Adam Ounas

Adam Mohamed Ounas (آدم أوناس; born 11 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Early career
Ounas was four years old when he joined the local club Tours encouraged by his father, Hadji Ounas, a former goalkeeper. He played for Tours for ten years before joining the U14 youth team of Châteauroux.

One year later, due to juvenile mistakes, he left Châteauroux and played for a small local club, Football Club Ouest Tourangeau 37, where Arnaud Vaillant, scout for Bordeaux and Yannick Stopyra discovered him.

Bordeaux
In April 2013, Ounas joined Bordeaux on a one-year contract and in April 2014, he signed a two-year trainee contract.

Ounas made his first-team debut for Bordeaux on 4 October 2015, being introduced in the 72nd minute and scoring the last goal in his club's 3–2 defeat away to Lorient. He started in the following match against Montpellier, before being substituted in the 59th minute, and was introduced in the 77th minute of Bordeaux's 0–1 defeat to Sion in the Europa League on 22 October. On 25 October, Ounas scored his second Ligue 1 goal 11 minutes after having come on in the 67th minute, helping his club to a 1–0 win over Troyes AC. In December, Bordeaux rewarded him with a professional contract running until June 2019.

Napoli
On 3 July 2017, Napoli confirmed the signing of Ounas from Bordeaux. He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–3 loss to RB Leipzig in the Europa League 1st knockout round first leg.

Loan to Nice
On 30 August 2019, Ounas moved to Ligue 1 side OGC Nice, on a loan deal with a purchase option. On 6 May 2020, Nice decided not to trigger the purchase option and Ounas returned to Napoli.

Loan to Cagliari
On 6 October 2020, Ounas joined Serie A side Cagliari on a season-long loan with an option to buy. On 28 January 2021, Ounas parted ways with Cagliari due to lack of playing time.

Loan to Crotone
On 1 February 2021, Ounas joined Italian club Crotone on a loan deal. He scored his first goal for the club on 14 February in a 2–1 home loss to Sassuolo. His second marker came against Torino on 7 March; following the match, he became the target of cyber racism, allegedly from Torino fans, which included direct messages on Instagram, of which he published screenshots, calling him a "monkey", telling him to "return to Africa", and even hoping for his death.

Lille
On 1 September 2022, Ounas signed with Lille for two seasons, with an option for a third season.

International career
Born in France to Algerian parents, Ounas is eligible to represent both countries internationally because he holds both nationality. After initially playing for the France under-20 team, he opted to change his allegiance to Algeria in October 2016. Shortly after the switch, Ounas was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria.

Ounas made his debut for the senior Algeria in a 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification loss to Zambia on 5 September 2017.

Ounas opened his scoring record For Algeria on 1 July 2019, scoring twice against Tanzania in a 3–0 victory in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

In December 2023, he was named in Algeria's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

International

 * Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ounas goal.

Honours
Algeria
 * Africa Cup of Nations: 2019

Napoli
 * Serie A: 2022–23