Adam Ounas

Adam Mohamed Ounas (Arabic: آدم أوناس‎; born 11 November 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Napoli and the Algeria national team.[2][3]

Adam Ounas
Ounas with Bordeaux in 2016
Personal information
Full name Adam Mohamed Ounas[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996
Place of birth Chambray-lès-Tours, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
Number TBA
Youth career
2003–2011 Tours
2011–2012 FC de l'Ouest Tourangeau 37
2012 SC Tours Nord
2012–2013 FC de l'Ouest Tourangeau 37
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Bordeaux B 21 (3)
2015–2017 Bordeaux 49 (8)
2017– Napoli 25 (3)
2019–2020 → Nice (loan) 16 (2)
National team‡
2015–2016 France U20 2 (1)
2017– Algeria 9 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:59, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 June 2019

Club career

Early career

Ounas was four years old when he joined the local club Tours FC encouraged by his father, a former goalkeeper, Hadji Ounas. He played for Tours FC for ten years before joining the U14 youth team of Châteauroux.

One year later, due to juvenile mistakes, he left Châteauroux and played for a small local club, Football Club Ouest Tourangeau 37, where Arnaud Vaillant, scout for Girondins de Bordeaux and Yannick Stopyra discovered him.[4]

Girondins de Bordeaux

In April 2013, Ounas joined Girondins de Bordeaux on a one-year contract and in April 2014, he signed a two-year trainee contract.

Ounas made his first-team debut for Bordeaux on 4 October 2015, being introduced in the 72nd minute and scoring the last goal in his club's 3–2 defeat away to Lorient.[5] He started in the following match against Montpellier HSC, before being substituted in the 59th minute,[6] and was introduced in the 77th minute of Bordeaux's 0–1 defeat to FC Sion in the Europa League on 22 October.[7] On 25 October, Ounas scored his second Ligue 1 goal 11 minutes after having come on in the 67th minute, helping his club to a 1–0 win over Troyes AC.[8] In December, Bordeaux rewarded him with a professional contract running until June 2019.[9]

Napoli

On 3 July 2017, Napoli confirmed the signing of Ounas from Bordeaux.[10][11] He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–3 loss to RB Leipzig in the Europa League 1st knockout round first leg.[12]

International career

Born in France to Algerian parents, Ounas is eligible to represent both countries internationally. After initially playing for the France under-20 team, he opted to change his allegiance to Algeria in October 2016.[13] Shortly after the switch, Ounas was called up to the Algeria national football team for the first time for a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria.[14]

Ounas made his debut for the senior Algeria in a 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Zambia on 5 September 2017.[15]

Ounas opened his scoring record For Algeria on 1 July 2019, scoring twice against Tanzania in a 3–0 victory in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 25 May 2019[3]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bordeaux 2015–16 235203120—306
2016–17 2632021——304
Total 498405220006010
Napoli 2017–18 7020—41—131
2018–19 18320—61—264
Total 253400010200395
Career total 74118052122009915

International
As of match played 11 July 2019[16]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Algeria 201710
201820
201963
Total93

International goals
Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.[16]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 July 2019Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Tanzania1–03–02019 Africa Cup of Nations
2.2–0
3.7 July 201930 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Guinea3–03–02019 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

International

Algeria

References
  1. "Algeria" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 1. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. "Season 2015/16 – Adam Ounas, Girondins de Bordeaux". Girondins de Bordeaux. Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. "France – A. Ounas – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  4. Edwards, Mathias (20 December 2015). "Adam Ounas, L'étincelle Bordelaise" [Adam Ounas, Bordelais spark]. So Foot (in French). Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  5. "Lorient vs. Bordeaux – 4 October 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  6. "Bordeaux vs. Montpellier – 18 October 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  7. "Bordeaux vs. Sion – 22 October 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  8. "Bordeaux vs. Troyes – 25 October 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  9. "Girondins : Adam Ounas signe son premier contrat professionnel" [Girondins: Adam Ounas signed his first professional contract]. Sud Ouest (in French). 10 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  10. "Napoli seal deal to sign winger Adam Ounas from Bordeaux". ESPN FC. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  11. "Il Napoli ufficializza l'acquisto di Ounas" (Press release) (in Italian). S.S.C. Napoli. 3 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  12. "Fans stay away as Napoli slump to Leipzig in Europa League". worldfootball.net. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  13. M-A-D (October 8, 2016). "Adam Ounas a choisi l'Algérie" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  14. HMF (October 18, 2016). "NGA-ALG : Adam Ounas convoqué" (in French). DZfoot. Archived from the original on February 22, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  15. FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - Algeria-Zambia - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
  16. Adam Ounas at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.
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