Ahmed Touba

Ahmed Touba (Arabic: أحمد توبة; born 13 March 1998) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir and Algeria national football team.

Ahmed Touba
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998
Place of birth Roubaix, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left back / Left winger
Team information
Current team
 İstanbul Başakşehir
Number 59
Youth career
0000–2014 Zulte Waregem
2014–2017 Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Club Brugge 8 (0)
2018–2019 → OH Leuven (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020 → Beroe (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2022 RKC Waalwijk 50 (3)
2022– İstanbul Başakşehir 8 (0)
International career‡
2016 Belgium U18 1 (0)
2016 Belgium U19 6 (0)
2020 Belgium U21 3 (0)
2021– Algeria 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:49, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Touba is a youth exponent from Brugge.[1] He made his senior debut on 1 May 2017 in the Belgian Pro League against SV Zulte Waregem. He replaced José Izquierdo after 80 minutes.[2]

On 30 June 2022, Touba signed for İstanbul Başakşehir on a 3 year contract with an additional optional year.[3]

International career

Born in France, Touba is of Algerian descent. He moved to Belgium at a young age, and was a youth international for Belgium.[4] He represented the Algeria national team in a friendly 4–1 win over Mauritania on 3 June 2021.[5]

References
  1. "Belgium - A. Touba - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  2. "Club Brugge vs. Zulte Waregem - 1 May 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. "HOŞ GELDİN AHMED TOUBA". ibfk.com.tr (in Turkish). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. "Foot : Le belge Ahmed Touba fait un appel du pied à Belmadi". 7 March 2020.
  5. "Match Report of Algeria vs Mauritania - 2021-06-03 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
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