Ayoub Abdellaoui

Ayoub Abdellaoui (Arabic: أيوب عبد اللاوي; born 16 February 1993 in Reghaïa, Algiers) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for MC Alger^[2] and the Algeria national team. He plays as both a central defender and left-back.

Ayoub Abdellaoui

Personal information
Full name	Ayoub Abdellaoui[1]
Date of birth	(1993-02-16) February 16, 1993 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth	Reghaïa, Algiers, Algeria
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	MC Alger
Number	5
Youth career
2011–2013	USM Alger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2018	USM Alger	66	(1)
2018–2021	FC Sion	70	(2)
2021–2022	Ettifaq FC	22	(0)
2022–	MC Alger	54	(3)
International career‡
2011–2013	Algeria U20	10	(0)
2014–2016	Algeria U23	19	(0)
2017–	Algeria	6	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Algeria FIFA Arab Cup Winner 2021 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 June 2020

Club career

On 3 January 2018, six months before the end of his contract with USM Alger, Abdellaoui signed a three-year contract with Swiss club FC Sion, beginning from 1 July 2018.^[3]

On 29 August 2021, Abdellaoui joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq.^[4] On 12 July 2022, Abdellaoui joined MC Alger.^[5][6]

International career

In 2013, Abdellaoui was part of the Algeria under-20 national team at the 2013 African U-20 Championship.^[7] Two years later, he was part of the Algeria under-23 national team at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 June 2022^[9][10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
USM Alger	2013–14	Ligue 1	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2014–15		5	0	—		—		4[a]	0	9	0
	2015–16		17	0	—		—		2[a]	0	19	0
	2016–17		20	0	2	0	1[b]	0	4[a]	1	27	1
	2017–18		23	1	2	0	—		13[c]	1	38	2
	Total		66	1	4	0	1	0	23	2	94	3
FC Sion	2018–19	Swiss Super League	19	0	2	0	—		—		21	0
	2019–20		25	0	2	0	—		—		27	0
	2020–21		24	2	4	0	—		—		28	2
	Total		68	2	8	0	—		—		76	2
Ettifaq FC	2021–22	Saudi Professional League	22	0	1	0	—		—		23	0
Career total			156	3	13	0	1	0	23	2	193	5

1. All appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
2. Appearance in Super Cup
3. seven appearances and one goal in Champions League, six appearances in Confederation Cup

Honours

USM Alger

• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2015-16
• Algerian Super Cup: 2016

Algeria

• FIFA Arab Cup: 2021^[11]