Youcef Atal
Youcef Atal (Arabic: يوسف عطال; born 17 May 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club OGC Nice and the Algeria national team. He mainly plays as a right-back, but can also play as a left winger.
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| Full name | Youcef Atal[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1996 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Boghni, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back / Winger | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Nice | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | CR Belouizdad | |||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | JS Kabylie | |||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | USM Alger | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | JS Kabylie | |||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Paradou AC | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Paradou AC | 46 | (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2018– | Nice | 75 | (10) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Algeria | 27 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:54, 20 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:17, 29 March 2022 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||
Club career
Atal joined OGC Nice from Paradou AC in 2018. He underwent knee surgery in December 2019.[2]
International career
On 1 June 2017, Atal was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for a friendly match against Guinea and a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo.[3]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 29 March 2022[4]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Algeria | 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.[4]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
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| 1 | 18 November 2018 | Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo | 6 |  Togo | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [5] |
Honours
References
- "Algeria" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 1. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- "Youcef Atal: Algeria international to have knee surgery". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019.
- M-A-D (1 June 2017). "EN : 25 joueurs convoqués par Alcaraz, beaucoup de nouveautés". DZfoot (in French). Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- "Youcef Atal". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- "Afcon 2019: Mahrez brace helps Algeria qualify for Nations Cup". BBC Sport. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- Rose, Gary (19 July 2019). "Senegal 0–1 Algeria". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
External links
- Youcef Atal at DZFoot.com (in French)
- Youcef Atal at Soccerway
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