Nassim Akrour
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | July 10, 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Courbevoie, France | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team |
Chambéry Annecy (U16 coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Olympique Noisy-le-Sec | ||
1997–1999 | Sutton United | ||
1999–2000 | Woking | 51 | (19) |
2000–2002 | FC Istres | 74 | (32) |
2002–2004 | Troyes | 44 | (10) |
2004 | Le Havre | 16 | (2) |
2004–2010 | Grenoble | 194 | (54) |
2010–2013 | Istres | 101 | (28) |
2013–2016 | Grenoble | 85 | (40) |
2016–2019 | Annecy | 69 | (38) |
2020– | Chambéry | 11 | (4) |
National team | |||
2001–2004 | Algeria | 18 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:39, 4 November 2020 (UTC) |
Nassim Akrour (Arabic: نسيم أكرور; born July 10, 1974) is an Algerian footballer and coach who currently plays for Chambéry and coaches the youth team at Annecy, whom he represented as a player between 2016 and 2019. At international level, he has represented Algeria, earning 18 caps and scoring six goals between 2001 and 2004.
Akrour is the all-time leading scorer of French club Grenoble Foot 38 with 94 league goals.[citation needed]
Club career
Akrour was born in Courbevoie, France.
On July 15, 2010, Akrour signed a one-year contract, with an option for a second year, with Ligue 2 side FC Istres.
Akrour announced his retirement from playing in July 2019, aged 45, and took up a role as youth coach with Annecy.[1]
In January 2020, he came out of retirement to join Chambéry, scoring on his début for the club in a friendly match.[2] He scored two league goals in six games before the end of the season and remained with the club into his 47th year and the 2020-21 season, continuing to score with some regularity.[3]
International career
On December 5, 2001, Akrour made his debut for the Algerian national team as a 60th-minute substitute in a 1–1 friendly with Ghana in Algiers.[4]
Akrour was a member of the Algerian 2002 African Nations Cup team, who were eliminated in the first round after finishing last in their group. He played in all three of Algeria's games, starting in one, and scored one goal in the second group game against Liberia.[5]
He was also part of the Algerian 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition before being defeated by Morocco in the quarter-finals.
National team statistics
Algeria national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2001 | 2 | 0 |
2002 | 7 | 4 |
2003 | 5 | 2 |
2004 | 4 | 0 |
Total | 18 | 6 |
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | January 14, 2002 | Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers, Algeria | Benin | Friendly match | ||
2. | January 25, 2002 | Stade 26 mars, Bamako, Mali | Liberia | 2002 African Cup of Nations | ||
3. | October 11, 2002 | Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba, Algeria | Chad | 2004 African Cup of Nations (qualification) | ||
4. | October 11, 2002 | Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba, Algeria | Chad | 2004 African Cup of Nations (qualification) | ||
5. | March 29, 2003 | Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola | Angola | Friendly match | ||
6. | November 14, 2003 | Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers, Algeria | Niger | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
- ^ "A 45 ans, Nassim Akrour a décidé de raccrocher les crampons" (in French). footamateur.fr. 7 July 2019.
- ^ Sport | Nassim Akrour (45 ans) débarque à Chambéry : "Je suis toujours ambitieux"
- ^ https://uk.soccerway.com/players/nassim-akrour/39460/
- ^ Algérie 1-1 Ghana Archived 2010-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Libéria 2-2 Algérie Archived 2010-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com.
External links
- Nassim Akrour – French league stats at LFP (also available in French)
- Nassim Akrour at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Kabyle people
- French people of Algerian descent
- French people of Kabyle descent
- People from Courbevoie
- Association football forwards
- Algerian footballers
- French footballers
- Olympique Noisy-le-Sec players
- Sutton United F.C. players
- Woking F.C. players
- FC Istres players
- Troyes AC players
- Le Havre AC players
- Grenoble Foot 38 players
- Annecy FC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Algeria international footballers
- Algerian expatriate footballers
- Algerian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- French expatriate footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
- 2004 African Cup of Nations players
- Sportspeople from Hauts-de-Seine