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Amine Gouiri
Gouiri with Rennes in 2023
Personal information
Full name Amine Ferid Gouiri[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24)
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 67 (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 9 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:36, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

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]

Club career

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Lyon

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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

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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

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

International career

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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

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Club

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As of match played 1 September 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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 3 1 0 0 — — 3 1
Total 67 23 5 2 — 14 4 86 29
Career total 150 45 15 4 2 0 23 8 190 57
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of match played 10 October 2024[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Algeria 2023 4 0
2024 5 4
Total 9 4
As of match played 10 October 2024
Algeria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gouiri goal.[22]
List of international goals scored by Amine Gouiri
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 22 March 2024 Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria 5  Bolivia 1–0 3–2 2024 FIFA Series
2 5 September 2024 Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran, Algeria 7  Equatorial Guinea 2–0 2–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3 10 September 2024 Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia 8  Liberia 1–0 3–0
4 10 October 2024 19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria 9  Togo 4–1 5–1

Honours

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Lyon

Nice

Individual

References

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  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 b "A. Gouiri". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Académie : Comme Amine Gouiri, Maxence Caqueret signe un contrat stagiaire de 3 ans - OLWeb.fr". olweb.fr.
  5. ^ Vavel (27 July 2017). "Qui es-tu, Amine Gouiri ?". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Lyon vs. Montpellier - 19 November 2017". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Transferts : Amine Gouiri (OL) à Nice (officiel)". L'Équipe. 2 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Wonderkid Gouiri has shown maturity at OGC Nice - Hassane Kamara". Goal.com. 22 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Gouiri shatters 70-year-old Nice record with brace against Lens". Goal.com. 24 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Nice 1–0 H. Beer-Sheva". UEFA. 29 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Amine Gouiri est Rouge et Noir !". STADE RENNAIS F.C. (in French). 1 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Lyon: Amine Gouiri a tout d'un futur grand". 27 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Under-17". UEFA. 19 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 4 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Lyon: Comment l'attaquant phare du Mondial U17 Amine Gouiri "rappelle Karim Benzema" à l'OL". 20minutes.fr. 11 October 2017.
  16. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 - Matches - New Caledonia-France". FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Turkey vs France". UEFA. 20 July 2018.
  18. ^ "England vs France". UEFA. 23 July 2018.
  19. ^ Rek, Léa (5 September 2023). "Amine Gouiri représentera l'Algérie, c'est officiel" (in French). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "Official: Amine Gouiri chooses to represent Algeria". Get Football News France. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  22. ^ a b "Amine Gouiri". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  23. ^ "Paris St-Germain beat Lyon in French League Cup final for another treble". BBC Sport. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  24. ^ "Nice 0–1 Nantes: Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  25. ^ "Gouiri takes U17 EURO top scorers' prize". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  26. ^ "Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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