Adam Mohamed Ounas (Arabic: آدم أوناس; born 11 November 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.[2][3]
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Ounas with Bordeaux in 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Adam Mohamed Ounas[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 26) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chambray-lès-Tours, France | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) |
Winger Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Club 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 | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | France U20 | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2017– | Algeria | 21 | (5) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:35, 13 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
Ounas was four years old when he joined the local club Tours FC encouraged by his father, a former goalkeeper, Hadji Ounas.[citation needed] He played for Tours FC for ten years before joining the U14 youth team of Châteauroux.[citation needed]
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 Girondins de Bordeaux and Yannick Stopyra discovered him.[4]
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 HSC, before being substituted in the 59th minute,[6] and was introduced in the 77th minute of Bordeaux's 0–1 defeat to FC 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
On 1 September 2022, Ounas signed with Lille for two seasons, with an option for a third season.[20]
Born in France to Algerian parents, Ounas is eligible to represent both countries internationally. After initially playing for the France under-20 team, he opted to change his allegiance to Algeria in October 2016.[21] Shortly after the switch, Ounas was called up to the Algeria national football team for the first time for a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria.[22]
Ounas made his debut for the senior Algeria in a 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Zambia on 5 September 2017.[23]
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.
On 3 December 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19.[24]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bordeaux | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 6 | |
| 2016–17 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 49 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 60 | 10 | |||
| Napoli | 2017–18 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 26 | 4 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 2 | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 16 | 4 | — | 62 | 7 | ||||
| Nice (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 4 | ||
| Cagliari (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Crotone (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | |||
| Lille | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 139 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 26 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Algeria | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | 5 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 1 July 2019 | Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations | |
| 2 | 2–0 | |||||
| 3 | 7 July 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations | |
| 4 | 3 June 2021 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | 3–0 | 4–1 | Friendly | |
| 5 | 5 January 2022 | Education City Stadium, Doha, Qatar | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Algeria
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