Alexis Guendouz; born 26 January 1996 is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in France, he represents

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at international level.

Club career

On 25 July 2018, Guendouz renewed his contract with

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

until 2020 and was loaned to

Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...

club Pau for one season. On 4 July 2019, he renewed a new loan in Pau for another season. and helped them to achieve the promotion to

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. to end his career with the club, with a total of 57 matches and clean sheets in 21 games. In September 2020, he signed a two-year contract with

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger (); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a Association football, football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their home sta ...

coming from AS Saint-Étienne for €15,000. After the end of his contract with USM Alger, Guendouz announced his departure via a post on his official

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account. Guendouz then signed with then Algerian champions

CR Belouizdad Chabab Riadhi Belouizdad (); known as CR Belouizdad or simply CRB for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Algiers, Algeria, that plays in the Ligue Professionnelle 1, the top flight of Algerian football. The club has com ...

on a 2-year contract.

Persepolis

On 31 July 2024, Guendouz signed a 3-year contract with

and joined the 16-time

champions. Guendouz made his debut for the club on 15 August, in a 1–1 draw against Zob Ahan in the

International career

In June 2022, Guendouz was called up by

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for the first time to the Algeria A' national team to the Four Nations tournament. His first match came against

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and ended with a 1–0 win. On January 2, 2023, Guendouz was selected for the 28-man squad to participate in the

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

CR Belouizdad *

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (), known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat National 1, is the Algerian professional league for association football clubs. It is the co ...

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: 2023–24 Algeria *

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runner-up:

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Individual *

Team of the Season:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guendouz, Alexis 1996 births Living people Algerian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers USM Alger players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Algeria men's A' international footballers Footballers from Saint-Étienne French men's footballers Pau FC players AS Saint-Étienne players French sportspeople of Algerian descent 2022 African Nations Championship players CR Belouizdad players Algerian people of French descent 21st-century French sportsmen