Rayan Aït-Nouri

Rayan Aït-Nouri (born 6 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a left wing-back for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Rayan Aït-Nouri
Aït-Nouri with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2022
Personal information
Full name Rayan Aït-Nouri[1]
Date of birth (2001-06-06) 6 June 2001
Place of birth Montreuil, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back, left wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number 3
Youth career
2009–2012 AS Val de Fontenay
2012–2014 ASF Le Perreux 94
2014–2016 Paris FC
2016–2018 Angers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Angers II 10 (0)
2018–2021 Angers 23 (0)
2020–2021 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 21 (1)
2021– Wolverhampton Wanderers 48 (2)
International career‡
2018–2019 France U18 10 (0)
2019–2020 France U21 5 (0)
2023– Algeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2023

Club career

Angers

Aït-Nouri is a graduate of the Angers youth academy, which he joined from Paris FC in July 2016 in return for covering Aït-Nouri's tuition fees of €5,000.[3] He signed his professional contract aged 16 in February 2018[4] and made his first team debut as a substitute in a 1–3 loss to Paris Saint-Germain on 25 August 2018.[5]

After making three appearances in the 2018–19 season, he became the team's first choice left-back in the following season until breaking his jaw in a game against Nice in January 2020.[6] At the conclusion of the French league season, which was ended early due to the coronavirus pandemic, he signed a new contract that was due to keep him at Angers until 2023.[7]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 4 October 2020, Aït-Nouri moved on a season-long loan deal to Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, with the club having an option of a permanent purchase.[8] Twenty-six days later, he scored his first goal in professional football, on his league debut in a 2–0 home win over Crystal Palace.[9]

On 9 July 2021, Aït-Nouri had made a permanent move to Wolves for £9.8 million, on a five-year deal with an option for a further year. He scored his second goal for Wolves in his 50th appearance for the club, on 15 May 2022, in a 1–1 home Premier League draw with Norwich City.[10]

On 26 December 2022, Aït-Nouri scored the winning Wolves goal in Julen Lopetegui's first Premier League game as Wolves' new head coach away at Everton; this was Aït-Nouri's first league goal of the 2022–23 season.[11]

International career

Rayan Aït-Nouri was born in Montreuil, in the eastern suburbs of Paris. He holds French and Algerian nationalities.[12][13] He was a youth international for France, having represented the French under-18 and under-21 teams.[14] In January 2023, he switched to represent Algeria internationally.[15] He made his debut with the Algerian national team in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Niger, in Nelson Mandela Stadium, the 23rd of March 2023.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 October 2023[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Angers II 2017–18[18] Championnat National 3 40———40
2018–19[18] Championnat National 3 60———60
Total 100———100
Angers 2018–19[18] Ligue 1 300000—30
2019–20[18] Ligue 1 1700000—170
2020–21[18] Ligue 1 3000——30
Total 2300000—230
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 2020–21[19] Premier League 2113000—241
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2021–22[20] Premier League 2312020—271
2022–23[21] Premier League 2112041—272
2023–24[22] Premier League 900020—110
Wolves total 7437081—894
Career total 10737081001224

References
  1. "Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League". Premier League. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. "Rayan Aït-Nouri". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. "Rayan Aït-Nouri, la révélation d'Angers à 5000 euros" (in French). Le Parisien. 5 October 2019.
  4. "Rayan Ait Nouri passe professionnel à Angers" (in French). L'Equipe. 14 February 2018.
  5. "Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 Angers". BBC Sport. 25 August 2018.
  6. "Angers: Rayan Aït-Nouri absent plusieurs mois" (in French). L'Equipe. 12 January 2020.
  7. "Rayan Aït-Nouri prolonge jusqu'en 2023 !ois" (in French). Angers SCO. 12 January 2020.
  8. "Wolves complete signing of Aït-Nouri". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 4 October 2020.
  9. Poole, Harry (30 October 2020). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Crystal Palace: Teenager Rayan Ait-Nouri scores on debut". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  10. de Cosemo, Harry (15 May 2022). "Wolves 1–1 Norwich: Canaries hold Wolves to drab draw". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  11. Sutcliffe, Steve (26 December 2022). "Everton 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Dramatic late winner for visitors". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  12. https://www.unfp.org/joueur/rayan-ait-nouri-22820/
  13. https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/football/football-rayan-ait-nouri-aurait-choisi-de-jouer-pour-l-algerie-20230103
  14. "Algérie-France : Rayan Aït Nouri aurait fait son choix". 17 April 2020.
  15. "Rayan Aït-Nouri a choisi la sélection d'Algérie" [Rayan Aït-Nouri chose Algeria]. L'Équipe (in French). 3 January 2023.
  16. "Ait-Nouri makes Algeria debut | Men's First-Team | News". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.
  17. Rayan Aït-Nouri at Soccerbase
  18. "Ratan Aït-Nouri". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  19. "Games played by Rayan Aït-Nouri in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  20. "Games played by Rayan Aït-Nouri in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  21. "Games played by Rayan Aït-Nouri in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  22. "Games played by Rayan Aït-Nouri in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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