Hillal Soudani

Hillal Soudani
Soudani in 2014
Personal information
Full name El Arabi Hillel Soudani
Date of birth (1987-11-25) 25 November 1987
Place of birth Chlef, Algeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward, winger
Club information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest
Number 2
Youth career
1998–2006 ASO Chlef
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 ASO Chlef 108 (86)
2011–2013 Vitória Guimarães 37 (25)
2013–2018 Dinamo Zagreb 132 (97)
2018– Nottingham Forest 4 (2)
National team‡
2008–2011 Algeria A 11 (5)
2011– Algeria 49 (22)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2018

El Arabi Hillal Soudani (Arabic: العربي هلال سوداني‎; born 25 November 1987) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a forward for Nottingham Forest and the Algeria national football team.

Soudani made his international debut in 2011, and featured at the 2013 and 2015 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. As of December 2016, he has won 39 international caps and scored 21 goals, making him Algeria's sixth-highest goalscorer in history.

Club career

ASO Chlef

Born in Chlef, Soudani began his career in the junior ranks of his hometown club ASO Chlef. In May 2006, aged 19, he made his first team debut for the club as a substitute against USM Annaba in the 28th round of the 2005–06 Algerian Championnat National, coming on for Samir Zaoui in the 72nd minute.[1]

In 2008, Soudani was chosen as the 2008 Young Player of the Year by DZFoot after scoring 11 goals in 24 games in the 2007-2008 season.[2]

In June 2011, Soudani went on trial with French Ligue 2 club Le Mans FC.[3]

Vitória S.C.

On 8 August 2011, Soudani signed a three-year contract with Portuguese club Vitória S.C.[4] The transfer fee was rumoured to be €800,000.[5] On August 25, 2011, Soudani made his official debut for Vitória as a 66th-minute substitute in a 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round match against Atlético Madrid.[6] On October 16, 2011, Soudani opened his scoring account for the club with a brace in the third round of the 2011–12 Taça de Portugal against Moura Atlético Clube. After going down 1–0, Soudani scored the equaliser in the 89th minute of the game to send the game to extra-time, before scoring the winner in the 117th minute.[7] On April 1, 2012, Soudani scored his first goal in the Primeira Liga in a 3–1 win against Paços de Ferreira.[8] On April 21, he scored a brace in a 3–2 win against União de Leiria.[9]

On 26 May 2013, Soudani helped Vitória win their first ever Taça de Portugal by beating Benfica 2–1 in the final, scoring the equalising goal in the 79th minute before Ricardo netted the winner two minutes later.[10] The following day he travelled to Croatia to complete a medical ahead of a transfer to Dinamo Zagreb.[11]

Dinamo Zagreb

On 27 May 2013, Soudani signed a four-year contract with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb, for a transfer fee of €900,000.[12]

On 6 July 2013, he won the Croatian Supercup with Dinamo Zagreb against Hajduk Split, making his debut for Dinamo Zagreb in that match. Soudani made his Croatian First Football League debut six days later, scoring in a 3-1 win over NK Osijek. He then scored twice and assisted another goal in Dinamo's 5-0 win over CS Fola Esch in UEFA Champions League qualifying. Soudani won the Croatian league championship, scoring 16 goals and finishing third in the Golden Boot race, behind Dinamo teammates Andrej Kramarić with 18 and Duje Čop with 22.

In the 2014-15 season, Soudani scored a hat-trick against FC Astra Giurgiu in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage. He won his second league championship with Dinamo, scoring 11 goals and assisting 15 in the league, and won his first Croatian Cup.

Soudani's Dinamo completed the league and cup double again in the 2015-16 season, however the player himself had a less successful season, battling injuries and form and finished with eight goals and four assists in the league.

In the 2016-17 season, Soudani's 95th minute extra-time goal against FC Red Bull Salzburg sent Dinamo through to the group stages of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. Despite finishing second in the league behind HNK Rijeka, the first time Dinamo had not won the league in 10 seasons, Soudani achieved a career best 17 goals in the league, becoming the second Croatian top scorer from outside the former Yugoslavia and the first from outside Europe.

Nottingham Forest

On 29 June 2018, Soudani joined English club Nottingham Forest on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[13]

International career

In February 2011, Soudani was selected by head coach Abdelhak Benchikha as part of the Algerian A' National Team for the 2011 African Nations Championship in Sudan.[14] In the opening group stage game against Uganda, Soudani started the match and scored a goal in the 61st minute as Algeria won 2–0.[15] In the second group game against Gabon, Soudani scored a brace with goals in the 71st and 90th minute of the game. However, Algeria only managed a 2–2 draw.[16] Despite not scoring in the rest of the competition, Soudani still finished as the top scorer in the competition with three goals.

On May 14, 2011, Soudani was called up by Abdelhak Benchikha to the Algerian National Team for the first time for a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Morocco.[17] On June 4, 2011, he made his debut as a substitute for Rafik Djebbour in the 79th minute of the match.[18]

International

International goals

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 May 26, 2012Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria3 Niger3–03–0Friendly
2 June 2, 20124 Rwanda2–04–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 4–0
4 June 15, 20126 Gambia4–14–12013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5 September 9, 2012Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco7 Libya1–01–0
6 October 14, 2012Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria81–02–0
7 January 30, 2013Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa12 Ivory Coast2–02–22013 Africa Cup of Nations
8 June 2, 2013Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria14 Burkina Faso1–02–0Friendly
9 September 10, 201317 Mali1–01–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 March 5, 201420 Slovenia1–02–0Friendly
11 June 4, 2014Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland22 Romania2–12–1
12 September 6, 2014Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia26 Ethiopia1–02–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
13 February 1, 2015Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea32 Ivory Coast1–11–32015 Africa Cup of Nations
14 June 13, 2015Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria33 Seychelles2–04–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
15 3–0
16 September 6, 2015Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho34 Lesotho2–13–1
17 3–1
18 June 2, 2016Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles37 Seychelles2–02–0
19 September 5, 2016Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria38 Lesotho1–06–0
20 4–0
21 June 6, 201740 Guinea2–12–1Friendly

Statistics

Updated to game played 11 June 2017.

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 October 2018[19]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ASO Chlef 2005–06 National 1 1000———10
2006–07 11331—20—164
2007–08 241120———2611
2008–09 19420———214
2009–10 281244———3216
2010–11 Ligue 1 251831———2819
Total 10848146—20—12454
Vitória de Guimarães 2011–12 Primeira Liga 16422201[lower-alpha 3]0—216
2012–13 21933———2412
Total 3713552010—4518
Dinamo Zagreb 2013–14 MAXtv Prva Liga 311650—9[lower-alpha 4]31[lower-alpha 5]04619
2014–15 231130—12[lower-alpha 6]5—3816
2015–16 21853—11[lower-alpha 7]3—3714
2016–17 291710—11[lower-alpha 7]2—4119
2017–18 281741—3[lower-alpha 3]0—3518
Total 13269184—46131019786
Nottingham Forest 2018–19 Championship 420010——52
Total 420010——52
Career Total 281132371530491310371160
  1. ↑ Includes the Algerian Cup, Taça de Portugal, Croatian Football Cup and FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga and the EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 All appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ five appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Super Cup
  6. ↑ four appearance in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in Europa League
  7. 1 2 All appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Club

ASO Chlef
Vitória Guimarães
Dinamo Zagreb

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Division 1 28e j USMAn 3-0 ASO". DZfoot. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ Soudani Espoir DZfoot 2008
  3. ↑ "Transferts : Soudani proche du Mans FC ?". DZfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  4. ↑ Soudani é reforço
  5. ↑ Soudani quase a chegar Archived 2011-08-04 at the Portuguese Web Archive
  6. ↑ UEFA Europa League 2012 - Vitória SC-Atlético – UEFA.com
  7. ↑ Soudani, doublé décisif en Coupe du Portugal; DZFoot.com, October 16, 2011.
  8. ↑ "1er but somptueux pour Soudani en Liga portugaise !". April 1, 2012. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Soudani brille sous les yeux de Kourichi" (in French). DZFoot. April 22, 2012. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  10. ↑ Toufik O. (May 26, 2013). "Buteur en finale, Soudani remporte la Coupe du Portugal !" (in French). DZFoot. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  11. ↑ Walid Z. (May 27, 2013). "Soudani arrive à Zagreb pour passer l'examen medical" (in French). DZFoot. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Novo pojačanje: El Soudani potpisao za Dinamo!" (in Croatian). GNK Dinamo Zagreb official website. May 27, 2013. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Hillal Soudani: Nottingham Forest sign Algerian forward for undisclosed fee Soudani scored making it Forests'first win of the new season". BBC. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018. line feed character in |title= at position 77 (help)
  14. ↑ CHAN 2011 : Direction Khartoum pour l'Equipe Nationale A' Archived 2011-02-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ↑ CHAN 2011 : UGA 0-2 ALG, les Verts réussissent leur entrée Archived 2011-02-08 at the Wayback Machine.
  16. ↑ CHAN 2011 : GAB 2-2 ALG, deux points de perdus Archived 2011-02-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  17. ↑ EN : Maroc - Algérie : Les 22 Algériens
  18. ↑ Maroc 4-0 Algérie Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  19. ↑ Hillal Soudani at Soccerway
  20. ↑ "Oscars Maracana 2010-2011,Soudani joueur de la saison". algerie360. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  21. ↑ "Soudani Espoir DZfoot 2008". DZfoot.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  22. ↑ AMagdic.com. "Trofej Nogometaš 2017 - Priopćenje za javnost". Hrvatska udruga "Nogometni sindikat" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2017-12-21.
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