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Salim Kouider-Aïssa (born 22 March 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Stranraer, on loan from Airdrieonians, as a forward.

Salim Kouider-Aïssa

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-03-22) 22 March 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Stranraer (on loan from Airdrieonians)
Number	19
Youth career
	Heart of Midlothian
	Motherwell
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Stenhousemuir	8	(0)
2014–2015	Queen of the South	0	(0)
2015–2018	Stirling Albion	3	(0)
2018	Lenzie Thistle
2018–2019	Kilsyth Rangers
2019–2020	Queen's Park	28	(13)
2020–2021	Livingston	4	(0)
2020–2021	→ Partick Thistle (loan)	1	(0)
2021	→ Queens Park (loan)	13	(3)
2021–	Airdrieonians	13	(3)
2022–	→ Stranraer (loan)	1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:40, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Career

Born in Glasgow, Kouider-Aïssa played youth football with Heart of Midlothian and Motherwell,[1] and spent his early senior career with Stenhousemuir, Queen of the South and Stirling Albion.[2] After a spell in Junior football with Lenzie Thistle and Kilsyth Rangers and time back in the League with Queen's Park, he signed for Livingston in July 2020 following a successful trial with the club.[1][3] On 16 September 2020 he signed on loan for Partick Thistle for the 2020–21 season.[4] However, after making just one league appearance for Thistle, Kouider-Aïssa was recalled by his parent club on 15 January 2021.[5] On 9 March 2021, Kouider-Aïssa returned to former club Queens Park, on loan until the end of the season.[6]

Kouider-Aïssa moved to Airdrieonians on 8 July 2021,[7] but he suffered a knee ligament injury that prevented him from playing for most of the 2021–22 season. He was loaned to Stranraer in September 2022.[8]

Personal life

Kouider-Aïssa's father is Algerian and his mother is Scottish.[9] He is the nephew of fellow footballer Kevin McGoldrick, who was also his manager at Kilsyth Rangers.[9]

Career statistics

As of 15 May 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stenhousemuir	2012–13	Scottish Division Two	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2013–14	Scottish League Two	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Queen of the South	2014–15	Scottish Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Stirling Albion	2015–16	Scottish League Two	3	0	0	0	2	0	—		5	0
Queens Park	2019–20	Scottish League Two	28	13	3	2	4	1	1	1	36	17
Livingston	2020–21	Scottish Premiership	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		4	0
Partick Thistle (loan)	2020–21	Scottish League One	1	0	0	0	2	0	—		3	0
Queens Park (loan)	2020–21	Scottish League Two	13	3	0	0	0	0	—		13	3
Career total			57	16	3	2	8	1	1	1	69	20

References

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