.jpg) Mateta in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jean-Philippe Mateta[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1997-06-28)28 June 1997 (age 28)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sevran, Seine-Saint-Denis, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Olympique de Sevran | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Sevran | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Drancy | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Châteauroux | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Châteauroux B | 13 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Châteauroux | 26 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Lyon B | 15 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Lyon | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | →Le Havre (loan) | 37 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Mainz 05 | 67 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | →Crystal Palace (loan) | 29 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Crystal Palace | 113 | (38) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | France U19 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | France U21 | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | France Olympic | 8 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | France | 3 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:03, 22 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:50, 16 November 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Jean-Philippe Mateta (born 28 June 1997) is a French professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forPremier League clubCrystal Palace and theFrance national team.
Mateta began his career withChâteauroux before signing forLigue 1 sideLyon in 2016. Following a successful loan to second-division sideLe Havre, he signed forBundesliga clubMainz 05 in 2018, before joining Crystal Palace in 2021, where he won theFA Cup in 2025.
Mateta represented France internationally atunder-19 andunder-21 youth levels, and later featured in theirOlympic team inParis 2024, finishing as third-highest scorer of the tournament and winning a silver medal.
Mateta was born inSevran, Seine-Saint-Denis,[4] to aCongolese father[5] and a French mother.[6] His father is a former professional footballer who played inCongo and inLiège,Belgium.[7]
In September 2016, Mateta signed forLigue 1 sideLyon fromChâteauroux on a five-year contract for a fee of €2 million with a further €3 million possible in bonuses. His former club also retained a 20% sell-on clause on the player.[8][9] Mateta made his debut for theLigue 1 side on 21 September 2016 againstMontpellier, replacingMaxwel Cornet after 76 minutes in a 5–1 home win.[10] He played his next match four months later in theCoupe de France, again coming on for Cornet against Montpellier, in the 76th minute of a 5–0 home win.[11] He made his first Ligue 1 start againstAS Monaco on 23 April 2017. He played 65 minutes, before being replaced byMathieu Valbuena in a 2–1 home loss.[12]
In July 2017, he joinedLigue 2 sideLe Havre on a season-long loan.[13] Mateta scored 19 goals in 37 Ligue 2 matches across the 2017–18 season.[14][15]
On 29 June 2018, Mateta joinedBundesliga club1. FSV Mainz 05 on a four-year deal.[16] His arrival was the most expensive signing in club history.[17] Upon signing with the club, the player was compared favorably to former Mainz strikersAristide Bancé andAdam Szalai as well as former 1. FC Köln and 1899 Hoffenheim playerAnthony Modeste.[18]
On 5 April 2019, Mateta scored his first senior hat-trick in a 5–0 league victory overSC Freiburg.[19]
On 21 January 2021, Mateta signed for English clubCrystal Palace on an initial eighteen-month loan deal.[20] Crystal Palace reportedly paid a €3 million loan fee and secured an option to sign Mateta permanently for a further €15 million.[21] He made his debut on 8 February in a 2–0 away league defeat byLeeds United.[22] On 22 February 2021, Mateta scored his first goal for Palace, a backheel flick, in a 2–1 away league win overrivalsBrighton & Hove Albion.[23] The deal was made permanent on 31 January 2022.[24]
During the2022–23 season, Mateta was restricted to just six starts in the league, withOdsonne Édouard preferred as Crystal Palace's starting striker. On 1 April 2023, Mateta came off the bench scored a last-minute winner againstLeicester City, ensuring Palace ended their thirteen-match Premier League winless run onRoy Hodgson's return to the club, and ended a personal run of 28 appearances without a goal.[25]
Mateta opened his account for the2023–24 season on 29 August, scoring his first hat-trick for Crystal Palace againstPlymouth Argyle in the second round of the2023–24 EFL Cup, resulting in a 4–2 victory.[26] After scoring in back-to-back games againstManchester City andLiverpool in December 2023, Mateta was restored to the starting line-up following the appointment of managerOliver Glasner in February 2024.[27] He scored four times in Glasner's first six matches in charge, taking his tally for the season into double digits, making it his highest-scoring season at Crystal Palace.[28]
In April 2024, he scored back-to-back braces in wins againstWest Ham United andNewcastle United; he was later nominated forPremier League Player of the Month for the first time in his career.[29] On 6 May, he scored in a 4–0 win overManchester United, becoming the first Premier League player to score in each of a manager's first six home games for a club sinceAlan Shearer forKevin Keegan in 1997, as well as Crystal Palace's first ever player to score in six consecutive top-flight home games, breakingMark Bright's record of five.[30][31] The next day, Mateta was named the club'sPlayer of the Year, becoming the first French recipient of the award.[32] On 19 May, Mateta scored his first Premier League hat-trick for the club, and the club's second ever Premier League hat-trick and first in nine years, in a 5–0 victory overAston Villa, helping secure a top half of the table finish.[33] Additionally, he finished the season as his club's top scorer with 16 goals, achieving a new personal best in the Premier League.[34]
Mateta's first goals of the2024–25 season came in a 4–0 win overNorwich City in the second round of theEFL Cup on 27 August 2024. He assistedDaichi Kamada's opening goal in the second minute, before scoring twice in the second half.[35] On 14 September, he registered his first goals of thePremier League season in a 2–2 draw withLeicester City.[36]
On 27 October, Mateta scored the only goal of a 1–0 win overTottenham Hotspur, giving Palace their first league win of the season.[37] On 3 December, he repeated this feat by scoring the decisive goal of a 1–0 win atIpswich Town, Palace's second win of the Premier League season.[38]
After registering only four league goals in the first half of the season, Mateta scored eight goals in the first eight fixtures of 2025. This run started with an 82nd-minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw at home toChelsea and included braces againstWest Ham United andManchester United in consecutive 2–0 away wins.[39] On 25 February, he scored his 36th Premier League goal for Crystal Palace in a 4–1 win overAston Villa, making him the club's all-time second-top scorer in the competition.[40]
On 1 March 2025, Mateta was hospitalized after being kicked in the side of the head byMillwall goalkeeperLiam Roberts, as he challenged for the ball outside the box in theFA Cup, an incident for which Roberts received a red card. Roberts was later given a six game ban, which had been extended from an initial three game ban.[41] Whilst Mateta was being treated on the pitch for a number of minutes and administered oxygen, some Millwall supporters chanted "let him die". The injury sustained during the game, resulted with him requiring 25 stitches for a laceration behind his ear and a concussion observation. Crystal Palace chairman,Steve Parish, accused Roberts of endangering the life of a "fellow professional" and manager Oliver Glasner claimed the foul "could have been the end of JP's career". Millwall managerAlex Neil insisted Roberts had not intended to hurt Mateta and wished him the best in his recovery.[42] Mateta discussed the injury in an interview later that month withL'Équipe, saying that he had the instinct to turn his head at the last moment, saving himself from a more serious injury, but that his "ear didn't look like an ear anymore"; and that aplastic surgeon had taken pictures of his ear, but refused to show them to him due to the grisly nature of the injury, but that the surgeon managed to save his ear. Mateta said that while he would be able to begin training, he would need to wear a mask to protect his ear and, so as to help prevent infection, wash it every time he sweated. He also said that Roberts had apologized to him by text for causing the injury and that the French striker had told him not to worry and that the injury was "not that serious".[43][44]
On 17 May 2025, Mateta won theFA Cup as Crystal Palace beatManchester City 1–0 in the2025 FA Cup final for Crystal Palace's first major trophy; he linked up withDaichi Kamada andDaniel Muñoz to set upEberechi Eze's winning goal in the 16th minute of the game.[45][46]
On 10 August 2025, Mateta scored his first goal atWembley Stadium, an equaliser from the penalty spot againstLiverpool in the2025 FA Community Shield; he later scored his penalty in the resulting shootout as Palace triumphed following a 2–2 draw, winning his second trophy with the club.[47] On 21 August, he netted his club’s historic first goal in European competitions, securing a 1–0 win overFredrikstad in theUEFA Conference League play-off round.[48] On 18 October, Mateta scored a hat-trick, two of which were scored in a five minute period, in a 3–3 draw withBournemouth.[49]
On 3 June 2024, Mateta was named in managerThierry Henry's provisionalFrance squad ahead of theOlympic Games in Paris.[50] Selected in the final squad as one of the three overage players, he scored the only goal in the quarter-final game againstArgentina to send France to the next stage.[51]During the semi-final againstEgypt, he scored two goals as France won 3–1.[52] He scored a 93rd-minute equaliser in thefinal againstSpain to take the match to extra-time, though Spain won 5–3.[53]
On 2 October 2025, Mateta received his first call-up to thesenior team for2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[54][55] On 10 October, he made his international debut in a 3–0 victory overAzerbaijan.[56] Three days later, he scored his first goal in a 2–2 away draw againstIceland.[57]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Châteauroux | 2015–16 | Championnat National | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 11 | ||
| 2016–17 | Championnat National | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 5 | |||
| Total | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 27 | 16 | ||||
| Lyon | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Le Havre (loan) | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 37 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 20 | ||
| Mainz 05 | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 34 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 36 | 14 | |||
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 3 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 17 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 67 | 24 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 71 | 27 | |||||
| Crystal Palace (loan) | 2020–21 | Premier League | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Premier League | 22 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 7 | |||
| Total | 29 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 8 | ||||
| Crystal Palace | 2022–23 | Premier League | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Premier League | 35 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 39 | 19 | |||
| 2024–25 | Premier League | 37 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 46 | 17 | |||
| 2025–26 | Premier League | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 1 | 1[d] | 1 | 19 | 8 | |
| Total | 113 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 46 | ||
| Crystal Palace total | 142 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 171 | 54 | ||
| Career total | 274 | 100 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 310 | 117 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 October 2025 | Laugardalsvöllur,Reykjavik, Iceland | 2 |  Iceland | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 16 November 2025 | Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium,Baku, Azerbaijan | 3 |  Azerbaijan | 1–1 | 3–1 |
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