| Adam Ounas | |
| Upright: | 0.9 |
| Full Name: | Adam Mohamed Ounas[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1996 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Chambray-lès-Tours, France |
| Height: | 1.72 m |
| Position: | Right winger Attacking midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Tours |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2012 |
| Youthclubs2: | FC de l'Ouest Tourangeau 37 |
| Youthyears3: | 2012 |
| Youthclubs3: | SC Tours Nord |
| Youthyears4: | 2012–2013 |
| Youthclubs4: | FC de l'Ouest Tourangeau 37 |
| Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Bordeaux B |
| Caps1: | 21 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Bordeaux |
| Caps2: | 49 |
| Goals2: | 8 |
| Years3: | 2017–2022 |
| Clubs3: | Napoli |
| Caps3: | 42 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Nice (loan) |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Cagliari (loan) |
| Caps5: | 7 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021 |
| Clubs6: | → Crotone (loan) |
| Caps6: | 15 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Years7: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs7: | Lille |
| Caps7: | 38 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | France U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017– |
| Nationalteam2: | Algeria |
| Nationalcaps2: | 24 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 5 |
| Club-Update: | 23:15, 5 April 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 9 January 2024 |
Adam Mohamed Ounas (Arabic: آدم أوناس; born 11 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.[2] [3]
Ounas was four years old when he joined the local club Tours encouraged by his father, Hadji Ounas, a former goalkeeper. He played for Tours for ten years before joining the U14 youth team of Châteauroux.
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 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, before being substituted in the 59th minute,[6] and was introduced in the 77th minute of Bordeaux's 0–1 defeat to 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 because he holds both nationality.[21] After initially playing for the France under-20 team, he opted to change his allegiance to Algeria in October 2016.[22] Shortly after the switch, Ounas was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria.[23]
Ounas made his debut for the senior Algeria in a 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Zambia on 5 September 2017.[24]
Ounas opened his scoring record For Algeria on 1 July 2019, scoring twice against Tanzania in a 3–0 victory in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
In December 2023, he was named in Algeria's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[25]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | 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 | Ligue 1 | 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 | Serie A | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 26 | 4 | |||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 2 | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 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 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| Total | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 44 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 167 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 210 | 27 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Total | 21 | 5 | ||
Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ounas goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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