Rayan Aït-Nouri | |
Full Name: | Rayan Aït-Nouri[1] |
Birth Date: | 6 June 2001 |
Birth Place: | Montreuil, France |
Height: | 1.80 m[2] |
Position: | Left-back, left wing-back |
Currentclub: | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Clubnumber: | 3 |
Youthyears1: | 2009–2012 |
Youthclubs1: | AS Val de Fontenay |
Youthyears2: | 2012–2014 |
Youthclubs2: | ASF Le Perreux 94 |
Youthyears3: | 2014–2016 |
Youthclubs3: | Paris FC |
Youthyears4: | 2016–2018 |
Youthclubs4: | Angers |
Years1: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs1: | Angers II |
Caps1: | 11 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2018–2021 |
Clubs2: | Angers |
Caps2: | 23 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs3: | → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) |
Caps3: | 21 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2021– |
Clubs4: | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Caps4: | 77 |
Goals4: | 4 |
Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
Nationalteam1: | France U18 |
Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
Nationalteam2: | France U19 |
Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2019–2020 |
Nationalteam3: | France U21 |
Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears4: | 2023– |
Nationalteam4: | Algeria |
Nationalcaps4: | 12 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 19 May 2024 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 10 June 2024 (UTC) |
Rayan Aït-Nouri (Tifinagh: ⵔⴰⵢⴰⵏ ⴰⵢⵜ ⵏⵓⵔⵉ; born 6 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a left wing-back for club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.
Aït-Nouri was born in Montreuil, in the eastern suburbs of Paris. He grew up in Fontenay-sous-Bois, in the Val-de-Marne department.[3]
Aït-Nouri is a graduate of the Angers youth academy, which he joined from Paris FC in July 2016 in return for covering Aït-Nouri's tuition fees of €5,000.[4] He signed his professional contract aged 16 in February 2018[5] and made his first team debut as a substitute in a 3–1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain on 25 August 2018.[6]
After making three appearances in the 2018–19 season, he became the team's first choice left-back in the following season until breaking his jaw in a game against Nice in January 2020.[7] At the conclusion of the French league season, which was ended early due to the coronavirus pandemic, he signed a new contract that was due to keep him at Angers until 2023.[8]
On 4 October 2020, Aït-Nouri moved on a season-long loan deal to Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, with the club having an option of a permanent purchase.[9] Twenty-six days later, he scored his first goal in professional football, on his league debut in a 2–0 home win over Crystal Palace.[10]
On 9 July 2021, Aït-Nouri made a permanent move to Wolves for £9.8 million, on a five-year deal with an option for a further year. He scored his second goal for Wolves in his 50th appearance for the club, on 15 May 2022, in a 1–1 home Premier League draw with Norwich City.[11]
On 26 December 2022, Aït-Nouri scored the winning Wolves goal in Julen Lopetegui's first Premier League game as Wolves' new head coach away at Everton; this was Aït-Nouri's first (and only) league goal of the 2022–23 season.[12]
Aït-Nouri made his 100th competitive appearance for Wolves in a 4–2 away win against Chelsea in the Premier League on 4 February 2024;[13] Aït-Nouri was the author of Wolves' second goal of the game, his shot being deflected into the Chelsea goal by Axel Disasi.
Aït-Nouri holds French and Algerian nationalities.[14] [15] He was a youth international for France, having represented the French under-18 and under-21 teams.[16] In January 2023, he switched to represent Algeria internationally.[17] He made his debut with the Algerian national team in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Niger, in Nelson Mandela Stadium, on 23 March 2023.[18]
In December 2023, he was named in Algeria's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[19]
Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Angers II | 2017–18[20] | Championnat National 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | Championnat National 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
Total | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||||
Angers | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) | 2020–21 | Premier League | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | ||
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2021–22 | Premier League | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | ||
2022–23 | Premier League | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 27 | 2 | |||
2023–24 | Premier League | 33 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 3 | |||
Wolves total | 98 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 116 | 7 | ||||
Career total | 131 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 7 |
Algeria | 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
2024 | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 12 | 0 |
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