Andy Delort

Andy Delort (Arabic: أندي ديلور; born 9 October 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Algeria national team.

Delort was a France under-20 youth international, before representing Algeria at senior level. He has also represented the France beach soccer team. For the 2013–14 Ligue 2 season, Delort was named in the Team of the Year and nominated for Player of the Year.

International Career

Delort played in the beach soccer team managed by Eric Cantona in 2009. During an amateur tournament in Sete, he was spotted by Laurent Castro, who asked him to play in the qualification for the 2009 World Cup. He scored five goals in the qualifiers.

In 2011, he was selected by France Under 20s team by Francis Smerecki to play against the United States on 17 May 2011. He was then called to participate in the 2011 Toulon Tournament in June with the France team, but had to pull out of the squad having suffered an injury in a league game.

Of Algerian descent through his mother, Delort expressed an interest in representing the Algeria national football team in April 2019.

On 13 June 2019, the Algerian federation announced Delort's inclusion in its final squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He made his debut three days later in a friendly against Mali, coming on as a substitute for Yacine Brahimi in the 75th minute and scoring the winning goal 5 minutes later in a 3–2 victory.

In October 2021, Delort was not called up to the national team for the recent World Cup qualifiers. Coach Djamel Belmadi revealed at a press conference that Delort himself refused the call-up because he wanted to concentrate on his club career, having recently signed with OGC Nice. Delort confirmed this and said he wanted to take a break from the national team for a year.

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