Amine Messoussa
French footballer (born 2004)
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Amine Ben Malik Messoussa (born 12 October 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club MC Alger.
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| Full name | Amine Ben Malik Messoussa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 October 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | MC Alger | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 29 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2018 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Saint-Priest | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Lille | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Lille II | 41 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Lille | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | → Villefranche (loan) | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | MC Alger | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Morocco U17 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | France U18 | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | France U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:00, November 22, 2024 (EST) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:11, 3 October 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Messoussa is a youth product of Lyon and Saint-Priest, before finishing his development with Lille on 10 August 2020.[1] He started playing with Lille's reserves in 2021 in the Championnat National 3.[2] On 5 July 2022, he signed his first professional contract with Lille.[3] He made his professional debut with the senior Lille team as a late substitute in a 2–1 Ligue 1 win over Nantes on 27 May 2023.
On 30 January 2024, Messoussa was loaned to Villefranche.[4]
International career
Messousa was born in France to a Moroccan father and Algerian mother, and is eligible for all 3 countries.[5] He represented the Morocco U17s in a friendly 2–1 win over the Ghana U17s on 14 February 2021, and scored on his debut.[6] He played for the France U18s in their winning campaign at the 2022 Mediterranean Games, where he was the second top scorer with 4 goals.[7]
Honours
- France U18