Amine Gouiri

Amine Ferid Gouiri (born 16 February 2000) is a French professional footballer, who plays for Ligue 1 club Nice as a striker.[2]

Amine Gouiri
Gouiri with Lyon (2017)
Personal information
Full name Amine Ferid Gouiri[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000
Place of birth Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Nice
Number 11
Youth career
2007–2011 Isle d'Abeau FC
2011–2013 FC Bourgoin-Jallieu
2013–2017 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Lyon B 33 (14)
2017–2020 Lyon 8 (0)
2020– Nice 18 (6)
National team‡
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– France U21 8 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:16, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2020

Club career

Lyon

A part of the Olympique Lyonnais since 2013, Gouiri signed his first professional contract with Lyon on 3 July 2017 for three years.[3]

An internationally renowned prospect, Gouiri made the bench for Lyon in a Ligue 1 match against FC Girondins de Bordeaux on 10 September 2016 at the age of 16, and debuted for the Lyon B team at the age of 17.[4] 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.[5]

Nice

On 1 July 2020, Gouiri joined fellow Ligue 1 side Nice on a four-year contract for a fee of €7 million.[6][7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

International career

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.[10] After his success in the tournament, Gouiri garnered attention of various European clubs and was rated one of the best young talents in the world by The Guardian.[11]

Gouri also represented France at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India,[12] scoring a brace in his debut in the tournament against the New Caledonia U17s.[13] In total, he scored 5 goals in that tournament.

At the 2018 UEFA U-19 Euro, he scored two consecutive braces against Turkey[14] and England[15] in 2nd and the 3rd matches of the group stage.

Personal life

Gouiri was born in France and is of Algerian descent.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of 17 January 2021.[2]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyon 2017–18 Ligue 1 70101010—100
2018–19 Ligue 1 00000000—00
2019–20 Ligue 1 10201010—50
Total 80302020—150
Nice 2020–21 Ligue 1 18600—54—2310
Career total 266302074003810

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. "France - A. GOUIRI - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. "Académie : Comme Amine Gouiri, Maxence Caqueret signe un contrat stagiaire de 3 ans - OLWeb.fr". olweb.fr.
  4. Vavel (27 July 2017). "Qui es-tu, Amine Gouiri ?". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  5. "Lyon vs. Montpellier - 19 November 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  6. "Transferts : Amine Gouiri (OL) à Nice (officiel)". L'Équipe. 2 July 2020.
  7. "Wonderkid Gouiri has shown maturity at OGC Nice - Hassane Kamara". www.goal.com. 22 August 2020.
  8. "Gouiri shatters 70-year-old Nice record with brace against Lens". www.goal.com. 24 August 2020.
  9. "Nice 1–0 H. Beer-Sheva". UEFA. 29 October 2020.
  10. uefa.com (19 May 2017). "Under-17 - News – UEFA.com".
  11. sport, Guardian. "Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football". the Guardian.
  12. "Lyon: Comment l'attaquant phare du Mondial U17 Amine Gouiri "rappelle Karim Benzema" à l'OL". 20minutes.fr.
  13. FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 - Matches - New Caledonia-France - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
  14. uefa.com (20 July 2018). "Turkey vs France".
  15. uefa.com (23 July 2018). "England vs France".
  16. "Lyon: Amine Gouiri a tout d'un futur grand". 27 May 2017.
  17. "Gouiri takes U17 EURO top scorers' prize". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  18. "Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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