.jpg) Ghoulam playing forNapoli in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Faouzi Ghoulam[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-02-01)1 February 1991 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TFC | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2010 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Saint-Étienne | 87 | (1) |
| 2014–2022 | Napoli | 160 | (3) |
| 2023 | Angers | 7 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Hatayspor | 21 | (1) |
| 2025– | TFC | 2 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | France U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Algeria | 37 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 September 2017 | |||
Faouzi Ghoulam (Arabic:فوزي غلام (pronounced[fawzɪɣulaːm]); born 1 February 1991) is a professionalfootballer who plays forTFC as aleft-back.
Born in France, Ghoulam is a former Algeria international, scoring five goals in 37 appearances forthe national team from 2013 to 2017.
Ghoulam was born inSaint-Priest-en-Jarez to Algerian parents. His father is fromBatna, while his mother is fromAnnaba.[3] He has eight brothers and two sisters, and his brother Nabil is a cross country runner that represented France at the2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.[4]
On 22 September 2010, Ghoulam made his professional debut forAS Saint-Étienne coming as a substitute in the 82nd minute of aCoupe de la Ligue match againstNice.[5] He made hisLigue 1 debut in a round 13 clash against Valenciennes and went on to make another 11 appearances in his breakout season with Saint-Etienne, becoming a consistent starter by the end of the season. Over the next two and a half seasons, he made another 65 league appearances.
In the winter of 2014, Ghoulam moved toS.S.C. Napoli. He became an immediate starter at Napoli underRafael Benítez and helped the side finish in third place in Serie A during the2013–14 season, also capturing theCoppa Italia.[citation needed]
In November 2017, Ghoulam suffered an anterior cruciate ligament rupture in aChampions League group-stage fixture againstManchester City and was expected to be ruled out for at least two months; in January 2018, however, he underwent medical tests and resumed training ahead of schedule.[6][7][8][9]
On 31 January 2023, Ghoulam joinedAngers inLigue 1 as a free agent until the end of the 2022–23 season.[10]
After Angers was relegated to theLigue 2, Ghoulam moved toHatayspor in the Turkish top division on a one-year contract.[11]
On 18 December 2010, in an interviewAlgerian newspaperLe Buteur, Ghoulam said that his intentions were to representAlgeria in international competition despite being born in France.[3] On 5 May 2011,Algerian under-23 coachAzzedine Aït Djoudi announced that Ghoulam was hesitant about joining the team, despite the fact that he was the one who contacted theAlgerian Football Federation.[12] On 6 October 2011, after being called up to the preliminary squad of theFrance under-21 team, Ghoulam said that he would be really proud to play for the team.[13]
On 23 November 2012, in an interview following a league game againstValenciennes, Ghoulam announced that he was going to representAlgeria at the2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[14][15] A few days later, theAlgerian Football Federation confirmed the information through a press release on its website.[16] Ghoulam was selected in the Algeria squad for the2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa but he did not participate in any games.[17] On 26 March 2013, Ghoulam made his debut as a starter in a 3–1 win overBenin in the2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, providing the assist on the first Algerian goal.[18]
Ghoulam represented Algeria at the2014 World Cup finals asles Fennecs reached the round of 16, where they were beaten by eventual championsGermany afterextra time. He started in both the match against Germany and the 2–1 group stage loss toBelgium.[19]
In Algeria's opening match of the2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Ghoulam scored his first international goal to give the team a 2–1 lead in an eventual 3–1 victory overSouth Africa.[20]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Saint-Étienne | 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 87 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 97 | 1 | ||||
| Napoli | 2013–14 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 14[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8[d] | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 6[d] | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[e] | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 160 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 216 | 3 | |||
| Angers | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Hatayspor | 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 275 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 345 | 4 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 January 2015 | Estadio de Mongomo,Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea |  South Africa | 3–1[22] | 3–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2 | 6 September 2015 | Setsoto Stadium,Maseru, Lesotho |  Lesotho | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3 | 17 November 2015 | Stade Mustapha Tchaker,Blida, Algeria |  Tanzania | 2–0[23] | 7–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 5–0[23] | |||||
| 5 | 29 March 2016 | Addis Ababa Stadium,Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |  Ethiopia | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
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