El Arbi Hillel Soudani

El Arbi Hillel Soudani

Soudani in 2014
Personal information
Full name El Arbi Hillel Soudani nouradine mahdi
Date of birth (1987-11-25) 25 November 1987
Place of birth Chlef, Algeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Dinamo Zagreb
Number 2
Youth career
1998–2006 ASO Chlef
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 ASO Chlef 108 (48)
2011–2013 Vitória Guimarães 37 (13)
2013– Dinamo Zagreb 66 (32)
National team
2008–2011 Algeria A' 11 (3)
2011– Algeria 33 (17)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:30, December 28, 2015 (EST).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:30, September 7, 2015 (GMT)

El Arbi Hillel Soudani (Arabic: العربي هلال سوداني), (born 25 November 1987) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a forward for Dinamo Zagreb and the Algeria national football team.

Soudani made his international debut in 2011, and featured at the 2013 and 2015 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. As of September 2015, he has won 34 international caps and scored 17 goals, making him Algeria's seventh-highest goalscorer in history.

Club career

ASO Chlef

Born in Chlef, Soudani began his career in the junior ranks of his hometown club ASO Chlef. In May 2006, aged 19, he made his first team debut for the club as a substitute against USM Annaba in the 28th round of the 2005–06 Algerian Championnat National, coming on for Samir Zaoui in the 72nd minute.[1]

In 2008, Soudani was chosen as the 2008 Young Player of the Year by DZFoot after scoring 11 goals in 24 games in the 2007-2008 season.[2]

In June 2011, Soudani went on trial with French Ligue 2 club Le Mans FC.[3]

Vitória S.C.

On 8 August 2011, Soudani signed a three-year contract with Portuguese club Vitória S.C.[4] The transfer fee was rumoured to be €800,000.[5] On August 25, 2011, Soudani made his official debut for Vitória as a 66th-minute substitute in a 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round match against Atlético Madrid.[6] On October 16, 2011, Soudani opened his scoring account for the club with a brace in the third round of the 2011–12 Taça de Portugal against Moura Atlético Clube. After going down 1–0, Soudani scored the equalizer in the 89th minute of the game to send the game to extra-time, before scoring the winner in the 117th minute.[7] On April 1, 2012, Soudani scored his first goal in the Primeira Liga in a 3–1 win against Paços de Ferreira.[8] On April 21, he scored a brace in a 3–2 win against União de Leiria.[9]

On 26 May 2013, Soudani helped Vitória win their first ever Taça de Portugal by beating Benfica 2–1 in the final, scoring the equalizing goal in the 79th minute before Ricardo netted the winner two minutes later.[10] The following day he traveled to Croatia to complete a medical ahead of a transfer to Dinamo Zagreb.[11]

Dinamo Zagreb

On May 27, 2013, Soudani passed a medical before signing a four-year contract with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb, with Dinamo paying a transfer fee of €900,000.[12] On 6 July 2013, he won the Croatian Supercup with Dinamo Zagreb against Hajduk Split, making his debut for Dinamo Zagreb in that match. He scored his first goal for the club in a league match against Osijek on July 12, 2013, helping his side to a 3-1 win. On 16 July 2013, Soudani scored two impressive goals for his side in a 2013–14 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase match against Fola Esch, with that being his third appearance for the team. On 3 August 2013, coming on the pitch in the 67th minute, Soudani scored the only goal in the closing stages of the game, securing his side a hard-earned victory over RNK Split, simultaneously establishing himself as the team's first-choice striker. On 7 August 2013, in 27th minute, Soudani scored his third goal for his side in the UEFA Champions League 2013-14 qualification phase, against Sheriff Tiraspol, in a 3-0 away win.

International career

In February 2011, Soudani was selected by head coach Abdelhak Benchikha as part of the Algerian A' National Team for the 2011 African Nations Championship in Sudan.[13] In the opening group stage game against Uganda, Soudani started the match and scored a goal in the 61st minute as Algeria won 2–0.[14] In the second group game against Gabon, Soudani scored a brace with goals in the 71st and 90th minute of the game. However, Algeria only managed a 2–2 draw.[15] Despite not scoring in the rest of the competition, Soudani still finished as the top scorer in the competition with three goals.

On May 14, 2011, Soudani was called up by Abdelhak Benchikha to the Algerian National Team for the first time for a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Morocco.[16] On June 4, 2011, he made his debut as a substitute for Rafik Djebbour in the 79th minute of the match.[17]

International

Summary

Summary of matches played

Matches
played
Goals
scored
Assists
made
Matches
won
Matches
lost
Matches drawn Winning
percentage
Average
points
PSO wonPSO lostno PSO
361742110500
005

NOTES:
PSO = Penalty shoot-out
A drawn match with a win in penalty shoot-out carries 2 points.

Winning percentage = 100× (matches won) + 0.5×(matches drawn)/matches played

Average points = (matches won)×3 + (PSO won)×2 + (PSO lost) + (matches drawn with no PSO)/matches played

Number of goals scored in a match


Goals
scored
in a
match
Number
of
times
Links
23
111
022

Complete list of El Arbi Hillel Soudani international goals and caps

Statistics

Updated to game played 17 November 2015.

Goals by year
Year Apps Goals
201120
201266
2013113
201493
201585
Total3617

Goals by competition
Competition Goals
Africa Cup of Nations qualification 8
Friendlies 4
Africa Cup of Nations tournaments 2
FIFA World Cup qualification 3
Total17


Complete list of assists made by El Arbi Hillel Soudani in international matches

N = number of goals scored by El Arbi Hillel Soudani in the match.

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 January 2016
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other[note 1] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitória de Guimarães 2011-12 16410201000204
2012-13 219210000002310
Total 3713312010004314
Dinamo Zagreb[54] 2013-2014 3116500093104619
2014-2015 23113000125003816
2015-2016 125110011300249
Total 6632910032111010744
Career Total 103451222033111015758

Note:

  1. Includes other competitive competitions, including the Croatian Football Super Cup.

Honours

Club

ASO Chlef
Vitória Guimarães
Dinamo Zagreb

Individual

References

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  5. Soudani quase a chegar
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  13. CHAN 2011 : Direction Khartoum pour l'Equipe Nationale A'
  14. CHAN 2011 : UGA 0-2 ALG, les Verts réussissent leur entrée
  15. CHAN 2011 : GAB 2-2 ALG, deux points de perdus
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  54. El Arabi Hilal Soudani

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