Aïssa_Laïdouni
Aïssa Laïdouni
Tunisian footballer (born 1996)
Aïssa Bilal Laïdouni (Arabic: عيسى بلال العيدوني; born 13 December 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Union Berlin. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.
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Laïdouni in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aïssa Bilal Laïdouni[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 27)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Montfermeil, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Union Berlin | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 000–2014 | FC Montfermeil | ||
| 2014–2016 | Angers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Angers B | 33 | (4) |
| 2016–2018 | Angers | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Les Herbiers (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Chambly (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | → Chambly B (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Voluntari | 53 | (7) |
| 2020–2023 | Ferencváros | 64 | (6) |
| 2023– | Union Berlin | 16 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Tunisia | 43 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024 | |||
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A youth exponent from the club, Laïdouni made his Ligue 1 debut with Angers on 2 April 2016 against Troyes.[2]
On 20 April 2021, Laïdouni won the 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season with Ferencváros by beating archrival Újpest FC 3–0 at the Groupama Arena.[3] He wears shirt number 93, a nod to his hometown of Livry-Gargan, a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France.[citation needed]
Laïdouni was born in France, to a Tunisian mother and Algerian father.[4] He was called up to represent the senior Tunisia national team on 19 March 2021.[5] He made his debut on 25 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against Libya.[6]
Laidouni is the older brother of the Algeria youth international footballer Naïm Laidouni.[7]
Club
- As of match played 12 November 2023
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Angers | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Les Herbiers (loan) | 2016–17 | Championnat National | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||
| Chambly (loan) | 2017–18 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| Voluntari | 2018–19 | Liga I | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 6 | |||
| 2019–20 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 53 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 56 | 7 | |||||
| Ferencváros | 2020–21 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | — | 41 | 4 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 2 | — | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 64 | 6 | 8 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | — | 95 | 9 | ||||
| Union Berlin | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | ||||
| Career total | 188 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 21 | ||
International
- As of match played 17 October 2023
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 2021 | 11 | 1 |
| 2022 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | |
| Total | 36 | 2 | |
- As of match played 12 September 2023
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 November 2021 | Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi, Radès, Tunisia |  Zambia | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2022 World Cup Q |
| 2. | 12 September 2023 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt |  Egypt | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
Ferencváros
Individual
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I Most Valuable Player: 2020–21
- Tunisian Footballer of the Year: 2022[10]
- "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Tunisia (TUN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- "Troyes vs. Angers - 2 April 2016". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- "Ismét bajnok lett a Fradi, ráadásul éppen az Újpest legyőzésével!". Nemzeti Sport. 20 April 2021.
- Farid Kada Rabah (28 April 2016). "A la découverte de Aissa Laidouni, SCO Angers". DZBallon.com.
- "Libya v Tunisia game report". Eurosport. 25 March 2021.
- Baldoro, Abdou (23 February 2023). "Equipe d'Algérie : La FAF chipe le frère de Aissa Laidouni !". Fennec Football (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- tuniscope.com (28 May 2023). "TAP : Liste officielle des meilleurs sportifs de l'année 2022". tuniscope.com (in French). Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- Aïssa Laïdouni at Soccerway
- Aïssa Laïdouni – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French