Amine Gouiri
.jpg) Gouiri with Lyon 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amine Ferid Gouiri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Bourgoin-Jallieu, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team 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 | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | France U16 | 11 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | France U17 | 15 | (20) |
| 2017–2018 | France U18 | 5 | (5) |
| 2018 | France U19 | 8 | (7) |
| 2019– | France U20 | 4 | (3) |
| 2019– | France U21 | 3 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2019 | |||
Amine Ferid Gouiri (born 16 February 2000) is a French professional footballer, who plays for Ligue 1 club Nice as a striker.[2]
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 signed with fellow Ligue 1 side OGC Nice for a fee of 7 million euros.[6]
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.[7] After his success in the tournament, Gouiri garnered attention of various European clubs and was rated one the best young talents in the world by The Guardian.[8]
Gouri also represented France at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India,[9] scoring a brace in his debut in the tournament against the New Caledonia U17s.[10] In total, he scored 5 goals in that tournament.
At the 2018 UEFA U-19 Euro, he scored two consecutive braces against Turkey[11] and England[12] in 2nd and the 3rd matches of the group stage.
Personal life
Gouiri was born in France and is of Algerian descent.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 21 February 2020[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Nice | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
Honours
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Top Scorer: 2017[14]
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2017: Team of the Tournament[15]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "France - A. GOUIRI - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. 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 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- ^ "Lyon vs. Montpellier - 19 November 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ "Transferts : Amine Gouiri (OL) à Nice (officiel)". L'Équipe. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ uefa.com (19 May 2017). "Under-17 - News – UEFA.com".
- ^ sport, Guardian. "Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football". the Guardian.
- ^ "Lyon: Comment l'attaquant phare du Mondial U17 Amine Gouiri "rappelle Karim Benzema" à l'OL". 20minutes.fr.
- ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 - Matches - New Caledonia-France - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
- ^ uefa.com (20 July 2018). "Turkey vs France".
- ^ uefa.com (23 July 2018). "England vs France".
- ^ "Lyon: Amine Gouiri a tout d'un futur grand". 27 May 2017.
- ^ "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
- Amine Gouiri at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Amine Gouiri at Soccerway
- Amine Gouiri – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Amine Gouiri at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- OL Web Profile