Youcef Atal (Arabic: يوسف عطال; born 17 May 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Algeria national team. He mainly plays as a right-back, but can also play as a left winger.
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Atal with Nice in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Youcef Atal[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1996-05-17) 17 May 1996 (age 26) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Boghni, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back / Winger[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Nice | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | CR Belouizdad | |||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | JS Kabylie | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | USM Alger | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | JS Kabylie | |||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Paradou AC | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Paradou AC | 46 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2018– | Nice | 100 | (11) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Algeria | 29 | (2) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:54, 20 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:32, 19 November 2022 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
Atal joined French club Nice from Paradou AC in 2018. He underwent knee surgery in December 2019.[3]
On 1 June 2017, Atal was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for a friendly match against Guinea and a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo.[4]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Algeria | 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 29 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 18 November 2018 | Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo | 6 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [6] | |
| 2 | 27 September 2022 | Olympic Stadium, Oram, Algeria | 28 | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | [7] |
Paradou AC
Nice
Algeria
OGC Nice – current squad | |
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Algeria squads | |||||||||||||
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