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Footballer (born 1988)

Alexandre Oukidja
Oukidja with Metz in 2019
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Roger Oukidja
Date of birth (1988-07-19) 19 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Nevers, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
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– 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 22:28, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 August 2024

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 plays for the Algeria national team.

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. 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.

International career

Oukidja made his debut for the Algeria national team on 26 March 2019 in a 1–0 friendly win against Tunisia. He was also member of the Algerian squad which won the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

On 15 June 2023, Oukidja officially announced his international retirement after playing only six matches with the national team. In August 2024, he came out of the retirement and was included in the squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches.

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.

Career statistics

As of match played 2 June 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition
Club Season League National cup Other 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 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 0 37 0
2013–14 Belgian Second Division 33 0 1 0 6 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 0 37 0
Total 188 0 5 0 2 0 195 0
Career total 459 0 10 0 16 0 485 0
  1. ^ Appearances in the Belgian Second Division play-offs
  2. Appearances in the Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 12 November 2021
National team Year Apps Goals
Algeria 2019 2 0
2020 1 0
2021 3 0
2022 0 0
2023 0 0
2024 0 0
Total 6 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, un retour temporaire?". 17 September 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  7. "Oukidja has retired". DzFoot. 15 June 2023.
  8. "Alexandre Oukidja de retour chez les Fennecs!". 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  9. "Alexandre Oukidja opte pour la nationalité algérienne". 18 May 2018.
  10. Alexandre Oukidja at Soccerway
  11. Alexandre Oukidja at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.

External links

FC Metz – current squad
Algeria squads
Algeria squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations winners (2nd title)
Algeria
Algeria squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Algeria
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