Adam Ounas

Adam Ounas
Ounas with Bordeaux in 2016
Personal information
Full name Adam Mohamed Ounas
Date of birth (1996-11-11) 11 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Chambray-lès-Tours, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Attacking midfielder
Team 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)
2019–2020Nice (loan) 16 (2)
2020–2021Cagliari (loan) 7 (0)
2021Crotone (loan) 15 (4)
2022– Lille 21 (1)
International career
2015–2016 France U20 2 (1)
2017– Algeria 21 (5)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Algeria
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2019 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:39, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

Adam Mohamed Ounas (Arabic: آدم أوناس; born 11 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lille. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Club career

Early career

Ounas was four years old when he joined the local club Tours encouraged by his father, a former goalkeeper, Hadji Ounas.[citation needed] He played for Tours 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 Bordeaux and Yannick Stopyra discovered him.

Bordeaux

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. He started in the following match against Montpellier, before being substituted in the 59th minute, and was introduced in the 77th minute of Bordeaux's 0–1 defeat to Sion in the Europa League on 22 October. 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. In December, Bordeaux rewarded him with a professional contract running until June 2019.

Napoli

On 3 July 2017, Napoli confirmed the signing of Ounas from Bordeaux. 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.

Loan to Nice

On 30 August 2019, Ounas moved to Ligue 1 side OGC Nice, on a loan deal with a purchase option. On 6 May 2020, Nice decided not to trigger the purchase option and Ounas returned to Napoli.

Loan to Cagliari

On 6 October 2020, Ounas joined Serie A side Cagliari on a season-long loan with an option to buy. On 28 January 2021, Ounas parted ways with Cagliari due to lack of playing time.

Loan to Crotone

On 1 February 2021, Ounas joined Italian club Crotone on a loan deal. He scored his first goal for the club on 14 February in a 2–1 home loss to Sassuolo. 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.

Lille

On 1 September 2022, Ounas signed with Lille for two seasons, with an option for a third season.

International career

Born in France to Algerian parents, Ounas is eligible to represent both countries internationally because he holds both nationality. After initially playing for the France under-20 team, he opted to change his allegiance to Algeria in October 2016. 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.

Ounas made his debut for the senior Algeria in a 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Zambia on 5 September 2017.

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.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 June 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
Career total 150 18 15 2 5 2 18 4 188 26

International

As of match played 27 September 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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.
List of international goals scored by Adam Ounas
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 July 2019 Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Tanzania 1–0 3–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
2 2–0
3 7 July 2019 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Guinea 3–0 3–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
4 3 June 2021 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria  Mauritania 3–0 4–1 Friendly
5 5 January 2022 Education City Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Ghana 1–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours

Algeria

Napoli


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