Anthony Knockaert – Wikipedia

Anthony Knockaert , born the November 20, 1991 In Roubaix, is a French footballer who plays as an attacker at Huddersfield Town, on loan from Fulham FC.

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Anthony Knockaert begins football at the age of five at ES Wasquehal. Before signing at the front Guingamp, he passed through Leers Omnisports, RC Lens and US Lesquin.

In September 2008 , Leeds United offers him a monthly salary of 1,300 euros at only sixteen and a half. The transfer is not realized because Leeds does not accept to compensate its two training clubs, the RC Lens and the US Lesquin up to 130,000 euros ^{[ first ]} .

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The April 7, 2009 , Anthony Knockaert signs a contract with En Avant Guingamp, who evolves in National. Spotted by Xavier Gravelaine, he signed for a period of two years and arrives in the side of Armor Bretagne in the month of July 2009 ^{[ 2 ]} . For his first season, he participated in 30 games during which he scored five goals and delivered seven assists and thus participated in the ascent of En Avant Guingamp in Ligue 2.

The July 29, 2011 , he took part in his first Ligue 2 match by replacing Fatih Atik at the 74 ^{It is} Minute of the meeting counting for the first day of Ligue 2 against the team of the club La Berrichonne de Châteauroux ^{[ 3 ]} . He scored a double the August 9 following on the second round of the League Cup against the Vannes OC ^{[ 4 ]} . During the next round, he scored a goal against his camp against FC Lorient ^{[ 5 ]} . The following month, Anthony Knockaert scored his first goal in Ligue 2 against the Stade de Reims ^{[ 6 ]} . Author of a goal in October against AS Monaco ^{[ 7 ]} , he scored his last goal of the year during the 18 ^{It is} Day against CS Sedan ^{[ 8 ]} . In total, the French player scores 13 goals in 40 games in all competitions during his second season in Guingamp.

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The first ^is August 2012 , Anthony Knockaert signs a four -year contract in favor of Leicester City ^{[ 9 ]} . The August 18 According to, he takes part in his first match in his new colors on the first day of Championship against Peterborough United ^{[ ten ]} . Ten days later, he scored his first goal, on a free kick with Leicester in League Cup against Burton Albion ^{[ 11 ] , [ twelfth ]} . He scored a double against Huddersfield on a strike from afar and then an air pigeon wing ^{[ 13 ]} . The first ^is January 2013 , on behalf of the 26 ^{It is} day, facing Huddersfield, Knockaert scored two goals in a blow, just two minutes, at the 49 ^{It is} And 51 ^{It is} minutes of play, final score 6-1 in favor of Foxes ^{[ 14 ]} . At the end of the season, Leicester City finished sixth in the general classification, and qualified for the Premier League climbing playoffs. The club is eliminated in the semi-finals against Watford, Anthony Knockaert missing the penalty of qualification for the final at the 90 ^{It is} Return match minute ^{[ 15 ]} . However, he was elected best hope of the club of the season, ending the third top scorer and third best passer on the club.

The following season, he won the title of championship champion with his club, and thus gained the Premier League.

Standard of Liège [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Left free since his departure from Leicester, he joined the June 23, 2015 , Liège Standard.

Brighton & Hove [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The January 6, 2016 , Knockaert signs for the English club of Brighton & Hove. THE April 9, 2017 , he is voted best championship player of the season ^{[ 16 ]} .

The October 15, 2017 , the French midfielder scored his first goal in the Premier League against Everton (1-1).

He scored 27 goals in 139 games in the brighton club jersey in the space of three and a half years.

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The July 21, 2019 , Knockaert is loaned for a season with compulsory purchase option at Fulham FC ^{[ 17 ]} . He scored four goals in forty-six matches in all competitions in a 2019-2020 season which sees Fulham go back to the Premier League.

The July 8, 2020 , Knockaert engages with the London club on the basis of a three -season contract ^{[ 18 ]} . He played three cup games at the start of the season, before being sent on loan for a season to Nottingham Forest ^{[ 19 ]} .

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In April 2009, then Futsal player in Faches Thumesnil in parallel with US Lesquin, he was selected with the French Under 21 Futsal team for a detection course in Clairefontaine. Within this team trained by Henri Émile, he notably rubs shoulders with Wissam Ben Yedder and Abdellah Zoubir, future football professionals ^{[ 20 ]} .

With the French team under 20, Anthony Knockaert participated in the 2011 Toulon tournament during which the Blue reach the final.

The August 29, 2012 , he is summoned for the first time by Erick Mombaerts to participate in the pre-season internship of the French Hopes team for the 2013 European Championship ^{[ 21 ]} . The September 10, 2012 , he scored his team’s first goal in the friendly match against Chile ^{[ 22 ]} .

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