Nassim Akrour

Nassim Akrour (Arabic: نسيم أكرور‎; born July 10, 1974) is an Algerian footballer and coach who currently plays for Chambéry and coaches the youth team at Annecy, whom he represented as a player between 2016 and 2019. At international level, he has represented Algeria, earning 18 caps and scoring six goals between 2001 and 2004.

Nassim Akrour

Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-07-10) July 10, 1974
Place of birth	Courbevoie, France
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Chambéry Annecy (U16 coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Olympique Noisy-le-Sec
1997–1999	Sutton United
1999–2000	Woking	51	(19)
2000–2002	FC Istres	74	(32)
2002–2004	Troyes	44	(10)
2004	Le Havre	16	(2)
2004–2010	Grenoble	194	(54)
2010–2013	Istres	101	(28)
2013–2016	Grenoble	85	(40)
2016–2019	Annecy	69	(38)
2020–	Chambéry	3	(2)
National team
2001–2004	Algeria	18	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:46, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Akrour is the all-time leading scorer of French club Grenoble Foot 38 with 94 league goals.

Club career

Akrour was born in Courbevoie, France.

On July 15, 2010, Akrour signed a one-year contract, with an option for a second year, with Ligue 2 side FC Istres.

Akrour announced his retirement from playing in July 2019, aged 45, and took up a role as youth coach with Annecy.[1]

In January 2020, he came out of retirement to join Chambéry, scoring on his début for the club in a friendly match.[2]

International career

On December 5, 2001, Akrour made his debut for the Algerian national team as a 60th-minute substitute in a 1–1 friendly with Ghana in Algiers.[3]

Akrour was a member of the Algerian 2002 African Nations Cup team, who were eliminated in the first round after finishing last in their group. He played in all three of Algeria's games, starting in one, and scored one goal in the second group game against Liberia.[4]

He was also part of the Algerian 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition before being defeated by Morocco in the quarter-finals.

National team statistics

[5]

Algeria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2001	2	0
2002	7	4
2003	5	2
2004	4	0
Total	18	6

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	January 14, 2002	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers, Algeria	Benin	3 – 0	4 – 0	Friendly match
2.	January 25, 2002	Stade 26 mars, Bamako, Mali	Liberia	1 – 1	2 – 2	2002 African Cup of Nations
3.	October 11, 2002	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba, Algeria	Chad	1 – 0	4 – 1	2004 African Cup of Nations (qualification)
4.	October 11, 2002	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba, Algeria	Chad	4 – 1	4 – 1	2004 African Cup of Nations (qualification)
5.	March 29, 2003	Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda, Angola	Angola	1 – 1	1 – 1	Friendly match
6.	November 14, 2003	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers, Algeria	Niger	6 - 0	6 - 0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

1. "A 45 ans, Nassim Akrour a décidé de raccrocher les crampons" (in French). footamateur.fr. 7 July 2019.
2. Sport | Nassim Akrour (45 ans) débarque à Chambéry : "Je suis toujours ambitieux"
3. Algérie 1-1 Ghana Archived 2010-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
4. Libéria 2-2 Algérie Archived 2010-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com.

External links

• Nassim Akrour – French league stats at LFP (also available in French)
• Nassim Akrour at National-Football-Teams.com