Louis Moult

Louis Elliot Moult (born 14 May 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Championship club Dundee United.

He made his professional debut as a substitute on 12 August 2009 in a 1–0 League Cup win over Leyton Orient and followed this up by playing again in the cup against Portsmouth.

Moult, a prolific goal scorer in Stoke City's academy and reserve side, appeared in a Premier League game in March 2010.

After this Moult struggled to gain a place in the Stoke squad and was sent out on loan to Bradford City, Mansfield Town, Accrington Stanley and to Mansfield for a second time.

He was involved in a League game squad for the first time on 10 March 2010 and made his league debut five minutes before the end of a 1–1 draw at Burnley.

Moult earned praise from Stoke academy coach Adrian Pennock after his League debut.

Moult signed a professional contract with city on 19 March 2010.

Moult joined Bradford City on a six-month loan on 30 July 2010 to gain valuable experience.

He made his Bantams debut in a 3–1 defeat to Shrewsbury Town.

Moult scored his first professional goal on 30 October 2010 against Oxford United when he beat Ryan Clarke in the final minute.

He returned to Stoke in January 2011 after his loan spell at Bradford ended.

On 31 January 2011 he joined Conference National side Mansfield Town for on loan for a month.

Moult made his Mansfield debut against Alfreton Town in the FA Trophy his brother Jake also played in the match for Alfreton.

On his first league start for The Stags Moult scored twice in a 3–3 draw with Newport County.

His loan was extended until April.

However, after picking up a back injury Moult returned to Stoke in March.

Moult joined League Two Accrington Stanley on a months loan on 19 August 2011.

He made five appearances for Stanley before returning to Stoke.

He re-joined Mansfield Town on loan on 28 October 2011.

He returned to Stoke after making just one substitute league appearance.

On 12 January Moult linked up with his brother Jake, at Alfreton Town on a months loan.

He left Stoke at the end of the 2011–12 season following the expiration of his contract.

He was released by Stoke in June 2012 and signed for Northampton Town.

He made his Conference debut for Alfreton against Kidderminster Harriers on 21 January 2012 but was sent-off just before half time for a poor challenge on Harriers midfielder Kyle Storer.

He returned to Stoke after the end of his loan spell.

After a successful trial period where he scored twice in a pre-season match against Kettering Town, Moult signed a one-year contract with Northampton Town on 17 August 2012.

Moult was handed the number 19 shirt and his first involvement was as an unused substitute against Rotherham.

His debut came in a League Cup defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

His one and only goal for Northampton came in a game against Port Vale, Moult spoke afterwards saying "I was a massive Stoke fan so to get the goal today was absolutely fantastic, you dream of moments like that and the fact it's come against Port Vale makes it that bit sweeter."

After making just 13 appearances in his first six months, mainly from the bench, Moult was loaned out to Nuneaton Town.

He was released by Northampton at the end of the 2012–13 season, making 13 appearances scoring once.

After a successful loan period in the later stages of the 2012–2013 season, Moult joined Conference Premier side Nuneaton Town in July 2013 on a permanent basis.

Scoring just once in 17 appearances, manager Kevin Wilkin was confident of the striker's ability to score goals, which was proven when Moult scored eight goals in the opening nine league games.

He made his debut against Macclesfield Town where he also scored the winning goal.

He was linked with many clubs at the end of the 2013–2014 season, as Nuneaton had spent the majority of it in the play-offs, before manager Wilkin departed for league rivals Wrexham and the side slipped to 13th.

At the end of the season the out of contract forward was linked heavily with a move to Wrexham, to re-join Kevin Wilkin and former teammate Wes York, who had opted for the move to North Wales.

He subsequently played non-league football for Nuneaton Town and Wrexham, before moving to Scottish club Motherwell in 2015.

He would then join Preston North End and Burton Albion before returning to Motherwell in September 2022.

Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Moult joined Stoke's Academy from local youth club Stoke Arrows, and was a prolific goalscorer for the academy.

After a number of impressive displays he started training with the first team and was also included in several reserve matches scoring against Fulham, Chelsea, Wolverhampton Wanderers and twice against West Ham United.