Henri Antchouet

Henri Arnaud Antchouet Rebienot (born 2 August 1979), known as Antchouet, is a Gabonese former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Henri Antchouet

Personal information
Full name	Henri Arnaud Antchouet Rebienot[1]
Date of birth	(1979-08-02) 2 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Libreville, Gabon
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1994–1998	FC 105 Libreville
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	FC 105 Libreville
1999–2000	Canon Yaoundé
2000–2002	Leixões	67	(25)
2002–2005	Belenenses	78	(31)
2005–2007	Alavés	3	(0)
2006	→ Vitória Guimarães (loan)	12	(2)
2006–2007	→ Al Shabab (loan)	0	(0)
2007	→ AEL (loan)	8	(2)
2009–2010	Estoril	19	(5)
2010–2011	Moreirense	30	(12)
2011–2013	Churchill Brothers	47	(27)
2014	Bongoville
2015	Gobelins
International career
1999–2012	Gabon	24	(3)
Medal record Churchill Brothers Winner I-League 2013
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicknamed "The Arrow" due to his agility, he spent most of his professional career in Portugal and played in five other countries abroad. From 2007 to 2009 he served a ban due to doping.^[2]

Club career

Born in Libreville, Antchouet started his career at the age of 15 in local club FC 105 Libreville. After a quick spell in Cameroon he moved to Portugal, first with Leixões (then in the third division), and remained there for the vast majority of the following six years. He have had advanced positions among the top scorers in 2002–03 Primeira Liga with 9 goals, 2003–04 season with 10 goals and 2004–05 season with 12 goals.^[3]

Consistent performances for Primeira Liga's Belenenses^[4] attracted the attention of Alavés in July 2005, but Antchouet left Spain after only a few months, returning to Portugal with Vitória de Guimarães, on loan.^[5]

After a loan in Saudi Arabia, Antchouet joined AEL in Greece, in January 2007, still owned by Alavés, and helped the team win the 2006–07 Greek Cup, netting the winner against Panathinaikos just eight minutes from time, as a substitute. On 15 June 2007, however, he was given a two-year ban by the Hellenic Football Federation, after testing positive for cocaine.^[2]

In August 2009 Antchouet returned to active and Portugal, signing with second division side Estoril. After one season, he was due to change clubs – and countries – again, joining FC U Craiova from Romania in June 2010;^[6] however, the deal eventually fell through and he returned to the country he had left, moving to Moreirense in division two.

In June 2011 Antchouet signed for Indian club Churchill Brothers, scoring on his debut against Shillong Lajong and finding the net against the same rival on 18 December in a 6–0 routing.^[7][8] He finished the season as joint-sixth top scorer, helping his team to the third position in the I-League.^[9]

International career

Antchouet made his senior international debut for Gabon national team on 27 February 1999 against South African in 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification match, which ended as a 4–1 defeat. He scored his first goal against Equatorial Guinea in an international friendly match in 1999.^[10]

He has also represented Gabon in competitions like 2000 ACN, 2004 ACN and 2013 African Cup of Nations main stages alongside 2002, 2006 and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Between 1999 and 2012, he appeared in 24 international matches for his country, scoring 3 goals.

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 November 2013^{[11][citation needed]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Continental[b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leixões	2000–01	Portuguese Second Division	30	13	3	1	0	0	33	14
	2001–02	Portuguese Second Division	36	13	8	5	0	0	44	18
	2002–03	Portuguese Second Division	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
	Total		66	26	11	6	1	1	78	33
Belenenses	2002–03	Primeira Liga	22	9	0	0	0	0	22	9
	2003–04	Primeira Liga	31	10	4	0	0	0	35	10
	2004–05	Primeira Liga	26	12	0	0	0	0	26	12
	Total		79	31	4	0	0	0	83	31
Alavés	2005–06	La Liga	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Vitória Guimarães (loan)	2005–06	Primeira Liga	12	2	3	1	0	0	15	3
Al Shabab (loan)	2006–07	Saudi Professional League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AEL (loan)	2006–07	Super League Greece	8	2	0	0	0	0	8	2
Estoril	2009–10	Liga de Honra	19	5	4	1	0	0	23	6
Moreirense	2010–11	Liga de Honra	30	12	5	1	0	0	35	13
Churchill Brothers	2011–12	I-League	19	13	0	0	0	0	19	13
	2012–13	I-League	24	14	0	0	3	0	27	14
	2013–14	I-League	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		47	27	0	0	3	0	50	27
Career total			264	105	28	9	4	1	296	115

1. Includes Copa del Rey, Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal.
2. Includes AFC Cup.

International

Scores and results list Gabon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Antchouet goal.

List of international goals scored by Henri Antchouet^[12]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 November 1999	Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	4–0	UNIFAC Cup
2	14 November 1999	Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon	Chad	1–0	2–0	UNIFAC Cup
3	2 September 2006	Stade Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon	Madagascar	1–0	4–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Leixões

• Taça de Portugal: runner-up 2001–02^[13]
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: runner-up 2002

AEL

• Greek Football Cup: 2006–07

Churchill Brothers

• I-League: 2012–13
• Federation Cup: 2013–14