Amine_Gouiri

Amine Gouiri

Amine Gouiri

Footballer (born 2000)


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]

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Club career

Lyon

A 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

On 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

On 1 September 2022, Gouiri joined Rennes on a five-year contract until 30 June 2027.[11]

International career

Gouiri 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

Club

As of match played 19 May 2024[3]
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  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 22 March 2024[22]
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Algeria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gouiri goal.[22]
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Honours

Lyon

Nice

Individual


References

  1. "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.
  2. "Amine Gouiri" (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. "A. Gouiri". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  4. Vavel (27 July 2017). "Qui es-tu, Amine Gouiri ?". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. "Lyon vs. Montpellier - 19 November 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  6. "Nice 1–0 H. Beer-Sheva". UEFA. 29 October 2020.
  7. "Amine Gouiri est Rouge et Noir !". STADE RENNAIS F.C. (in French). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  8. "Under-17". UEFA. 19 May 2017.
  9. "Turkey vs France". UEFA. 20 July 2018.
  10. "England vs France". UEFA. 23 July 2018.
  11. Rek, Léa (5 September 2023). "Amine Gouiri représentera l'Algérie, c'est officiel" (in French). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  12. "Official: Amine Gouiri chooses to represent Algeria". Get Football News France. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  13. "Amine Gouiri". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  14. "Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

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