{{Short description|French footballer (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Axel Prohouly | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|6|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Grasse, France<ref name="wf">{{cite web |title=Axel Prohouly |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe366460/axel-prohouly/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=12 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | height = 1.74 m<ref name="wf"/> | position = Midfielder | currentclub = US Terre Sainte | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2003–2010 | youthclubs1 = Mougins | youthyears2 = 2010–2015 | youthclubs2 = Monaco | years1 = 2015–2018 | clubs1 = Queens Park Rangers | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2017 | clubs2 = → Port Vale (loan) | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019 | clubs3 = Racing Club de France | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2019–2020 | clubs4 = Lorient B | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs5 = Loon-Plage | years6 = 2021–2022 | clubs6 = Grande-Synthe | years7 = 2022 | clubs7 = Radomlje | caps7 = 11 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2022–2023 | clubs8 = Saint-Omer | caps8 = | goals8 = | years9 = 2023–2024 | clubs9 = Calais | caps9 = | goals9 = | years10 = 2024–2025 | clubs10 = Zürich City SC | caps10 = | goals10 = | years11 = 2025– | clubs11 = US Terre Sainte | caps11 = | goals11 = | club-update = | nationalyears1 = 2012–2013 | nationalteam1 = France U16 | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2016 | nationalteam2 = France U19 | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 0 }}
'''Axel Prohouly''' (born 30 June 1997) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club US Terre Sainte.
Seen as a top prospect as a teenager, he was courted by Barcelona and Chelsea. However, he ended up signing with Queens Park Rangers from Monaco in June 2015. He had a brief loan spell with Port Vale in January 2017 but left QPR twelve months later without having played a first-team game. He returned to France and had short spells with amateur clubs Racing Club de France, Lorient B, Loon-Plage and Grande-Synthe. He signed with Slovenian club Radomlje, making his professional debut in February 2022 at 24. He returned to France later in the year to play for Saint-Omer. He won the Régional 1 with Calais in the 2023–24 season.
==Club career== ===Queens Park Rangers=== At the age of 13, Prohouly received offers from the youth academies of Spanish La Liga side Barcelona and Chelsea in the English Premier League.<ref name="fr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/national-3-l-ex-pepite-de-monaco-a-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu-19-04-2019-8056929.php|title=l'ex-pépite de Monaco à la recherche du temps perdu|publisher=leparisien.fr}}</ref> He spent five years as an amateur player with AS Monaco, before signing a three-year contract with English Championship club Queens Park Rangers in June 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Axel Prohouly and Joseph N'Guessan join QPR's Under-21 side|url=http://www.qpr.co.uk/news/article/axel-prohouly-joseph-nguessan-qpr-under-21s-join-eds-2492321.aspx|accessdate=31 January 2017|work=www.qpr.co.uk|date=15 June 2015|language=en}}</ref><ref name="fr"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.francefootball.fr/news/Axel-prohouly-pogba-et-griezmann-sont-partis-et-ont-perce/639757|title=Axel Prohouly: "Pogba et Griezmann sont partis et ont percé"|publisher=francefootball.fr}}</ref> He scored five goals in 18 appearances for QPR's under-21 team in the 2015–16 season.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Baggaley|first1=Mike|title=Port Vale sign Axel Prohouly from QPR|url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/port-vale-sign-axel-prohouly-from-qpr/story-30099335-detail/story.html|accessdate=31 January 2017|work=Stoke Sentinel|date=31 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> On 31 January 2017, Prohouly signed with EFL League One side Port Vale on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.<ref name="axp">{{cite news|title=Axel Prohouly: QPR midfielder joins Port Vale on loan|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38808374|access-date=31 January 2017|work=BBC Sport|date=31 January 2017}}</ref> However, he failed to make an appearance at either QPR or Port Vale and ended his loan spell at Vale Park early to return to Loftus Road.<ref name="16/17"/><ref name="intewr"/> He agreed to have his contract at Queens Park Rangers terminated in January 2018.<ref name="intewr"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Ian |title=U23s midfielder Axel Prohouly leaves QPR |url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/under-23s-news/axel-prohouly-leaves-qpr/ |access-date=23 February 2022 |work=QPR |date=29 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
===French amateur leagues=== Prohouly turned down a contract offer from Red Star in the hope of a more financially lucrative offer that never came.<ref name="intewr"/> Before the second half of the 2018–19 season, he signed for Racing Club de France in the Championnat National 3.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racingfoot.fr/news/mercato-4-nouveaux-joueurs-signent-au-racing/|title=4 nouveaux joueurs signent au Racing|publisher=racingfoot.fr}}</ref> He played his first game in senior football on 16 February 2019, in a 0–0 draw with Les Mureaux at Stade Yves-du-Manoir, and made two further appearances for the club.<ref name="soccerway"/> In 2019, he signed for Championnat National 2 team Lorient B.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fclweb.fr/du-renfort-pour-la-national-2/|title=Du renfort pour la National 2|publisher=fclweb.fr}}</ref> He scored his first career goal on 17 August 2019, during a 1–1 draw at Fleury 91.<ref name="soccerway"/> He rejected the chance to play in Bulgaria as he wanted his wife to be able to commute to London.<ref name="intewr"/> In 2021, he signed for Grande-Synthe in Régional 1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportfm.fr/axel-prohouly-j-ai-envie-de-monter-en-national-3-avec-grande-synthe-51306.html|title=Axel Prohouly: "J'ai envie de monter en National 3 avec Grande-Synthe!"|publisher=sportfm.fr}}</ref> He helped the sixth-tier club to reach the Round of 64 in the Coupe de France, where they were beaten by Boulogne.<ref name="soccerway"/>
===Radomlje=== Before the second half of the 2021–22 season, Prohouly signed for Slovenian PrvaLiga side Radomlje.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nk-radomlje.si/axel-prohouly-je-nova-okrepitev-nk-radomlje/|title=axel prohouly je nova okrepitev nk radomlje|publisher=nk-radomlje.si}}</ref> On 14 February 2022, he made his professional debut for Radomlje during a 4–0 win at Aluminij.<ref name="soccerway"/> He retained his place seven days later for the 4–1 defeat by Maribor at Domžale Sports Park.<ref name="soccerway"/>
=== Calais === On 29 June 2023, Prohouly signed for Régional 1 club Calais.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carpentier |first=Stéphane |date=2023-06-29 |title=Football (R1): Axel Prohouly première recrue du RC Calais |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1346367/article/2023-06-29/foot-r1-axel-prohouly-premiere-recrue-du-rc-calais |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr}}</ref> On 18 November, in the seventh round of the 2023–24 Coupe de France, Calais secured a 2–1 victory over ESC Longueau thanks to stoppage time goals from Prohouly and Claudio Beauvue, setting up a match against Ligue 2 side Caen in the following round.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sougey |first=Frédéric |date=19 November 2023 |title=La fin de match folle de Calais pour s'offrir Caen au 8ème tour ! |url=https://footamateur.ouest-france.fr/la-fin-de-match-folle-de-calais-pour-soffrir-caen-au-8eme-tour/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Foot Amateur |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Calais achieved promotion to the Championnat National 3 at the end of the 2023–24 season.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Foissel |first1=Sébastien |title=Football : le Racing Club de Calais monte en National 3 après sa victoire contre Arras dimanche ! |url=https://www.radio6.fr/article-69476-football-le-racing-club-de-calais-monte-en-national-3-apres-sa-victoire-contre-arras-dimanche.html |access-date=23 July 2024 |work=radio6.fr |date=24 June 2024 |language=FR}}</ref>
=== Swiss amateur leagues === On 29 July 2024, Prohouly signed for Swiss club Zürich City SC.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 July 2024 |title=Axel Prohouly wechselt zu Zürich City |url=https://www.fupa.net/news/axel-prohouly-wechselt-zu-zuerich-city-3038931 |access-date=19 August 2025 |website=Fupa.net |language=De}}</ref> Ahead of the 2025–26 season, he signed for US Terre Sainte.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2e ligue inter: l’US Terre Sainte s’en sort bien pour sa première |url=https://www.lacote.ch/vaud/la-cote/nyon-district/coppet/2e-ligue-inter-lus-terre-sainte-sen-sort-bien-pour-sa-premiere-1464037 |access-date=2025-08-19 |website=2e ligue inter: l’US Terre Sainte s’en sort bien pour sa première |language=fr}}</ref>
==International career== Prohouly was capped at under-16 and under-19 level, winning the 2012 Tournoi du Val-de-Marne with the under-16s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fédération Française de Football |url=https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/7297-prohouly-axel/fiche.html |website=www.fff.fr |access-date=23 February 2022 |language=French}}</ref>
==Style of play== Prohouly is primarily a central midfielder, but can play anywhere across the midfield.<ref>{{cite news|title=Welcome To Vale Park - Axel Prohouly|url=http://www.port-vale.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/welcome-to-vale-park-axel-prohouly-3546496.aspx|accessdate=31 January 2017|work=port-vale.co.uk|date=31 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> He has good speed, dribbling and heading skills.<ref name="drib">{{cite news |title=National 3 : l'ex-pépite de Monaco à la recherche du temps perdu |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/national-3-l-ex-pepite-de-monaco-a-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu-19-04-2019-8056929.php |access-date=23 February 2022 |work=leparisien.fr |date=19 April 2019 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
==Personal life== Prohouly married Jennifer, an Austrian model, in 2017.<ref name="intewr">{{cite news |title=- Football: de l'AS Monaco au FC Loon-Plage, le drôle de destin d'Axel Prohouly |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/971810/article/2021-03-30/football-de-l-monaco-au-fc-loon-plage-le-drole-de-destin-d-axel-prohouly |access-date=23 February 2022 |work=La Voix du Nord |date=30 March 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 9 December 2023}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup, Coupe de France, Slovenian Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup, Coupe de la Ligue}} !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=4|Queens Park Rangers |2015–16<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=91182|season=2015|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||Championship||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2016–17<ref name="16/17"/>||EFL Championship||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2017–18<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=91182|season=2017|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||EFL Championship||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0 |- |Port Vale (loan) |2016–17<ref name="16/17">{{Soccerbase season|id=91182|season=2016|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||EFL League One||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |Racing Club de France |2018–19<ref name="soccerway">{{Soccerway|axel-prohouly/443843}}</ref>||Championnat National 3||3||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||3||0 |- |rowspan=3|Lorient B |2019–20<ref name="soccerway"/>||Championnat National 2||5||1||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||5||1 |- |2020–21<ref name="soccerway"/>||Championnat National 2||0||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !5!!1!!0!!0!! colspan="2" |—!!5!!1 |- |Loon-Plage |2020–21<ref name="soccerway"/>||Régional 1|| || ||3<ref name=":0" group="lower-alpha">Statistics are only from the seventh round of the Coupe de France onwards.</ref>||0|| colspan="2" |—||3||0 |- |Radomlje |2021–22<ref name="soccerway"/>||Slovenian PrvaLiga||11||0||0||0|| colspan="2" |—||11||0 |- |Saint-Omer |2022–23<ref name="soccerway" /> |Régional 1 | | |0<ref name=":0" group="lower-alpha" /> |0 | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 |- |Calais |2023–24<ref name="soccerway" /> |Régional 1 | | |2<ref name=":0" group="lower-alpha" /> |1 | colspan="2" |— |2 |1 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !19!!1!!5!!1!!0!!0!!24!!2 |} {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
== Honours == '''Calais''' * Régional 1: 2023–24<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{FFF player|7297-prohouly-axel}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prohouly, Axel}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Grasse Category:French men's footballers Category:France men's youth international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Men's association football wingers Category:AS Monaco FC players Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Category:Port Vale F.C. players Category:Racing Club de France Football players Category:FC Lorient players Category:Olympique Grande-Synthe players Category:NK Radomlje players Category:US Saint-Omer players Category:RC Calais players Category:Championnat National 3 players Category:Championnat National 2 players Category:Régional 1 players Category:Slovenian PrvaLiga players Category:French expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Category:French expatriate sportspeople in England Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Category:21st-century French sportsmen Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland