Aymen Mahious (; born September 15, 1997) is an Algerian professional

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who plays as a striker for Algerian club

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, on loan from Yverdon-Sport and the Algeria national team.

Club career

USM Alger

On May 31, Mahious joined USM Alger for three seasons, coming from

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for 3,000,000 DA. He made his debut for the team in the

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during a win against

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, later in the

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Mahious scored the winning goal against

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his first goal with the club. On August 14, He made his debut in the

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against DRB Tadjenanet as a substitute and made an assist for Zakaria Benchaâ in 3–1 victory. On September 21, and in the first game as a starter Mahious managed to score his first goal in the Ligue 1 against AS Ain M'lila in 3–0 victory. On July 1, Mahious returned to USM Alger after 6 months on loan to AS Ain M'lila, due to the financial crisis Mahious became an important player in the team On 25 August 2019, scoring his first goal in

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against AS Sonidep in a 3–1 home win. Then he led USM Alger to victory against Gor Mahia outside the home by scoring a double. On 5 January 2020, in the

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Mahious scored his first hat-trick in his career and made an assist for Billel Benhammouda against USM Khenchela in 6–1 victory. Before the start of the 2020–21 season, Mahious received an official offer from

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, but the sports director Antar Yahya refused to release the player to any team. Aymen Mahious the demand has become high from several clubs, including

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of Qatar and

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of Egypt, especially since his contract expires at the end of the season. On June 3, 2023, Mahious won the first title in his football career by winning the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup after defeating Young Africans of Tanzania.

Yverdon-Sport

On August 9, 2023, Aymen Mahious joined the newly promoted club in the

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Yverdon-Sport for three seasons. On 11 August 2024, Mahious joined Algerian club

on loan for the season.

International career

On 26 March 2019, Mahious scored his first goals with Algeria under-23 national team at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification against

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in 3–1 victory. But Algeria failed to qualify for the finals after the elimination against

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. in 2019 Mahious calls for the first time for the Algeria A' national team in the 2020 CHAN qualification against

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. and participated as a substitute in the place of Lamine Abid. On January 2, 2023, Mahious was selected for the 28-man squad to participate in the

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. Mahious became the first player to score in Nelson Mandela Stadium in the opening of the CHAN 2022 against Libya A'. In the final Mahious missed a decisive penalty shootout which was the reason for losing the title, Mahious was criticized for the way he takes penalties, and he apologized to the Algerian people but he said that he would continue to take penalty kicks in that way. Mahious won the Golden Boot Award at the end of the tournament and was included in the squad for Best XI. May 30, 2023 the FAF publish the list of

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for the two matches of the month of June, Where is called Mahious for the first time and his first match was against

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in the

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

;With Algeria U23 ;With Algeria A'

Honours

USM Alger *

: 2022–23 Individual *

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Best XI:

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Golden Boot Award:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahious, Aymen 1997 births Living people Algerian men's footballers Algeria men's international footballers Algeria men's under-23 international footballers Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Algerian Ligue 2 players Swiss Super League players CA Batna players USM Alger players Yverdon-Sport FC players Men's association football forwards AS Aïn M'lila players 21st-century Algerian sportsmen 2022 African Nations Championship players Algeria men's A' international footballers Algerian expatriate men's footballers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland