Alexandre Oukidja
Footballer (born 1988)
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Alexandre Roger Marcel Oukidja (Arabic: الكسندر روجر أوكيجا; born 19 July 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serbian club IMT. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.
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| Full name | Alexandre Roger Marcel Oukidja[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 July 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nevers, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | IMT | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Gueugnon | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2014 | Lille B | 84 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2014 | Lille | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | → Aviron Bayonnais (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | → Mouscron (loan) | 64 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Strasbourg | 109 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2025 | Metz | 204 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | IMT | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2025 | Algeria | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 August 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
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Oukidja made his professional debut in the 2005–06 season in Ligue 2 for Gueugnon, coming on as a half-time substitute for Pierre Bouysse in a 1–3 defeat away at Montpellier.[3] He joined Lille in the summer of 2006 and over the following seasons, he established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper for the reserve team in the Championnat de France Amateur. On 27 January 2012, Oukidja joined Championnat National side Aviron Bayonnais on a six-month loan deal.[4]
International career
Oukidja made his debut for the Algeria national team on 26 March 2019 in a 1–0 friendly win against Tunisia.[5] He was also member of the Algerian squad which won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]
On 15 June 2023, Oukidja officially announced his international retirement after playing only six matches with the national team.[7] In August 2024, he came out of the retirement and was included in the squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches.[8]
Personal life
Oukidja was born in France to an Algerian father from Tizi Ouzou and a French mother. He holds both French and Algerian nationalities.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 14 December 2024[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Gueugnon | 2005–06 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lille B | 2006–07 | Championnat de France Amateur | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2007–08 | Championnat de France Amateur | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2008–09 | Championnat de France Amateur | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2009–10 | Championnat de France Amateur | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11 | Championnat de France Amateur | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12 | Championnat de France Amateur | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 84 | 0 | — | — | — | 84 | 0 | |||||
| Aviron Bayonnais (loan) | 2011–12 | Championnat National | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Mouscron (loan) | 2012–13 | Belgian Second Division | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Belgian Second Division | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Total | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | 77 | 0 | |||
| Strasbourg | 2014–15 | Championnat National | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Championnat National | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 109 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 115 | 0 | |||
| Metz | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 204 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 211 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 475 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 501 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in the Belgian Second Division play-offs
- Appearances in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
International
- As of 14 November 2024[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Algeria | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Honours
Algeria