Zeki Amdouni

Mohamed Zeki Amdouni (born 4 December 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Basel, on loan from Lausanne-Sport, and the Switzerland national team.

Zeki Amdouni
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Zeki Amdouni
Date of birth (2000-12-04) 4 December 2000
Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Basel
(on loan from Lausanne-Sport)
Number 9
Youth career
2008–2013 Servette
2013–2015 Meyrin
2015–2017 Étoile Carouge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Étoile Carouge 38 (14)
2019–2021 Stade Lausanne Ouchy 56 (14)
2021– Lausanne-Sport 34 (12)
2022– → Basel (loan) 22 (6)
International career‡
2019 Switzerland U20 2 (0)
2021 Turkey U21 1 (0)
2021– Switzerland U21 11 (7)
2022– Switzerland 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 March 2023

Career

Amdouni is a youth product of Servette, Meyrin, and Étoile Carouge. He began his career with Étoile Carouge. before moving to Stade Lausanne Ouchy in the Swiss Challenge League in 2019. On 9 June 2021, he transferred to Lausanne-Sport in the Swiss Super League.[2] He made his professional debut with Lausanne-Sport in a 2–1 Swiss Super League loss to FC St. Gallen on 24 July 2021.[3]

On 24 June 2022, Amdouni joined Basel's first team for their 2022–23 season under head coach Alexander Frei signing a two-year loan with an option for the club to buy.[4] After playing in two test games, in each of which he had scored a goal, Amdouni played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the Schützenwiese on 16 July 2022 as Basel drew 1–1 with Winterthur.[5] Amdouni scored his first goal for the club on 28 August in the away game in the Letzigrund against Zürich as Basel won 4–2.[6]

International career

Amdouni was born in Switzerland to a Turkish father and Tunisian mother.[7] He represented the Switzerland U20s, before switching to represent Turkey U21 in May 2019. That same month, he again switched over to the Switzerland U21s.[8]

He was called up by the senior Switzerland squad for the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches against Czech Republic, Portugal (twice) and Spain on 2, 5, 9 and 12 June 2022, respectively.[9] He made his debut on 27 September 2022 in a Nations League game against the Czech Republic, substituting Ruben Vargas in the 79th minute.[10] He scored his first international goal against Belarus, as Switzerland won 5–0 in a 2024 European Championship qualifying match.[11]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
125 March 2023Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad, Serbia Belarus5–05–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
228 March 2023Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Israel2–03–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

References
  1. "Zeki Amdouni". FC Basel. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. "Zeki Amdouni au Lausanne-Sport". June 9, 2021.
  3. "Lausanne Sport vs. St. Gallen - 24 July 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  4. FC Basel 1893 (24 June 2022). "Amouni leihweise von Lausanne-Sport zum FCB". Amouni on loan from Lausanne-Sport to FCB. FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  5. FC Basel 1893 (16 July 2022). "FC Winterthur - FC Basel 1:1 (1:0)". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  6. FC Basel 1893 (28 August 2022). "FC Zürich - FC Basel 2:4 (1:1)". FC Basel 1893 AG. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  7. "Mohamed Zeki Amdouni kimdir, nereli? Mohamed Zeki Amdouni kaç..." Fanatik.
  8. "Mohamed Zeki Amdouni' İsviçre'yi seçti, TFF açıklama yaptı". www.sozcu.com.tr.
  9. "Switzerland 1-0 Portugal". BBC. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  10. "Switzerland v Chechia game report". UEFA. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  11. UEFA.com. "Belarus-Switzerland | European Qualifiers 2024". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
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