Houssem Aouar ( digest 30 June 1998 ) is a french professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 cabaret Lyon and the France national team. [ 2 ]
Club career [edit ]
Aouar joined the Olympique Lyonnais Reserves and Academy in 2009 at the senesce of 11. [ citation needed ]
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He signed a three-year professional shrink at Lyon in July 2016. He made his first team debut in on 16 February 2017 in a 1–4 away win over AZ Alkmaar in the round of 32 of the smasher phase of the UEFA Europa League, replacing Sergi Darder after 84 minutes. [ 3 ] Aouar scored his foremost goal for Lyon ‘s first team a workweek former in the second-leg match against AZ Alkmaar at Parc Olympique Lyonnais, which Lyon won 7–1. [ 4 ] He made his Ligue 1 debut by starting in the away equal against SC Bastia on 16 April 2017, but the match was abandoned at half-time with the score at 0–0. A gain was given to Lyon three weeks late. [ 5 ] He was nominated for the Golden Boy award in July 2018. [ 6 ] At the begin of the 2017–18 temper, despite having played alone five competitive matches for Lyon ‘s first team since he joined the club, Aouar was given the symbolic act 8 ( having previously been worn by clubhouse caption Juninho ) left exempt when Corentin Tolisso left the cabaret for Bayern Munich in June 2017. [ 7 ] On 11 December 2019, Aouar scored a goal against RB Leipzig in a Champions League group stage match [ 8 ] helping Lyon to secure their room into the Champions League circle of 16. His side late upset both Juventus and Manchester City to reach the semi-finals, where they were beaten by Bayern Munich. [ 9 ]
International career [edit ]
Aouar is eligible to feature for Algeria despite playing for the french youth teams at the U17 and U21 levels. [ citation needed ] In 2018, he was reported considering to represent Algeria at external level following a talk with former Lyon and current Real Madrid hitter Karim Benzema. [ 10 ] In January 2019, director of Algeria Djamel Belmadi confirmed that he would visit Aouar and present the imagination and project of the Desert Foxes in promise of convincing him to play in the approaching Africa Cup of Nations. [ 11 ]
France [edit ]
In 2014, Aouar was called by the France U17 team, but only played one game. In 2019, he was a starter throughout EURO U21 Championship for France U21 team which was finally eliminated by Spain in semitrailer finals. [ 12 ]
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In November 2019, Aouar was summoned in the educate for France senior team, but he did not accept the invitation due to injury. [ citation needed ] On 26 August 2020, Aouar received his first call-up for France to prepare for 2020–21 UEFA Nations League matches against Sweden and Croatia in early September. [ 13 ] On 27 August 2020, Aouar tested positivist for COVID-19 during even test carried out by Lyon, amid its pandemic in France ; [ 14 ] He was put into isolation for a fortnight and had to skip prepare for at least 10 to 15 days. therefore, France decided to replace him with his former teammate Nabil Fekir from Real Betis. [ 15 ] He made his debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Ukraine. [ 16 ]
style of play [edit ]
Aouar is a versatile attacking midfielder who can play anywhere in midfield, and has been praised for his excellent technical ability and calmness with the musket ball at his feet. [ 17 ]
personal life [edit ]
Aouar is of algerian origin. [ 18 ] He holds Juninho and Zinedine Zidane as character models. [ 19 ]
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career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 4 November 2021[2]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[a] | 1 | — | 44 | 7 | ||
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | — | 47 | 7 | ||
| 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8[b] | 1 | — | 41 | 9 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 8 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 2 | — | 16 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 139 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 37 | ||
International [edit ]
- As of match played 7 October 2020[2]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours [edit ]
Individual