Youcef Atal

Youcef Atal
	Atal with Nice in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Youcef Atal
Date of birth	17 May 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth	Boghni, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right-back / Winger[citation needed]
Club information
Current team	Nice
Number	20
Youth career
2006–2008	CR Belouizdad
2008–2011	JS Kabylie
2011–2012	USM Alger
2012–2014	JS Kabylie
2014–2015	Paradou AC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2018	Paradou AC
2017–2018	→ Kortrijk (loan)
2018–	Nice
National team‡
2017–	Algeria
Honours
Men's football
Representing Algeria
Africa Cup of Nations
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:54, 20 March 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:52, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Youcef Atal (Arabic: يوسف عطال; born 17 May 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club OGC Nice and the Algeria national team. He mainly plays as a right-back, but can also play as a left winger.

Club career

Atal joined French club Nice from Paradou AC in 2018. He underwent knee surgery in December 2019.^[3]

On 1 June 2017, Atal was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for a friendly match against Guinea and a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo.^[4]

As of match played 27 September 2022^[5]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Algeria	2017	4	0
	2018	2	1
	2019	12	0
	2021	4	0
	2022	6	1
Total		28	2

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.^[5]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	18 November 2018	Stade Municipal, Lomé, Togo	6	Togo	2–0	4–1	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	^[6]
2	27 September 2022	Olympic Stadium, Oram, Algeria	28	Nigeria	2–1	2–1	Friendly	^[7]

Paradou AC

Nice

Algeria

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^ "Youcef Atal". OGC Nice. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ "Youcef Atal: Algeria international to have knee surgery". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019.
^ M-A-D (1 June 2017). "EN : 25 joueurs convoqués par Alcaraz, beaucoup de nouveautés". DZfoot (in French). Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Youcef Atal". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "Afcon 2019: Mahrez brace helps Algeria qualify for Nations Cup". BBC Sport. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "Algeria vs. Nigeria - Football Match Summary". ESPN. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^ "Ludovic Blas penalty wins French Cup for Nantes". BBC Sport. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ Rose, Gary (19 July 2019). "Senegal 0–1 Algeria". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2021.