Sylia Koui
Personal information
Full name Sylia Koui
Date of birth (1992-07-27) 27 July 1992[1]
Place of birth Saint-Denis, France[1]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nantes
Number 10
Youth career
2000–2003 Courtilières FC
2003–2006 Blanc-Mesnil SF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Blanc-Mesnil SF 35 (1)
2009–2013 Le Mans FC 70 (5)
2013–2014 FF Yzeure Allier Auvergne 22 (1)
2014–2016 Tremblay FC 39 (2)
2016–2019 FC Rouen 44 (6)
2019–2022 Le Harve AC 56 (3)
2022– FC Nantes 23 (0)
International career‡
2020– Algeria 13 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023

Sylia Koui (Arabic: سيليا كوي; born 27 July 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Division 2 Féminine club Nantes, which she also captains. Born in France, she plays for the Algeria national team.

Early life

Koui was born in Saint-Denis a subprefecture of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. Her parents are originally from Tigzirt in Algeria. She started playing football at the age of eight in the Courtilières FC club. At the age of eleven, she joined the women's team of Blanc-Mesnil SF, where she made her first appearance in the Division 2 Féminine at the age of fourteen.[2]

Club career

In 2009, at the age of seventeen, she joined Le Mans FC for four seasons. During her time there, she contributed to the promotion to Division 1 Féminine in the 2009–2010 season, finishing as D2 champion. However, the following year, at the end of the 2010–2011 season, the club was relegated back to D2.[3] Following her signing with FF Yzeure Allier Auvergne in 2013, she played in the 2013–14 Division 1 Féminine.[4] 2014 also saw her return to the Parisian suburbs where she played two seasons with Tremblay FC in D2. after two seasons in the club she moved to Division 2 side FC Rouen for three seasons.

In 2019, Le Harve AC announced the signing of Koui for the 2019–20 season. where the contract was later renewed till 2022. Afterward, she joined Division 2's club FC Nantes.[5]

International career

In March 2020, Koui was called up for the first time to the Algerian national team to participate in a training camp in preparation for the first qualifying round of the 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification. The competition was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7]

She was selected again in October 2021 by coach Radia Fertoul to participate in a double-legged qualifier match against Sudan as a part of the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification.[8] On 20 October 2021, Sylia earned her first cap after she made her first appearance as a starter and scored a brace in the historic 14–0 victory against Sudan.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 November 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blanc-Mesnil SF 2006–07 Division 2 Féminine 10––——10
2007–08 17010——180
2008–09 Division 3 Féminine 15110——161
Total 33120——351
Le Mans FC B 2009–10 Division 3 Féminine 130––——130
Le Mans FC 2010–11 Division 1 Féminine 14030——170
2011–12 Division 2 Féminine 22322——245
2012–13 15010——160
Total 64362——705
FF Yzeure 2013–14 Division 1 Féminine 221––——221
Total 221––——221
Tremblay FC 2014–15 Division 2 Féminine 22120——241
2015–16 151––——151
Total 37220——392
FC Rouen 2016–17 Division 2 Féminine 213––——213
2017–18 21310——223
2018–19 ––10——10
Total 42620——446
Le Harve AC 2019–20 Division 2 Féminine 14030——170
2020–21 Division 1 Féminine 16110——171
2021–22 Division 2 Féminine 18141——222
Total 48281——563
Nantes 2022–23 Division 2 Féminine 13020——150
2023–24 80––——80
Total 21020——230
Career total 26715223——28918

International

As of match played 5 December 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Algeria 202000
202133
202221
202380
Total134

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 October 2021Omar Hamadi Stadium, Algiers, Algeria Sudan3–014–02022 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
212–0
328 November 2021Stade de Ariana, Ariana, Tunisia Tunisia2–04–2International Friendly
423 February 2022Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers, Algeria South Africa1–01–12022 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Le Mans FC

References

  1. 1 2 "Sylia Koui Player Profile at Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Discovering Sylia Koui, FC Rouen". dzballon.com (in French). Farid Kada rabah. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Sylia KOUI – Saison 2021-2022". hac-foot.com (in French). Le Harve AC. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Un groupe profondément remanié à l'intersaison". lamontagne.fr (in French). 8 August 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sylia Koui: 'Le FC Nantes, là où je me voyais le mieux". fcnantes.com (in French). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Éliminatoires CAN 2020 Féminine : 22 joueuses retenues pour un stage en mars". lagazettedufennec.com (in French). 3 March 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "EN Fem. : 22 joueuses convoquées pour un stage". dzfoot.com (in French). 3 March 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "EN Fem. : La liste des Vertes". dzfoot.com (in French). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Eliminatoires CAN Total Energies 2022 : Les Vertes s'offrent un festival de buts à Bologhine". faf.dz (in French). Algerian Football Federation. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Sylia Koui" (in French). statsfootofeminin.fr. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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