Barel Mouko

Congolese footballer

Barel Mouko
Personal information
Mouko with Lille in 2011
Full name	Barel Morial Mouko
Date of birth	(1979-04-05) 5 April 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	DCMP
Youth career
1992–1994	Manchester Congo Mouilla
1994–1995	La Mancha Brazzaville
1996–1997	Stade Mbombey Mouilla
1998	Pigeon Vert Pointe-Noire
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	La Mancha Pointe Noire
2001	AS Stade Mandji
2001–2002	Massy 91
2002–2003	Issy-les-Moulineaux
2003–2008	Dijon	158	(0)
2009	Gueugnon	20	(0)
2009–2015	Lille	3	(0)
2010–2015	Lille B	43	(1)
2015–2016	AC Léopard
2017	CS La Mancha
2017–	DCMP
International career^‡
2000–	Congo	52	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 5 May 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:07, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Barel Morial Mouko (born 5 April 1979) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Daring Club Motema Pembe.

Club career

Mouko was born in Pointe-Noire. He started his career at his home nation Congo, having a brief spell at Gabonese AS Stade Mandji, before playing amateur football in France. In 2003, he joined Dijon FCO and became the starter goalkeeper, achieving promotion from the Championnat National in his first season. He left the club in 2008, signing for FC Gueugnon in 2009.

In the next season, Mouko was signed by his former Dijon manager, Rudi Garcia, to play for Lille OSC. At Lille, Mouko was a reserve to regular goalkeeper Steeve Elana.^[1] He made a few Ligue 1 appearances after Elana suffered a drop in form during 2013,^[2] but spent most of the playing time with the B team. He scored once in the 2013–14 Championnat de France amateur.^[3]

International career

Mouko was a regular for the Congo national team, appearing in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying.^[4]

In 2010, during the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, he scored the first goal of a 3–1 win against Swaziland from the penalty spot.^[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Mouko goal.

International goal scored by Barel Mouko
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 October 2010	Brazzaville	Swaziland	3–1	Win	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Lille

Coupe de France: 2010–11^[6]

References

^ "LOSC : entre Elana et Mouko, Rudi Garcia n'aurait pas encore tranché" (in French). La Voix du Nord. 16 May 2013.
^ "Mouko va enchaîner" (in French). Nord Eclair. 18 May 2013.
^ http://www.bahiscipro.com/istatistik/oyuncu/86728/barel-morial-mouko/
^ "Congo: Mouko, le solide rempart des Diables Rouges" (in French). StarAfrica.com. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ "Congo vs. Eswatini - 10 October 2010 - Soccerway".
^ "Le PSG perd sa Coupe contre Lille". leparisien.fr. Retrieved 2 August 2022.