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Amine Ferid Gouiri (born 16 February 2000) is a French professional footballer, who plays for Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais as a striker.
Club career
A part of the Olympique Lyonnais since 2013, Gouiri signed his first professional contract with Lyon on 3 July 2017 for three years.
An internationally renowned prospect, Gouiri made the bench for Lyon in a Ligue 1 match against FC Girondins de Bordeaux on 10 September 2016 at the age of 16, and debuted for the Lyon B team at the age of 17. He made his first team debut on 19 November 2017 in a 0–0 home draw against Montpellier in Ligue 1. He entered the field after 73 minutes replacing Tanguy Ndombele.
International career
A youth international for France, Gouiri was the top scorer at the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, scoring 7 goals and was the top scorer in the tournament. After his success in the tournament, Gouiri garnered attention of various European clubs and was rated one the best young talents in the world by The Guardian.
Gouri also represented France at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India, scoring a brace in his debut in the tournament against the New Caledonia U17s. In total, he scored 5 goals in that tournament.
At the 2018 UEFA U-19 Euro, he scored two consecutive braces against Turkey and England in 2nd and the 3rd matches of the group stage.
Personal life
Gouiri was born in France and is of Algerian descent.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 18 December 2019
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
Honours
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Top Scorer: 2017
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2017: Team of the Tournament
