Ayoub Abdellaoui

Ayoub Abdellaoui
Born	(1993-02-16) February 16, 1993 Reghaïa, Algiers, Algeria
Occupation	Professional footballer
Years active	2013–
Known for	Playing as a defender for MC Alger and the Algeria national football team

Ayoub Abdellaoui (; born 16 February 1993 in Reghaïa, Algiers) is a professional footballer from Algeria who currently represents MC Alger and the Algeria national football team. He is versatile in defense, capable of playing as a central defender or a left-back.

Club career

Abdellaoui secured a three-year contract with Swiss side FC Sion on 3 January 2018, six months prior to the expiration of his agreement with USM Alger. This deal became effective starting 1 July 2018.

On 29 August 2021, he made a move to Saudi club Al-Ettifaq. Less than a year later, on 12 July 2022, Abdellaoui returned to Algeria by signing with MC Alger.

International career

Abdellaoui was called up to the Algeria U-20 squad for the 2013 African U-20 Championship in 2013. Subsequently, in 2015, he featured in the Algeria U-23 roster during the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations held in Senegal.

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
USM Alger	2013–14	Ligue 1	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2014–15		5	0	—		—		4	0	9	0
	2015–16		17	0	—		—		2	0	19	0
	2016–17		20	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	27	1
	2017–18		23	1	2	0	—		13	1	38	2
	Total		66	1	4	0	1	0	23	2	94	3
FC Sion	2018–19	Swiss Super League	19	0	2	0	—		—		21	0
	2019–20		25	0	2	0	—		—		27	0
	2020–21		24	2	4	0	—		—		28	2
	Total		68	2	8	0	—		—		76	2
Ettifaq FC	2021–22	Saudi Professional League	22	0	1	0	—		—		23	0
Career total			156	3	13	0	1	0	23	2	193	5

Honours

USM Alger

• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2015-16 season
• Algerian Super Cup: 2016

Algeria

• FIFA Arab Cup: 2021