the first in everything. From work to social gatherings.
Moussa Dembele Family Life:
Truth be told, Moussa Dembele’s family’s success is tied to him (the breadwinner). Thanks to him having made it in football.
At the time of writing, Dembele’s family members have employed strategies. To deal with the fame that comes with one of their family members becoming successful.
At the time of writing, all family members (mum, dad, brother, sister, etc) are managing Moussa’s success by living a private and low-key life in France despite paparazzi always on the prowl and the numerous ways to connect with social media.
While Moussa Dembele’s parents and brother have their social media page unknown, that of his elder sister is accessible but set it private (at the time of writing) so that only approved followers can see what she shares.
Moussa Dembele Untold Facts:
The 10 Best DEMBELES (2019):
It is no longer news that there is a handful of footballers with the surname ‘Dembele‘.
The name ‘Demeble‘ is popular among footballers of west African Family origin, mostly from the country of Mali. In this session, we have ranked the 10 best Dembeles in the game.
They include 1: 1 – Ousmane Dembele, 2 – Our very own Moussa Dembele, 3 – Mousa Dembele, 4 – Karamoko Dembele, 5 – Mana Dembele, 6 – Siriki Dembele, 7 – Malaly Dembele, 8 – Bira Dembele, 9 – Mahamadou Dembele and 10 – Aliou Dembele.
The Eyeball Expressions:
For Moussa Dembele, keeping his eyeballs normal during tense moments in football matches is almost unavoidable. This is quite related to Phil Jones’ facial expression in similar moments.
The Biological Explanation of Moussa Dembele Eyes:
A bulging of his eyeballs is a result of involuntary action. It is one which involves lots of nerve communication and muscle contraction. This happens only during tense moments in football matches.
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Hale Hendrix
Hi there! I am Hale Hendrix, a passionate football enthusiast and writer dedicated to uncovering the untold stories of footballers' childhood and biography. With a deep love for the beautiful game, I have spent countless hours researching and interviewing players to bring to light the lesser-known details of their lives.
