Alexandre Oukidja
![]() Oukidja with Metz in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Alexandre Roger Oukidja[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 19 July 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 188 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Algeria | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:28, 2 June 2024 (UTC) |
Alexandre Roger Oukidja (Arabic: الكسندر روجر أوكيجا; born 19 July 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Metz. Born in France, he played for the Algeria national team from 2019 to 2021.
Club career
[edit]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
[edit]Oukidja made his debut for the Algeria national team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Tunisia.[5] On 15 June 2023, Oukidja has officially announced his international retirement after only six matches with the national team.[6]
Personal life
[edit]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
[edit]- As of match played 2 June 2024[8]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gueugnon | 2005–06 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Lille B | 2006–07 | Championnat de France Amateur | 13 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | Championnat de France Amateur | 14 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
2008–09 | Championnat de France Amateur | 15 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
2009–10 | Championnat de France Amateur | 17 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
2010–11 | Championnat de France Amateur | 23 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
2011–12 | Championnat de France Amateur | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 84 | 0 | — | — | 84 | 0 | ||||
Aviron Bayonnais (loan) | 2011–12 | Championnat National | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
Mouscron (loan) | 2012–13 | Belgian Second Division | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 37 | 0 |
2013–14 | Belgian Second Division | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
Total | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 77 | 0 | ||
Strasbourg | 2014–15 | Championnat National | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
2015–16 | Championnat 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 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
Total | 188 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 195 | 0 | ||
Career total | 459 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 485 | 0 |
- ^ a b Appearances in the Belgian Second Division play-offs
- ^ Appearances in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
International
[edit]- As of match played 12 November 2021[9]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Algeria | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | |
2021 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Algeria
References
[edit]- ^ "Algeria" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Alexandre Oukidja". FC Metz. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Montpellier Hérault SC 3–1 FC Gueugnon". Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP.fr). Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Algeria v Tunisia game report". ESPN. 26 March 2019.
- ^ "Oukidja has retired". DzFoot. 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Alexandre Oukidja opte pour la nationalité algérienne". 18 May 2018.
- ^ Alexandre Oukidja at Soccerway
- ^ Alexandre Oukidja at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.
External links
[edit]- Alexandre Oukidja at Soccerway
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Nevers
- Footballers from Nièvre
- Algerian men's footballers
- Algeria men's international footballers
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Algerian descent
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Challenger Pro League players
- FC Gueugnon players
- Lille OSC players
- Aviron Bayonnais FC players
- Royal Excel Mouscron players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- FC Metz players
- Algerian expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players