Anthony Mounier

He made his first appearance of the season, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute, in a 2–0 win against Grenoble Foot.

Anthony Mounier (born 27 September 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Greek Super League 2 club Athens Kallithea FC.

Born in Aubenas, France, Mounier began playing football when he was four years old and joined US Véore, a club based in Drôme.

He then joined Olympique Lyonnais at age twelve and progressed through the ranks of the club's youth system.

While training at the Centre Tola Vologe, Rémy trained alongside the likes of Karim Benzema, Loïc Rémy, and Hatem Ben Arfa.

In September 2006, Mounier signed his first professional contract with the club after being offered one.

Mounier was promoted to the Lyon's first team for the beginning of the 2007–08 season, being given the squad number 27.

He made his club debut during the pre-season in the 2007 Peace Cup, where he played in all four matches, scoring a goal in Lyon's first group match against Shimizu S-Pulse.

Mounier signed a three–year contract with the club prior to the start of the 2007–08 season.

This turns out to be his only appearances of the 2007–08 season, as Mounier found himself placed on the substitute bench throughout the first half of the season.

He made his league debut on 12 January 2008 in Lyon's 3–2 win over Toulouse coming on as a substitute.

In the summer transfer window of 2008, Mounier wanted to leave the club after a lack of playing time due to his limited first team opportunities, but manager Claude Puel urged him to stay.

Mounier then made his UEFA Champions League debut, coming on as a late substitute, in a 2–2 draw against ACF Fiorentina on 17 September 2008.

Ten days later on 27 September 2008, he provided an assist for Karim Benzema and Fred in a 2–1 win over Nancy.

In the UEFA Champions League Group stage on 21 October 2008, Mounier provided an assist for Fred in a 5–3 win over Romanian side Steaua București.

At the end of the 2008–09 season, he went on to make twenty–seven appearances and scoring five times in all competitions.

He scored his first goal for Lyon on 24 January 2009 in the 2008–09 edition of the Coupe de France nailing a brace in Lyon's 6–0 thrashing of amateur side US Concarneau.

In the last 16 of Coupe de France, Mounier scored and provided an assist for Jean Makoun in a 3–2 loss against Lille.

He scored his first ever league goal on 22 March 2009 against Sochaux.

On 12 May 2009, Mounier scored his second league goal in a 3–0 win against Nantes.

However, Mounier found his playing time, mostly coming from the substitute bench.

Mounier made his only appearances for Olympique Lyonnais in the 2009–10 season against AJ Auxerre on 22 August 2009, where he set up the club's second goal of the game, in a 3–0 win.

Mounier joined Nice on the last day of the transfer window for €2.5 million plus a profit equal to 15% on a possible future transfer.

Upon joining the club, he said his departure from Olympique Lyonnais was to get first team football.

On 13 September 2009, Mounier made his debut for the club in a 2–0 loss against Auxerre.

His performance later earned him Aiglon of the Month.

Since making his debut for OGC Nice, he alternated between a starting and a substitute role before starting a place in the first team.

On 24 October 2009, he played against Lyon and assisted teammate David Hellebuyck in a 4–1 win.

Two weeks later on 7 November 2009, Mounier set up the only goal of the game, in a 1–0 win against Paris Saint-Germain.

His performance throughout December earned him Aiglon of the Month.

At the end of the 2009–10 season, Mounier made thirty–three appearances and scoring two times in all competitions.

Two months later on 21 March 2010 against Paris Saint-Germain, he set up the only goal of the game once again, in a 1–0 win.

This was followed up by scoring his first goal and set up a goal for Eric Mouloungui in a 2–0 win over Toulouse on 28 March 2010.

His performance throughout April earned him Aiglon of the Month.

On 8 May 2010, he scored his second goal in a 2–2 draw against Stade Rennais.

At the start of the 2010–11 season, Mounier continued to regain his first team place for the side, playing in the left–wing position.

He continued to assist four times in the first two months of the season.

Mounier scored his first of the season with an assist from Danijel Ljuboja where he places the edge of the area left without a resumption of control beating Jérémie Janot in a 2–1 win over Saint-Étienne on 17 October 2010.

His performance throughout October and December earned him Aiglon of the Month on two occasions.

In the Coupe de France last 16, he scored the only goal in the game with a 1–0 win over JA Drancy on 2 February 2011.