Amine Ferid Gouiri (Arabic: أمين فريد غويري; born 16 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker or left winger for Ligue 1 club Rennes. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.[3]
 Gouiri with Rennes in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amine Ferid Gouiri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Bourgoin-Jallieu, France | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker, left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rennes | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2011 | Isle d'Abeau FC | ||
| 2011–2013 | Bourgoin-Jallieu | ||
| 2013–2017 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Lyon B | 33 | (14) |
| 2017–2020 | Lyon | 8 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Nice | 75 | (22) |
| 2022– | Rennes | 75 | (23) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | France U16 | 11 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | France U17 | 13 | (15) |
| 2017–2018 | France U18 | 5 | (7) |
| 2018 | France U19 | 8 | (5) |
| 2019 | France U20 | 6 | (5) |
| 2019–2023 | France U21 | 31 | (12) |
| 2023– | Algeria | 12 | (5) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:36, 10 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:06, 17 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editLyon
editA player of Lyon starting in 2013, Gouiri signed his first professional contract with the club on 3 July 2017 for three years.[4]
An internationally renowned prospect, Gouiri made the bench for Lyon in a Ligue 1 match against Bordeaux on 10 September 2016 at the age of 16, and debuted for the Lyon B team at the age of 17.[5] He made his first team debut on 19 November 2017 in a 0–0 home draw against Montpellier in Ligue 1. He entered the field after 73 minutes replacing Tanguy Ndombele.[6]
Nice
editOn 1 July 2020, Gouiri joined fellow Ligue 1 side Nice on a four-year contract for a fee of €7 million.[7][8] On 23 August 2020, he scored two goals in his first competitive match for Nice, in a 2–1 league home win over newly promoted Lens, becoming the club's youngest player in the last 70 years to have scored at least twice in his club debut in the French top flight.[9] On 29 October 2020, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.[10]
Rennes
editOn 1 September 2022, Gouiri joined Rennes on a five-year contract until 30 June 2027.[11]
International career
editGouiri was born in France and is of Algerian descent, and holds dual-citizenship.[12] He was a youth international for France, Gouiri was the top scorer at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, scoring 7 goals and was the top scorer in the tournament.[13] After his success in the tournament, Gouiri garnered the attention of various European clubs and was rated one of the best young talents in the world by The Guardian.[14]
Gouri also represented France at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India,[15] scoring a brace in his debut in the tournament against the New Caledonia U17s.[16] In total, he scored five goals in the tournament.
At the 2018 UEFA U19 Euro, Gouiri scored two consecutive braces against Turkey[17] and England,[18] in the second and third matches of the group stage, respectively.
On 5 September 2023, Djamel Belmadi announced in the mixed zone that the change of sporting nationality for Gouiri from French to Algerian has been "resolved administratively".[19]
On 26 September 2023, Gouiri announced that he had fully committed to the Algeria national team.[20][21]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 10 November 2024[3]
| Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nice | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[a] | 4 | 41 | 16 | |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 43 | 12 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 75 | 22 | 7 | 2 | — | 7 | 4 | 89 | 28 | |||
| Rennes | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[a] | 2 | 42 | 17 | |
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | 7[a] | 2 | 41 | 11 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 75 | 23 | 5 | 2 | — | 14 | 4 | 94 | 29 | |||
| Career total | 158 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 198 | 57 | ||
- ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
edit- As of match played 17 November 2024[22]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | |
| Total | 12 | 5 | |
- As of match played 17 November 2024
- Algeria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gouiri goal.[22]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 March 2024 | Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria | 5 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2024 FIFA Series | |
| 2 | 5 September 2024 | Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran, Algeria | 7 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 3 | 10 September 2024 | Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia | 8 | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | 10 October 2024 | 19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria | 9 | 4–1 | 5–1 | ||
| 5 | 17 November 2024 | Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria | 12 | 4–1 | 5–1 |
Honours
editLyon
- Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2019–20[23]
Nice
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2021–22[24]
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Top Scorer: 2017[25]
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017[26]
References
edit- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 28 October 2017. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Amine Gouiri" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ a b "A. Gouiri". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Académie : Comme Amine Gouiri, Maxence Caqueret signe un contrat stagiaire de 3 ans - OLWeb.fr". olweb.fr.
- ^ Vavel (27 July 2017). "Qui es-tu, Amine Gouiri ?". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Lyon vs. Montpellier - 19 November 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Transferts : Amine Gouiri (OL) à Nice (officiel)". L'Équipe. 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Wonderkid Gouiri has shown maturity at OGC Nice - Hassane Kamara". Goal.com. 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Gouiri shatters 70-year-old Nice record with brace against Lens". Goal.com. 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Nice 1–0 H. Beer-Sheva". UEFA. 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Amine Gouiri est Rouge et Noir !". STADE RENNAIS F.C. (in French). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Lyon: Amine Gouiri a tout d'un futur grand". 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Under-17". UEFA. 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Lyon: Comment l'attaquant phare du Mondial U17 Amine Gouiri "rappelle Karim Benzema" à l'OL". 20minutes.fr. 11 October 2017.
- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 - Matches - New Caledonia-France". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Turkey vs France". UEFA. 20 July 2018.
- ^ "England vs France". UEFA. 23 July 2018.
- ^ Rek, Léa (5 September 2023). "Amine Gouiri représentera l'Algérie, c'est officiel" (in French). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ Gouiri, Amine (26 September 2023). "Avec fierté, je vous annonce ma décision de rejoindre la sélection algérienne 🇩🇿 Je défendrai corps et âme le maillot des Fennecs pour porter haut les couleurs de notre pays et contribuer à écrire les prochaines pages de sa riche histoire. (1/1)" (in French). Twitter. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Official: Amine Gouiri chooses to represent Algeria". Get Football News France. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Amine Gouiri". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Paris St-Germain beat Lyon in French League Cup final for another treble". BBC Sport. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Nice 0–1 Nantes: Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Gouiri takes U17 EURO top scorers' prize". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
External links
edit- OL Web Profile
- Amine Gouiri at the French Football Federation (in French)