Samy Frioui
Samy Frioui (born 7 September 1991) is an Algerian footballer who currently plays as a striker for MC Alger in the Ligue Professionnelle 1.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samy Frioui | ||
| Date of birth | September 7, 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Kouba, Algeria | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | MC Alger | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| OMR El Annasser | |||
| –2013 | USM Alger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | USM Alger | 11 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → USM El Harrach (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | JSM Béjaïa | 25 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | USM Blida | 51 | (19) |
| 2018 | AEL | 0 | (0) |
| 2019– | MC Alger | 35 | (17) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2021 | |||
Club career
Samy Frioui was born on September 7, 1991 in Kouba, a district located east of Algiers. He began playing football in the youth categories of USM Alger. He made a few sporadic appearances in the first team, before finally integrating the senior workforce during the 2013-2014 season, taking advantage of the decision of Rolland Courbis, then coach of USMA, not to carry out any recruitment during the transfer window. summer and instead promote five club prospects. Frioui scored a goal during his first start in a derby against USM El Harrach.[2] but failed to win in the team since he only took part in six games in a season that sees USMA win the championship. Not appearing in the list of players selected for the 2014-2015 financial year, the young striker left the Rouge et Noir and joined USM El Harrach on loan for one season on June 23, 2014. Transferred to JSM Béjaïa in 2015, Frioui joined USM Blida still in D2, in 2016. Promoted to Division 1 in 2017, he scored 15 goals in the elite during the 2017-20184 season . This good season earned him an arrival in Europe and On June 8, 2018, Frioui signed a 3-years contract with AEL.[3] On December 14, 2018, Frioui left the club by mutual agreement, without having played any official league game.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 30 January 2021 [4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| USM Alger | 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2012–13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| → USM El Harrach (loan) | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| JSM Béjaïa | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||||
| USM Blida | 2016–17 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 4 | |||||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 17 | |||||
| Total | 51 | 19 | 7 | 2 | — | 58 | 21 | |||||
| AEL | 2018–19 | Super League Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| MC Alger | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 17 | 4 | |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 22 | 12 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 25 | ||
| Career total | 134 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 168 | 49 | ||
- All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup
- All appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
Honours
References
- Rafik. "MCA : Frioui, 2e recrue". www.competition.dz (in French). Retrieved 2018-12-25.
- "Ligue 1 - 4e j. : Le but du week-end signé Samy Frioui (USMA)". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- "Transferts : Frioui signe à Larissa en Grèce". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- "Samy Frioui". Soccerway.