Amine Gouiri
Footballer (born 2000)
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Amine Ferid Gouiri (born 16 February 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker or left winger for Ligue 1 club Marseille. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.[3]
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Gouiri with Rennes in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amine Ferid Gouiri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Bourgoin-Jallieu, France | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Marseille | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2011 | Isle d'Abeau FC | ||
| 2011–2013 | Bourgoin-Jallieu | ||
| 2013–2017 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | Lyon B | 33 | (14) |
| 2017–2020 | Lyon | 8 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Nice | 75 | (22) |
| 2022–2025 | Rennes | 83 | (25) |
| 2025– | Marseille | 40 | (22) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | France U16 | 11 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | France U17 | 13 | (15) |
| 2017–2018 | France U18 | 5 | (7) |
| 2018 | France U19 | 8 | (5) |
| 2019 | France U20 | 6 | (5) |
| 2019–2023 | France U21 | 31 | (12) |
| 2023– | Algeria | 27 | (11) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:30, 11 September 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 July 2026 | |||
Club career
Lyon
A player of Lyon starting in 2013, Gouiri signed his first professional contract with the club on 3 July 2017 for three years.[4]
An internationally renowned prospect, Gouiri made the bench for Lyon in a Ligue 1 match against Bordeaux on 10 September 2016 at the age of 16, and debuted for the Lyon B team at the age of 17.[5] 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.[6]
Nice
On 1 July 2020, Gouiri joined fellow Ligue 1 side Nice on a four-year contract for a fee of €7 million.[7][8] On 23 August 2020, he scored two goals in his first competitive match for Nice, in a 2–1 league home win over newly promoted Lens, becoming the club's youngest player in the last 70 years to have scored at least twice in his club debut in the French top flight.[9] On 29 October 2020, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.[10]
Rennes
On 1 September 2022, Gouiri joined Rennes on a five-year contract until 30 June 2027.[11]
Marseille
On 31 January 2025, Gouiri signed for Marseille for a reported transfer fee of €22 million, bonuses included.[12] On 27 April, Gouiri scored a hat trick, including an overhead kick, as Marseille beat Brest 4–1 to reclaim second place in the league.[13] He finished his first season with the club with 10 goals in 14 appearances.
International career
Gouiri was born in France and is of Algerian descent, and holds dual-citizenship.[14] He was a youth international for France, Gouiri was the top scorer at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, scoring seven goals and was the top scorer in the tournament.[15] After his success in the tournament, Gouiri garnered the attention of various European clubs and was rated one of the best young talents in the world by The Guardian.[16]
Gouri also represented France at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India,[17] scoring a brace in his debut in the tournament against the New Caledonia U17s.[18] In total, he scored five goals in the tournament.
At the 2018 UEFA U19 Euro, Gouiri scored two consecutive braces against Turkey[19] and England,[20] in the second and third matches of the group stage, respectively.
On 5 September 2023, Djamel Belmadi announced in the mixed zone that the change of sporting nationality for Gouiri from French to Algerian has been "resolved administratively".[21]
On 26 September 2023, Gouiri announced that he had fully committed to the Algeria national team.[22][23]
On 31 May 2026, Gouiri was named in Vladimir Petković's 26-man Algeria squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[24] On June 22, Gouri scored for Algeria against Jordan in a World Cup pool game.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 11 September 2026[3]
| Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | 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[a] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Nice | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[a] | 4 | — | 41 | 16 | ||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 43 | 12 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 75 | 22 | 7 | 2 | — | 7 | 4 | — | 89 | 28 | ||||
| Rennes | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[a] | 2 | — | 42 | 17 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | 7[a] | 2 | — | 41 | 11 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 20 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 83 | 25 | 6 | 2 | — | 14 | 4 | — | 103 | 31 | ||||
| Marseille | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 10 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 28 | 11 | ||
| 2026–27 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 4 | |||
| Total | 40 | 22 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 25 | |||
| Career total | 206 | 69 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 253 | 84 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Appearance in Trophée des Champions
International
- As of match played 2 July 2026[25]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 8 | 5 | |
| Total | 27 | 11 | |
- As of match played 22 June 2026
- Algeria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Gouiri goal.[25]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 March 2024 | Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria | 5 |  Bolivia | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2024 FIFA Series |
| 2 | 5 September 2024 | Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran, Algeria | 7 |  Equatorial Guinea | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3 | 10 September 2024 | Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Paynesville, Liberia | 8 |  Liberia | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 4 | 10 October 2024 | 19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria | 9 |  Togo | 4–1 | 5–1 | |
| 5 | 17 November 2024 | Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium, Tizi Ouzou, Algeria | 12 | Liberia | 4–1 | 5–1 | |
| 6 | 21 March 2025 | Obed Itani Chilume Stadium, Francistown, Botswana | 13 |  Botswana | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 27 March 2026 | Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy | 20 |  Guatemala | 1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 8 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 9 | 10 June 2026 | Rock Chalk Park, Lawrence, United States | 23 | Bolivia | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| 10 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 11 | 22 June 2026 | Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States | 25 |  Jordan | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
Lyon
- Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2019–20[26]
Nice
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2021–22[27]
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship top scorer: 2017[28]
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017[29]
- UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: February 2025[30]
- Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2024–25[31]
