Zeki Amdouni
Mohamed Zeki Amdouni (born 4 December 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Premier League club Burnley and the Switzerland national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mohamed Zeki Amdouni[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 2000[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Geneva, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Burnley | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2013 | Servette | ||
| 2013–2018 | Meyrin | ||
| 2017–2018 | → Étoile Carouge (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Étoile Carouge | 38 | (14) |
| 2019–2021 | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | 56 | (14) |
| 2021–2023 | Lausanne-Sport | 34 | (12) |
| 2022–2023 | → Basel (loan) | 32 | (12) |
| 2023– | Burnley | 20 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Switzerland U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Turkey U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Switzerland U21 | 15 | (9) |
| 2022– | Switzerland | 10 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:05, 13 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:54, 21 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
Early years edit
Amdouni is a youth product of Servette, Meyrin, and Étoile Carouge. He began his career with Étoile Carouge, playing in the 1. Liga the fourth tier of the Swiss football league system, before moving to Stade Lausanne Ouchy in the Swiss Challenge League in 2019. On 9 June 2021, he transferred to Lausanne-Sport in the Swiss Super League.[4] He made his professional debut with Lausanne-Sport in a 2–1 Swiss Super League defeat against FC St. Gallen on 24 July 2021.[5] At the end of the 2021–22 season Lausanne-Sport suffered relegation, but Amdouni was the teams top scorer with 12 goals.[6]
Basel edit
On 24 June 2022, Amdouni joined Basel's first team for their 2022–23 season under head coach Alexander Frei signing a two-year loan with an option for the club to buy.[7] After playing in two test games, in each of which he had scored a goal, Amdouni played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the Schützenwiese on 16 July 2022 as Basel drew 1–1 with Winterthur.[8] He played his first European match in the second qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 21 July, it was the home game in the St. Jakob-Park as Basel won 2–0 against Northern Ireland team Crusaders.[9] Amdouni scored his first goal for the club on 28 August in the away game in the Letzigrund against Zürich as Basel won 4–2.[10]
Basel finished the Conference League group stage in second position and advanced to the Knockout round. It was here that Amdoumi showed his goal scoring flair, with seven goals in eight outings, during Basel’s run to the semi-finals, where they lost to Fiorentina after extra time in the second leg.[11] These seven goals made Amdouni the competitions joint top goal scorer together with Arthur Cabral of Fiorentina.[12] On 2 May 2023, Basel's option to buy the player was activated, with Amdouni signing a four-year contract.[13] On 17 July 2023, Basel confirmed that although Amdouni had joined the club permanently, he was in talks for a move to another team and two days later he left the club.[14]
During his one season with them, Amdouni played a total of 58 games for Basel scoring a total of 25 goals. 32 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, three in the Swiss Cup, 17 in the UEFA Europa Conference League, and six were friendly games. He scored 12 goals in the domestic league, three in the cup, seven in the European games and the other three were scored during the test games.[15]
Burnley edit
On 19 July 2023, Amdouni signed for newly-promoted Premier League club Burnley on a five-year contract, for an undisclosed fee.[16][17]
International career edit
Amdouni was born in Switzerland to a Turkish father and Tunisian mother.[18] He represented the Switzerland U20s, before switching to represent Turkey U21 in May 2019. That same month, he again switched over to the Switzerland U21s.[19]
He was called up by the senior Switzerland squad for the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches against Czech Republic, Portugal (twice) and Spain on 2, 5, 9 and 12 June 2022, respectively.[20] He made his debut on 27 September 2022 in a Nations League game against the Czech Republic, substituting Ruben Vargas in the 79th minute.[21] He scored his first international goal against Belarus, as Switzerland won 5–0 in a 2024 European Championship qualifying match.[22]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 12 January 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Étoile Carouge | 2017–18[23] | Swiss 1. Liga | 13 | 4 | — | — | 13 | 4 | ||||
| 2018–19[23] | Swiss 1. Liga | 25 | 10 | — | — | 25 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 14 | — | — | 38 | 14 | ||||||
| Stade Lausanne Ouchy | 2019–20[24] | Swiss Challenge League | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21[25] | Swiss Challenge League | 32 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 11 | |||
| Total | 56 | 14 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 60 | 15 | ||||
| Lausanne-Sport | 2021–22[25] | Swiss Super League | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 38 | 15 | ||
| Basel (loan) | 2022–23[25] | Swiss Super League | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | — | 17[c] | 7 | 52 | 22 | |
| Burnley | 2023–24[25] | Premier League | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 23 | 5 | |
| Career total | 180 | 56 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 211 | 71 | ||
International edit
- As of match played 18 November 2023[23]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 | |
| Total | 10 | 6 | |
- Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Amdouni goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 March 2023 | Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad, Serbia | 2 | Belarus | 5–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
| 2 | 28 March 2023 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | 3 | Israel | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
| 3 | 16 June 2023 | Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | 4 | Andorra | 2–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
| 4 | 19 June 2023 | Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland | 5 | Romania | 1–0 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
| 5 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 6 | 15 October 2023 | Kybunpark, St Gallen, Switzerland | 8 | Belarus | 3–3 | 3–3 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
Honours edit
Individual
- Swiss Super League Player of the Month: February 2023[26]
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2022–23[27]
References edit
- ^ "2023/24 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Zeki Amdouni - Switzerland - European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "Zeki Amdouni". FC Basel. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Zeki Amdouni au Lausanne-Sport". June 9, 2021.
- ^ "Lausanne Sport vs. St. Gallen - 24 July 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ Rohrer, Niklaus; Stokkermans, Karel (2022). "Switzerland 2021/22". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (24 June 2022). "Amouni leihweise von Lausanne-Sport zum FCB". Amouni on loan from Lausanne-Sport to FCB. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ FC Basel 1893 (16 July 2022). "FC Winterthur - FC Basel 1:1 (1:0)". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (21 July 2022). "FC Basel - Crusaders FC 2:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (28 August 2022). "FC Zürich - FC Basel 2:4 (1:1)". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (18 May 2023). "FC Basel - ACF Fiorentina 1:3 n.V. (1:2, 0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "2022/23 Europa Conference League top scorers: Cabral and Amdouni". UEFA. 7 June 2023.
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (2 May 2023). "Der FCB Verpflichet Zeki Amouni und Andy Diouf definitiv" [FCB sign Zeki Amouni and Andy Diouf definitely] (in German). FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Scrafton, Matt (18 July 2023). "'Another club': Basel release statement on Zeki Amdouni's future amid Burnley links". Burnley Express. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2023). "Zeki Amdouni - FCB statistics". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ "ZEKI AMDOUNI HAS ARRIVED!". Burnley Football Club. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ "Burnley sign Switzerland forward Amdouni from Basel". BBC Sport. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ "Mohamed Zeki Amdouni kimdir, nereli? Mohamed Zeki Amdouni kaç..." Fanatik. 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Mohamed Zeki Amdouni' İsviçre'yi seçti, TFF açıklama yaptı". www.sozcu.com.tr. 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Switzerland 1-0 Portugal". BBC. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Switzerland v Chechia game report". UEFA. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Belarus-Switzerland | European Qualifiers 2024". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ^ a b c "Zeki Amdouni". NationalFootballTeams. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Amdouni's Career Statistics". footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ a b c d Zeki Amdouni at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "«Best Player» im Februar ist: Zeki Amdouni" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2023-03-11.
- ^ "Das SFL-Team der Saison 2022/23" (in German). Swiss Football League. 2023-06-29.
External links edit
- Zeki Amdouni at Soccerway
- Zeki Amdouni at National-Football-Teams.com
- SFL profile
- SFV U20 profile
- SFV U21 profile