Georges Gope-Fenepej

Georges Gope-Fenepej
Personal information
Date of birth	23 October 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	Lifou, New Caledonia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire
Number	15
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2010	AS Kirkitr
2011–2012	Magenta
2012–2016	Troyes
2012–2015	Troyes B
2014–2015	→ Boulogne (loan)
2015–2018	Amiens
2018	Amiens B
2018–2021	Le Mans
2019–2021	Le Mans B
2021–2023	Concarneau
2023–	Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire
International career‡
2011–	New Caledonia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2022

Georges Gope-Fenepej (born 23 October 1988) is a New Caledonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championnat National 2 club Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire. He is the brother of fellow footballer John Gope-Fenepej.

Club career

Gope-Fenepej started his senior career in New Caledonia with AS Kirkitr before moving to AS Magenta in 2011.^[1]

On 29 June 2012, he signed a one-year contract with French outfit

Troyes AC, newly promoted to French Ligue 1.^[2] On 2 February 2013 he made his Ligue 1 debut as a stoppage time substitute in the 1–1 draw at Lille.^[3] He scored his first senior goal for the club in a 4–0 Ligue 2 victory at Gazélec Ajaccio on 29 August 2014, his only league appearance for the club that season.^[4]^[5]

In October 2014, Gope-Fenepej joined Boulogne on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season, in order to get more game time.^[6]

Returning to Troyes, Gope-Fenepej was limited to appearances for the B team during the early parts of the 2015–16 season, and in November 2015 he secured a move to Amiens SC in the Championnat National.^[7] He was a part of the Amiens team which won back-to-back promotions from Championnat National to Ligue 1 in 2015–16 and 2016–17.

In July 2018, Gope-Fenepej returned to the Championnat National with Le Mans.^[8] He again won promotion at the end of the season.^[4]

International career

He participated in his first tournament for the

2011 Pacific Games where he scored seven goals as New Caledonia retained their title.^[9]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list New Caledonia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 August 2011	Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa	Vanuatu	1–0	5–0	2011 Pacific Games
2.				2–0
3.				5–0
4.	1 September 2011	Stade Rivière Salée, Nouméa	Tuvalu	4–0	8–0	2011 Pacific Games
5.	7 September 2011	Stade Yoshida, Koné	Tahiti	1–1	3–1	2011 Pacific Games
6.	7 September 2011	Stade Yoshida, Koné	Tahiti	2–1	3–1	2011 Pacific Games
7.	9 September 2011	Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa	Solomon Islands	1–0	2–0	2011 Pacific Games
8.	1 June 2012	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara	Vanuatu	3–2	5–2	2012 OFC Nations Cup
9.	8 June 2012	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara	New Zealand	2–0	2–0	2012 OFC Nations Cup
10.	11 September 2012	Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae	Tahiti	3–0	4–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	11 September 2012	Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae	Tahiti	4–0	4–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
12.	12 October 2012	Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara	Solomon Islands	2–1	6–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
13.				4–2
14.				6–2
15.	16 October 2012	Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa	Solomon Islands	1–0	5–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification