Adam Ounas

Adam Mohamed Ounas (Arabic: آدم أوناس; born 11 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born in France, he plays for 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)
Position(s) Right winger
Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lille
Number 11
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)
2017–2022 Napoli 42 (3)
2019–2020 → Nice (loan) 16 (2)
2020–2021 → Cagliari (loan) 7 (0)
2021 → Crotone (loan) 15 (4)
2022– Lille 21 (1)
International career‡
2015–2016 France U20 2 (1)
2017– Algeria 21 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Algeria
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2019 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:39, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

Club career

Early career

Ounas was four years old when he joined the local club Tours encouraged by his father, a former goalkeeper, Hadji Ounas. He played for Tours 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 Bordeaux and Yannick Stopyra discovered him.[4]

Bordeaux

In April 2013, Ounas joined 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, before being substituted in the 59th minute,[6] and was introduced in the 77th minute of Bordeaux's 0–1 defeat to 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]

Loan to Nice

On 30 August 2019, Ounas moved to Ligue 1 side OGC Nice, on a loan deal with a purchase option.[13] On 6 May 2020, Nice decided not to trigger the purchase option and Ounas returned to Napoli.[14]

Loan to Cagliari

On 6 October 2020, Ounas joined Serie A side Cagliari on a season-long loan with an option to buy.[15] On 28 January 2021, Ounas parted ways with Cagliari due to lack of playing time.[16]

Loan to Crotone

On 1 February 2021, Ounas joined Italian club Crotone on a loan deal.[17] He scored his first goal for the club on 14 February in a 2–1 home loss to Sassuolo.[18] His second marker came against Torino on 7 March; following the match, he became the target of cyber racism, allegedly from Torino fans, which included direct messages on Instagram, of which he published screenshots, calling him a "monkey", telling him to "return to Africa", and even hoping for his death.[19]

Lille

On 1 September 2022, Ounas signed with Lille for two seasons, with an option for a third season.[20]

International career

Born in France to Algerian parents, Ounas is eligible to represent both countries internationally because he holds both nationality.[21] After initially playing for the France under-20 team, he opted to change his allegiance to Algeria in October 2016.[22] Shortly after the switch, Ounas was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria.[23]

Ounas made his debut for the senior Algeria in a 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Zambia on 5 September 2017.[24]

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 3 June 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bordeaux 2015–16 Ligue 1 235203120306
2016–17 Ligue 1 2632021—304
Total 4984052206010
Napoli 2017–18 Serie A 7020—41131
2018–19 Serie A 18320—61264
2021–22 Serie A 15000—62212
2022–23 Serie A 2000—0020
Total 42340—164627
Nice (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 1 1623200—194
Cagliari (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 7030——100
Crotone (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 15400——154
Lille 2022–23 Ligue 1 21110——221
Career total 150181525218418826

International
As of match played 27 September 2022[25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Algeria 201710
201820
201963
202020
202141
202261
Total215
Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ounas goal.
List of international goals scored by Adam Ounas[25]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
11 July 2019Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Tanzania1–03–02019 Africa Cup of Nations
22–0
37 July 201930 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Guinea3–03–02019 Africa Cup of Nations
43 June 2021Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria Mauritania3–04–1Friendly
55 January 2022Education City Stadium, Doha, Qatar Ghana1–03–0Friendly

Honours

Algeria

Napoli

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 5 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. "A. Ounas". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  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. Dorman, Matt (30 August 2019). "Ounas makes Nice loan move from Napoli". Sportstar. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  14. Taiwo, Taiye (6 May 2020). "Nice release Ounas and Wague after loan spells | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  15. "Napoli announce Adam Ounas loan to Cagliari with permanent option". OneFootball. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  16. "Ounas quits Cagliari for Crotone | Football Italia". Football Italia. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  17. "Official: Ounas joins Crotone | Football Italia". Football Italia. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  18. Football Italia staff (14 February 2021). "Stroppa: 'Sassuolo deserved to win'". Football Italia. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  19. Football Italia staff (7 March 2021). "Ounas racially abused on social media". Football Italia. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  20. "ADAM OUNAS, UNE NOUVELLE ARME OFFENSIVE AU LOSC" (in French). Lille. 1 September 2022. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  21. "Adam OUNAS -". www.unfp.org. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  22. M-A-D (8 October 2016). "Adam Ounas a choisi l'Algérie" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  23. HMF (18 October 2016). "NGA-ALG : Adam Ounas convoqué" (in French). DZfoot. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  24. FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - Algeria-Zambia - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
  25. Adam Ounas at National-Football-Teams.com
  26. "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.
  27. "Napoli win Serie A for first time in 33 years". BBC Sport. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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