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Hillal Soudani
Algerian association football player

Hillal Soudani

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Algerian association football player
A.K.A.
El Arabi Hilal Soudani
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Chlef, Chlef District, Chlef Province, Algeria
Age
37 years
Stats
Height:
177 cm
Weight:
71 kg
Sports Teams
ASO Chlef (Algeria)
Vitória S.C. (Portugal)
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Algeria A' national football team (Algeria)
Algeria national football team (Algeria)
Nottingham Forest F.C. (United Kingdom)
Olympiacos F.C. (Greece)
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Biography

El Arabi Hilal Soudani (Arabic: العربي هلال سوداني; born 25 November 1987) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor.

Soudani made his international debut for Algeria in 2010, and featured at the 2013, 2015 and 2017 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Overall, he won 56 international caps and scored 24 goals, making him Algeria's eight highest goalscorer.

Club career

ASO Chlef

Born in Chlef, Soudani began his career in the junior ranks of his hometown club ASO Chlef. In May 2006, aged 19, he made his first team debut for the club as a substitute against USM Annaba in the 28th round of the 2005–06 Algerian Championnat National, coming on for Samir Zaoui in the 72nd minute.

In 2008, Soudani was chosen as the 2008 Young Player of the Year by DZFoot after scoring 11 goals in 24 games in the 2007–08 season.

In June 2011, Soudani went on trial with French Ligue 2 club Le Mans FC.

Vitória de Guimarães

On 8 August 2011, Soudani signed a three-year contract with Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães. The transfer fee was rumoured to be €800,000. On 25 August 2011, Soudani made his official debut for Vitória as a 66th-minute substitute in a 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round match against Atlético Madrid. On 16 October 2011, Soudani opened his scoring account for the club with a brace in the third round of the 2011–12 Taça de Portugal against Moura Atlético Clube. After trailing 1–0, Soudani scored the equaliser in the 89th minute of the match to send the match to extra-time, before scoring the winner in the 117th minute. On 1 April 2012, he scored his first goal in the Primeira Liga in a 3–1 win against Paços de Ferreira. On 21 April, he scored a brace in a 3–2 win against União de Leiria.

On 26 May 2013, Soudani helped Vitória win their first ever Taça de Portugal by beating Benfica 2–1 in the final, scoring the equalising goal in the 79th minute before Ricardo Pereira scored the winner two minutes later. The following day, he travelled to Croatia to complete a medical ahead of a transfer to Dinamo Zagreb.

Dinamo Zagreb

On 27 May 2013, Soudani signed a four-year contract with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb after the club paid a €900,000 transfer fee for his services.

On 6 July 2013, Soudani won the Croatian Supercup with Dinamo against Hajduk Split, also making his debut for Dinamo in the match. He made his Croatian First Football League debut six days later, scoring in a 3–1 win over Osijek. He then scored twice and assisted another goal in Dinamo's 5–0 win over Fola Esch in UEFA Champions League qualifying. Soudani won the Croatian league championship, scoring 16 goals and finishing third in the Golden Boot race behind Dinamo teammates Andrej Kramarić (18) and Duje Čop (22).

In the 2014–15 season, Soudani scored a hat-trick against Astra Giurgiu in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage. He won his second league championship with Dinamo, scoring 11 goals and assisting 15 in the league, and won his first Croatian Cup.

Soudani's Dinamo completed the league and cup double again in the 2015–16 season, however the player himself had a less successful season, battling injuries and form and finished with eight goals and four assists in the league.

In the 2016–17 season, Soudani's 95th minute extra time goal against Red Bull Salzburg sent Dinamo through to the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. Despite finishing second in the league behind Rijeka — the first time Dinamo had not won the league in 10 seasons — Soudani achieved a career-best 17 goals in the league.

Nottingham Forest

On 29 June 2018, Soudani joined English club Nottingham Forest on a three-year contract for an undisclosed transfer fee. In the opening four matches of the season, Soudani scored twice before he injured his knee. In October, Soudani then incurred a serious injury to his leg which kept him out of play for the remainder of Nottingham's season.

Olympiacos

On 18 June 2019, Soudani joined Greek club Olympiacos on a permanent transfer. By mid-November 2019, despite not being in manager Pedro Martins' plans at the beginning of the season, he had made his way into the starting 11 with a series of good performances. In 532 minutes of play, he scored five goals and contributed one assist and was the team's leading scorer in Super League Greece.

On 20 February 2020, in a 1–0 victory against Atromitos, Soudani sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury which was forecast to keep him out of action for at least six months.

On 25 January 2021, after being deemed surplus to requirements by Martins, he was released by mutual consent, six months before the official expiry of his contract.

Maribor

On 12 June 2023, Soudani signed for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor on a two-year contract. He made his debut on 13 July, starting in a 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League first qualifying round match against Birkirkara; however, he sustained an injury in the first half and was substituted out. After more than two-month absence due to injury, Soudani returned to the squad on 24 September, making his league debut in a 1–0 home defeat to Koper.

International career

In February 2011, Soudani was selected by head coach Abdelhak Benchikha as part of the Algerian A' national team for the 2011 African Nations Championship in Sudan. In the opening group stage match, against Uganda, Soudani started and scored a goal in the 61st minute as Algeria won 2–0. In the second group match, against Gabon, Soudani scored a brace with goals in the 71st and 90th minute of the match in a 2–2 draw. Despite not scoring in the remainder of the competition, Soudani finished as one of the top scorers in the competition with three goals.

On 14 May 2011, Soudani was called up by Benchikha to the Algeria national team for the first time for a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Morocco. On 4 June 2011, he made his debut as a substitute for Rafik Djebbour in the 79th minute of the match.

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 May 2024
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ASO Chlef2005–06National 1100010
2006–071133120164
2007–082411202611
2008–0919420214
2009–102812443216
2010–11Ligue 12518312819
Total108481462012454
Vitória de Guimarães2011–12Primeira Liga164222010216
2012–13219332412
Total37135520104518
Dinamo Zagreb
2013–14Prva HNL31165093104619
2014–152311301253816
2015–16218531133714
2016–172917101124119
2017–18281741303518
Total1326918446131019786
Dinamo Zagreb II2016–172. HNL1010
Nottingham Forest2018–19Championship62002082
Olympiacos2019–20Super League Greece1971010217
2020–21521040102
Total2492050319
Al Fateh2020–21Saudi Pro League13220152
Damac2021–22Saudi Pro League25800258
2022–2320610216
Total4514104614
Maribor2023–24Slovenian PrvaLiga271531103116
Career total393172451640551310498201

International

CompetitionGoals
YearAppsGoals
201010
201120
201266
2013113
201493
201585
201634
201761
201840
201911
202151
Total5624
CompetitionGoals
Africa Cup of Nations qualification12
Friendlies5
Africa Cup of Nations tournaments2
FIFA World Cup qualification4
FIFA Arab Cup1
Total24
201010
201120
201266
2013113
201493
201585
201634
201761
201840
201911
202151
Total5624
Africa Cup of Nations qualification12
Friendlies5
Africa Cup of Nations tournaments2
FIFA World Cup qualification4
FIFA Arab Cup1
Total24
Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Soudani goal.
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
126 May 2012Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria3 Niger3–03–0Friendly
22 June 2012Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria4 Rwanda2–04–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
34–0
415 June 2012Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria6 Gambia4–14–12013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
59 September 2012Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco7 Libya1–01–02013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
614 October 2012Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria8 Libya1–02–02013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
730 January 2013Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa12 Ivory Coast2–02–22013 Africa Cup of Nations
82 June 2013Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria14 Burkina Faso1–02–0Friendly
910 September 2013Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria17 Mali1–01–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
105 March 2014Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria20 Slovenia1–02–0Friendly
114 June 2014Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland22 Romania2–12–1Friendly
126 September 2014Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia26 Ethiopia1–02–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
131 February 2015Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea32 Ivory Coast1–11–32015 Africa Cup of Nations
1413 June 2015Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria33 Seychelles2–04–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
153–0
166 September 2015Setsoto Stadium, Maseru, Lesotho34 Lesotho2–13–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
173–1
182 June 2016Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles37 Seychelles2–02–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
195 September 2016Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria38 Lesotho1–06–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
204–0
219 October 2016Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria39 Cameroon1–01–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
226 June 2017Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria41 Guinea2–12–1Friendly
2314 November 2019Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria50 Zambia4–05–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
241 December 2021Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar53 Sudan4–04–02021 FIFA Arab Cup

Honours

ASO Chlef

  • Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2010–11

Vitória Guimarães

  • Taça de Portugal: 2013

Dinamo Zagreb

  • Croatian First League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
  • Croatian Cup: 2015, 2016, 2018
  • Croatian Super Cup: 2013

Olympiacos

  • Super League Greece: 2019–20
  • Greek Cup: 2019–20

Algeria

  • FIFA Arab Cup: 2021

Individual

  • Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Footballer of the Year: 2010–11
  • DZFoot d'Or Young Player of the Year: 2008
  • DZFoot d'Or: 2013
  • Football Oscar Best Prva HNL player: 2018
  • Football Oscar Team of the Year: 2014, 2017, 2018
  • Prva HNL Player of the Year (Tportal): 2017
  • African Nations Championship top scorer: 2011 (3 goals)
  • Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 top scorer: 2010–11 (18 goals)
  • Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers top scorer: 2017 (7 goals)
  • Croatian First Football League top scorer: 2017–18 (17 goals)
  • Croatian First Football League top assist maker: 2014–15
  • Slovenian First League Player of the Month: April 2024, May 2024
  • Slovenian First League Team of the Season: 2023–24
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