Mounir Chouiar (born 23 January 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays for Zürich on loan from Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad. Mainly a left winger, he is known for his crossing ability.

Mounir Chouiar
Chouiar with Lens in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-23) 23 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Liévin, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
Zürich
(on loan from Ludogorets Razgrad)
Number 23
Youth career
2005–2007 CS Avion
2007–2016 Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Lens II 46 (11)
2016–2019 Lens 38 (5)
2019–2022 Dijon 43 (4)
2021–2022Yeni Malatyaspor (loan) 26 (3)
2022–2023 İstanbul Başakşehir 16 (1)
2023Kasımpaşa (loan) 16 (2)
2023– Ludogorets Razgrad 7 (0)
2024Amiens (loan) 14 (1)
2024–Zürich (loan) 5 (0)
International career
2015 France U16 3 (0)
2016–2017 France U18 4 (1)
2017 France U19 3 (0)
2019 France U20 4 (1)
2019 France U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:55, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Club career

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Chouiar made his debut at professional level for Lens in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Niort on 29 July 2016.[2]

On 8 July 2022, Chouiar transferred to İstanbul Başakşehir in Turkey.[3] On 28 January 2023, he was loaned to Kasımpaşa.[4]

On 5 September 2023, Chouiar signed for Bulgarian First League Champions Ludogorets Razgrad.[5] In January 2024, he joined Ligue 2 club Amiens on loan for the remainder of the season.[6]

Career statistics

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As of match played on 17 May 2024[7]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lens B 2015–16 Championnat de France Amateur 2 2 2 2
2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur 17 1 17 1
2017–18 Championnat National 2 22 3 22 3
2018–19 Championnat National 2 5 5 5 5
Total 46 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 11
Lens 2016–17 Ligue 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
2017–18 Ligue 2 8 0 1 0 1 0 10 0
2018–19 Ligue 2 25 3 3 2 2 0 3[a] 0 33 5
2019–20 Ligue 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 4 2
Total 38 5 6 2 3 0 3 0 50 7
Dijon 2019–20 Ligue 1 20 4 3 2 1 0 24 6
2020–21 Ligue 1 23 0 1 0 0 0 24 0
Total 43 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 48 6
Yeni Malatyaspor (loan) 2021–22 Süper Lig 26 3 1 1 27 4
İstanbul Başakşehir 2022–23 Süper Lig 16 1 2 0 12[b] 1 30 2
Kasımpaşa (loan) 2022–23 Süper Lig 16 2 0 0 16 2
Ludogorets Razgrad 2023–24 First Professional Football League 7 0 1 0 0 0 4[b] 0 12 0
Amiens (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 2 14 1 0 0 0 0 14 1
Career totals 205 27 14 5 4 0 19 1 243 33
  1. ^ Appearances in the 2018–19 Ligue 2 Promotion play-offs
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League

Personal life

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Born in France, Chouiar has Moroccan[8] and Mauritanian ancestry.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Mounir Chouiar". İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2016/2017 - 1ère journée - Chamois Niortais / RC Lens". www.lfp.fr.
  3. ^ "MOUNIR CHOUIAR TRANSFÉRÉ À ISTANBUL BAŞAKŞEHIR" (in French). Dijon. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. ^ "MOUNIR CHOUIAR KASIMPAŞA'YA KİRALANDI" (in Turkish). İstanbul Başakşehir. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Мунир Шуиар е новият футболист на Лудогорец" [Mounir Chouiar is the new player of Ludogorets]. www.ludogorets.com/bg (in Bulgarian). 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  6. ^ "TECHNIQUE ET VIVACITÉ SUR L'AILE!" [TECHNIQUE AND LIVELINESS ON THE WING!]. www.amiensfootball.com (in French). 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  7. ^ Mounir Chouiar at Soccerway
  8. ^ LDA. "RC Lens: Mounir Chouiar fait ses débuts en Ligue 2". lionsdelatlas.ma.
  9. ^ "La FRMF veut rafler Mounir Chouiar à la Mauritanie".
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