Youcef Touati

Youcef Touati (29 March 1989 – 16 March 2017) was an Algerian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1]

Youcef Touati
Personal information
Full name Youcef Touati
Date of birth (1989-03-29)29 March 1989
Place of birth Saint-Denis, France
Date of death 16 March 2017(2017-03-16) (aged 27)
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2005–2007 Amiens
2008 AC Amiens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Pacy 18 (1)
2009–2011 Dijon 11 (1)
2010–2011 → Cannes (loan) 14 (1)
2011–2012 Red Star 25 (2)
2012–2013 Istres 8 (0)
2013–2014 Tours 4 (0)
2014–2015 Épinal 16 (1)
2015–2016 Chambly 18 (2)
2016–2017 MO Béjaïa 6 (0)
Total 120 (8)
International career
2009 Algeria U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Youth career

Born in Saint-Denis, Touati began his career bouncing around the junior ranks of several different clubs: ES Paris, Red Star 93, CS Sedan and Paris FC.[2] In 2005, at age 16, he joined the Amiens SC academy where he stayed for two years. In 2007, the club offered Touati a professional trainee contract but, on the advice of his agent, he declined it to go join Spanish side Villarreal CF. However, he was unable to sign with Villarreal since the club was not willing to pay Amiens for the transfer. Touati finally returned to Amiens four months later, this time to sign with the city's other team, AC Amiens.

Pacy VEF

At the beginning of the 2008 season, Touati signed a contract with Championnat National side Pacy Vallée-d'Eure. However, AC Amiens claimed that the player was still under contract with the club, forcing him to sit out the first four months of the season. The clubs finally reached an agreement in December 2008 allowing Touati to feature for Pacy. He made 18 appearances for the club in the 2008–09 season, scoring one goal.

Dijon

On 6 July 2009, Touati signed a three-year contract with Ligue 2 side Dijon FCO.[3] On 7 August 2009, he made his debut for the club starting in a league match against Angers SCO.[4]

Cannes

On 9 September 2010, Touati was loaned out to Championnat National side AS Cannes until the end of the season.[5]

International career

On 14 September 2009, Touati received his first call up to the Algerian Under-23 National Team for a 10-day training camp in Marseille.[6] On 9 February 2011, he played his first match for the team, a 3–2 win over Senegal in a friendly in Sidi Moussa.[7] However, after the game, head coach Azzedine Aït Djoudi said that Touati would be dropped from the team after showing a lack of motivation.[8]

Death

After a traffic accident at the A1 autoroute on 6 March 2017, Touati's death was announced by various sources, including one of his previous clubs.[9][10] However, it was announced by his family on 9 March 2017 that he survived the accident, being instead in a deep coma according to an official statement released by his family.[11] Touati eventually died on 16 March.[12] He was 27.

Career statistics
As of 30 October 2015.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pacy-sur-Eure 2008–09 National 1810000181
Dijon 2009–10 Ligue 2 911020121
2010–11 20001030
Cannes (loan) 2010–11 National 1411000151
Red Star Saint-Ouen 2011–12 National 2522000272
Istres 2012–13 Ligue 2 802010110
Tours 2013–14 Ligue 2 40001050
Épinal 2014–15 National 1615100212
Chambly 2015–16 National 1010000101
Career total 1067111501228

References
  1. "Youcef TOUATI - Football : la fiche de Youcef TOUATI (Chambly)". lequipe.fr.
  2. "Actualité à la une en Normandie, toutes les informations locales". paris-normandie.fr.
  3. "Dijon – Arrivée de Youcef Touati, révélation du National". espoirsdufootball.com. 6 July 2009.
  4. "French Football League : Ligue 2 , news, results, tables, statistics". www.frenchleague.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009.
  5. "Cannes : Touati arrive en prêt". footafrica365.fr.
  6. "EN Espoirs : l'EN en regroupement à Beaucaire - Football algérien". www.dzfoot.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009.
  7. "EN U23 : Algérie 3-2 Sénégal (amical), les buts (vidéo)". dzfoot.com.
  8. EN U23 : Vers la mise à l'écart de Youcef Touati
  9. "Repose en paix Youcef" (in French). fcchambly.com. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  10. "Décès de Youcef Touati" (in French). lequipe.fr. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  11. "COMMUNIQUÉ OFFICIEL PAR LA FAMILLE DE YOUCEF TOUATI" (in French). redstar.fr. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  12. "Collision avec le van de Jenifer : Youcef Touati est décédé". Le Parisien. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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