Mathias Coureur


Mathias Coureur is a former Martiniquais professional footballer who played as a winger or forward.

Career

Born in Martinique, Coureur started his professional career in France, playing for Beauvais Oise|Beauvais], Nantes B and Gueugnon, before moving to Spanish side Orihuela in 2010. He later spent one-and-a-half seasons with fellow Segunda División B club Atlético Baleares. With Baleares, he won the 2011–12 Segunda División B Group III title. In early 2013 Coureur returned to his country to play for Golden Lion.
After successful 5 months in the Martinique Championnat National, Coureur joined Huracán Valencia in July 2013. He made his debut in a 1–1 away draw against Reus Deportiu on 25 August. Coureur scored his first goal for Huracán on 14 September, in a 4–0 home win over Elche Ilicitano.

Cherno More Varna

On 16 June 2014, Coureur signed with Bulgarian side PFC [Cherno More Varna|Cherno More Varna] on a two-year deal. He made his debut in a 0–0 home draw against Ludogorets Razgrad on 26 July, coming on as a substitute for Daniel Georgiev. On 31 May 2015, Coureur scored the winning goal in the 119th minute of the 2015 [Bulgarian Cup Final] against Levski Sofia, giving Cherno More their first ever Bulgarian Cup trophy. With Varna, he also won the 2015 Bulgarian Supercup. He finished the 2014–15 [PFC Cherno More Varna season|2014–15] season as the club's top scorer with 9 goals in all competitions.

Dinamo Tbilisi

On 28 May 2016, after his contract with Cherno More expired, Coureur joined Georgian champions Dinamo Tbilisi. He left the club, however, shortly after that on a mutual agreement, after his team failed to qualify for the group stages of the European competitions. He appeared in 2 matches for Dinamo Tbilisi in the Umaglesi Liga.

Lokomotiv GO

He returned to Bulgaria, playing for newly promoted A PFG club Lokomotiv GO during the autumn of 2016.

Kaisar

On 13 January 2017, Coureur signed with Kazakh club Kaisar.

Cherno More Varna (second spell)

On 15 January 2020, he returned to his former club Cherno More Varna and was greeted positively by the fans of the team. He scored his first hat-trick for the club on 16 August 2020 in a game against Etar Veliko Tarnovo Coureur topped the goalscoring charts in the 2020–21 [First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|league] before the winter break, netting 15 times.

Samsunspor

In January 2021, he signed a contract with Turkish team Samsunspor.

NorthEast United

On 18 September 2021, he joined Indian Super League side NorthEast United FC on a one-year deal. He made his ISL debut on 20 November against Bengaluru FC in a 4–2 loss, in which he scored a goal. He left the club on 7 January 2022, due to personal issues.

Cherno More Varna (third spell)

In January 2022 it was confirmed that Coureur will once again become part of the Cherno More team.

International career

In June 2013, Coureur was named in the 23-man Martinique squad for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He made his debut in the championship on 7 July in the first group game against Canada, coming on for the last 9 minutes in place of Yoann Arquin. On 12 July, Coureur started in Martinique's second group game, a 1–0 defeat to Panama.
On 3 September 2014, Coureur scored his first international goal in a 6–0 win over Bonaire during the 2014 Caribbean Cup qualifying. In November 2014, he was named in Martinique's squad for the finals of 2014 Caribbean Cup in Jamaica.

Personal life

In January 2022, Coureur tested positive for COVID-19.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 September 2014Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique3–06–02014 Caribbean Cup qualification
2.8 October 2016Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic2–12–12017 Caribbean Cup qualification

Honours

Atlético Baleares
Cherno More
Golden Lion
Individual