Alexandre Oukidja
Oukidja with Metz in 2019
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Roger Oukidja[1]
Date of birth (1988-07-19) 19 July 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Nevers, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Metz
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Gueugnon 1 (0)
2006–2014 Lille B 84 (0)
2007–2014 Lille 0 (0)
2012 → Aviron Bayonnais (loan) 13 (0)
2012–2014 → Mouscron (loan) 64 (0)
2014–2018 Strasbourg 109 (0)
2018– Metz 155 (0)
International career‡
2019–2023 Algeria 6 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Algeria
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2019 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:13, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Alexandre Roger Oukidja (Arabic: الكسندر روجر أوكيجا; born 19 July 1988) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Metz.

Club career

Oukidja made his professional debut in the 2005–06 season in Ligue 2 for Gueugnon, coming on as a half-time substitute for Pierre Bouysse in a 1–3 defeat away at Montpellier.[3] He joined Lille in the summer of 2006 and over the following seasons, he established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper for the reserve team in the Championnat de France amateur. On 27 January 2012, Oukidja joined Championnat National side Aviron Bayonnais on a six-month loan deal.[4]

International career

Oukidja made his debut for the Algeria national team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Tunisia.[5] In the 15 of June 2023, Oukidja has officially announced his international retirement after only 6 matches in 4 years with the national team.[6]

Personal life

Oukidja was born in France to an Algerian father from Tizi Ouzou and a French mother. He holds both French and Algerian nationalities.[7]

Career statistics

As of 27 July 2019[8]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gueugnon 2005–06 Ligue 2 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Lille B 2006–07 CFA 13 0 — — 13 0
2007–08 CFA 14 0 — — 14 0
2008–09 CFA 15 0 — — 15 0
2009–10 CFA 17 0 — — 17 0
2010–11 CFA 23 0 — — 23 0
2011–12 CFA 2 0 — — 2 0
Total 84 0 0 0 0 0 84 0
Aviron Bayonnais (loan) 2011–12 National 13 0 0 0 — 13 0
Mouscron (loan) 2012–13 Second Division 37 0 0 0 — 37 0
2013–14 Second Division 39 0 1 0 — 40 0
Total 76 0 1 0 0 0 77 0
Strasbourg 2014–15 National 22 0 2 0 — 24 0
2015–16 National 34 0 0 0 — 34 0
2016–17 Ligue 2 36 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
2017–18 Ligue 1 17 0 2 0 2 0 21 0
Total 109 0 4 0 2 0 115 0
Metz 2018–19 Ligue 2 38 0 0 0 — 38 0
2019–20 Ligue 1 27 0 0 0 — 27 0
Total 65 0 0 0 0 0 65 0
Career total 248 0 5 0 2 0 355 0

International

As of matches played on 30 July 2020[9]
Algeria
Year Apps Goals
2019 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Algeria

References

  1. ^ "Algeria" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Alexandre Oukidja". FC Metz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Montpellier Hérault SC 3–1 FC Gueugnon". Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP.fr). Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  4. ^ Alexandre Chochois (27 January 2012). "Bayonne : Alexandre Oukidja (Lille) prêté" (in French). FootNational. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Algeria v Tunisia game report". ESPN. 26 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Oukidja has retired". DzFoot. 15 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Alexandre Oukidja opte pour la nationalité algérienne". 18 May 2018.
  8. ^ Alexandre Oukidja at Soccerway
  9. ^ Alexandre Oukidja at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ^ "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.

External links

FC Metz – current squad
Algeria squads
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