Adil Aouchiche

Adil Aouchiche (born 15 July 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Saint-Etienne.

Club Career

Paris Saint-Germain

An academy graduate of Paris Saint-Germain, Aouchiche made his professional debut on 30 August 2019 in a 2–0 league win against Metz. He started the match and played 65 minutes before getting replaced by Leandro Paredes. He scored his first goal on 5 January 2020 in a 6–0 Coupe de France win against Linas-Montlhery. This made him the second youngest player ever to score a goal for PSG in official competitions, only behind Bartholomew Ogbeche. He made his third and final appearance for the club as a substitute in a 6–1 cup win against Dijon.

On 29 May 2020, Aouchiche underwent a medical with Saint-Etienne ahead of a potential free transfer to the club. On 15 June 2020, he was nominated for the 2020 Golden Boy Award, being one of three PSG players in the 100-player shortlist.

Saint-Etienne

On 20 July 2020, Aouchiche signed for Saint-Etienne. He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 league win against Lorient on 30 August, and scored his first goal on 20 September in a 2–2 draw against Nantes.

International Career

Born in France, Aouchiche is of Algerian descent. He is a current French youth international. He became the focus of attention in 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship due to his goalscoring prowess. Despite being a midfielder, he scored 9 goals from 5 matches in the tournament as France reached semi-finals. He scored a hat-trick against Sweden in a group stage match and netted another four goals in quarter-final clash against Czech Republic.

He went on to break several records during the tournament including that of scoring most goals in a single U17 Euro campaign, which was previously held by his compatriots Odsonne Edouard and Amine Gouiri for scoring 8 goals in 2015 and 2017 respectively. He also became the all-time top scorer i

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