Ayoub Abdellaoui (; born 16 February 1993 in

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) is an Algerian professional

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who plays for

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and the Algeria national team. He plays as both a

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and

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Club career

On 3 January 2018, six months before the end of his contract with

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, Abdellaoui signed a three-year contract with Swiss club

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, beginning from 1 July 2018. On 29 August 2021, Abdellaoui joined Saudi Arabian club

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. On 12 July 2022, Abdellaoui joined

International career

In 2013, Abdellaoui was part of the Algeria under-20 national team at the

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. Two years later, he was part of the Algeria under-23 national team at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

USM Alger *

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: 2015-16 *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Algeria *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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* * 1993 births Living people People from Réghaïa Sportspeople from Algiers Province Footballers from Algiers Men's association football defenders Algerian men's footballers Algeria men's youth international footballers Algeria men's under-23 international footballers Algeria men's international footballers USM Alger players FC Sion players Al-Ettifaq FC players MC Alger players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Swiss Super League players Saudi Pro League players Algerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Algeria 21st-century Algerian sportsmen 2022 African Nations Championship players Algeria men's A' international footballers {{Algeria-footy-defender-stub