OTD: NORDI MUKIELE BORN

On this day in 1997, current Sunderland Nordi Mukiele was born. Born in Montreuil, France, he joined the academy of Paris FC in 2004 and spent the next nine years with the club before moving to Laval. His debut for their senior team came in November 2014, when he played 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw with AJ Auxerre in Ligue 2. Mukiele’s first goal occurred in November of the following year in a 4-1 defeat to Clermont Foot. His real breakout season was 2016/17, as he regularly featured for Laval...

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