Aymen Mahious

Aymen Mahious (Arabic: أيمن محيوص; born September 15, 1997) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Algeria national team.

Aymen Mahious
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-09-15) September 15, 1997
Place of birth Taher, Algeria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 USM Alger
Number 18
Youth career
MC Taher
CS Constantine
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 CA Batna 26 (11)
2018– USM Alger 79 (21)
2019 → AS Aïn M'lila (loan) 14 (3)
International career‡
2018 Algeria U23 5 (2)
2019– Algeria A' 15 (9)
2022– Algeria 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 January 2023

Club career

On May 31, Mahious joined to USM Alger for three seasons, coming from CA Batna for 3,000,000 DA.[1] He made his debut for the team in the CAF Confederation Cup during a win against Rayon Sports, later in the Arab Club Champions Cup Mahious scored the winning goal against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya his first goal with the club.[2] On August 14, He made his debut in the Ligue 1 against DRB Tadjenanet as a substitute and made an assist for Zakaria Benchaâ in 3–1 victory.[3] On September 21, and in the first game as a starter Mahious managed to score his first goal in the Ligue 1 against AS Ain M'lila in 3–0 victory.[4]

On July 1, Mahious returned to USM Alger after 6 months on loan to AS Ain M'lila, due to the financial crisis Mahious became an important player in the team On 25 August 2019, scoring his first goal in CAF Champions League against AS Sonidep in a 3–1 home win.[5] Then he led USM Alger to victory against Gor Mahia outside the home by scoring a double.[6] On 5 January 2020, in the Algerian Cup Mahious scored his first hat-trick in his career and made an assist for Billel Benhammouda against USM Khenchela in 6–1 victory.[7] Before the start of the 2020–21 season, Mahious received an official offer from Mamelodi Sundowns, but the sports director Antar Yahya refused to release the player to any team.[8]

International career

On 26 March 2019, Mahious scored his first goals with Algeria under-23 national team at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification against Equatorial Guinea in 3–1 victory.[9] But Algeria failed to qualify for the finals after the elimination against Ghana.[10] in 2019 Mahious calls for the first time for the Algeria A' national team in the 2020 CHAN qualification against Morocco.[11] and participated as a substitute in the place of Lamine Abid.[12] On January 2, 2023, Mahious was selected for the 28-man squad to participate in the 2022 African Nations Championship.[13] Mahious became the first player to score in Nelson Mandela Stadium in the opening of the CHAN 2022 against Libya A'.[14] In the final Mahious missed a decisive penalty shootout which was the reason for losing the title, Mahious was criticized for the way he takes penalties, and he apologized to the Algerian people but he said that he would continue to take penalty kicks in that way.[15] Mahious won the Golden Boot Award at the end of the tournament and was included in the squad for Best XI.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of 2 April 2023[17]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CA Batna 2017–18 Ligue 2 2611———2611
USM Alger 2018–19 Ligue 1 91—4[lower-alpha 1]03[lower-alpha 2]1162
2019–20 2042310[lower-alpha 3]5—3212
2020–21 113——1[lower-alpha 4]1124
2021–22 248———248
2022–23 146119[lower-alpha 1]3—2410
Total 7822342384210836
→ AS Aïn M'lila (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 1 132———132
Total 132———132
Career total 11935342384214749
  1. All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  2. All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup
  3. All appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
  4. All appearances in Algerian Super Cup

International goals
With Algeria U23
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 March 2019Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria Equatorial Guinea U233–03–12019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification
With Algeria A'
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 september 2022Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine, Algeria Nigeria2–22–2Friendly
2.29 september 2022Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran, Algeria Sudan2–02–0Friendly
3.29 octobre 2022La Cigale sports Tabarka, Tabarka, Tunisia Mali2–04–0Friendly
4.17 December 202219 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria Senegal2–22–2Friendly
5.13 January 2023Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria Libya1–01–02022 African Nations Championship
6.17 January 2023Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria Ethiopia1–01–02022 African Nations Championship
7.27 January 2023Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria Ivory Coast1–01–02022 African Nations Championship
8.31 January 2023Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran, Algeria Niger2–05–02022 African Nations Championship
9.3–0

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Transferts : Mahious s'engage en faveur de l'USMA". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. "Coupe Arabe: l'USM Alger s'impose devant Al Quwa Al Jawiya". alg24.net. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. "Ligue 1 (J1) : USM Alger 3-1 DRB Tadjenanet". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. "Ligue 1 (J7) : USM Alger 3-0 AS Ain M'lila". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  5. "CAF CL : USM Alger 3-1 SONIDEP, l'USMA qualifiée". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  6. "CAF CL : Gor Mahia 0-2 USM Alger, l'USMA en poules". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  7. "USMA 6 - USMK 1: Le récital usmiste". competition.dz. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. "إتحاد العاصمة أيمن محيوص يرد على عرض نادي ماميلودي سان داونز !". echabakasport.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  9. "Élim. CAN U23 : Algérie 3-1 Guinée Équatoriale". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  10. "CAN U23 : Algérie 0-1 Ghana, les jeunes Verts eliminés". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  11. "Maroc - Algérie : 23 joueurs convoqués". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  12. "CHAN : Maroc A' 3-0 Algérie A'". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  13. "CHAN 2022 : La liste des 28 algériens dévoilée". dzfoot.com. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  14. "CHAN 2022 : Les verts débutent par une victoire face à la Libye". dzfoot.com. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  15. "Bougherra : «Il ne faut pas en vouloir à Mahious»". dzfoot.com. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  16. "CHAN 2022 : Mahious meilleur buteur du tournoi". dzfoot.com. 6 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  17. Aymen Mahious at Soccerway
  18. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (7 February 2023). "THE FINEST 😎 The #TotalEnergiesCHAN2022 Best XI is here 🔢" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2023 – via Twitter.
  19. Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (5 February 2023). "6️⃣ GAMES 5️⃣ GOALS Aimen Mahious wins the #TotalEnergiesCHAN2022 Umbro Golden Boot Award 👏" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 February 2023 – via Twitter.
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