El Arabi Hillel Soudani

El Arabi Hillel Soudani

Soudani in 2014
Personal information
Full name	El Arabi Hillel Soudani
Date of birth	25 November 1987
Place of birth	Chlef, Algeria
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Dinamo Zagreb
Number	2
Youth career
1998–2006	ASO Chlef
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2011	ASO Chlef	108	(48)
2011–2013	Vitória Guimarães	37	(13)
2013–	Dinamo Zagreb	86	(41)
National team^‡
2008–2011	Algeria A'	11	(5)
2011–	Algeria	39	(21)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 7, 2015

El Arabi Hillel Soudani (Arabic: العربي هلال سوداني‎‎), (born 25 November 1987) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a forward for Dinamo Zagreb and the Algeria national football team.

Soudani made his international debut in 2011, and featured at the 2013 and 2015 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. As of June 2016, he has won 38 international caps and scored 18 goals, making him Algeria's seventh-highest goalscorer in history.

Club career

ASO Chlef

Born in Chlef, Soudani began his career in the junior ranks of his hometown club ASO Chlef. In May 2006, aged 19, he made his first team debut for the club as a substitute against USM Annaba in the 28th round of the 2005–06 Algerian Championnat National, coming on for Samir Zaoui in the 72nd minute.^[1]

In 2008, Soudani was chosen as the 2008 Young Player of the Year by DZFoot after scoring 11 goals in 24 games in the 2007-2008 season.^[2]

In June 2011, Soudani went on trial with French Ligue 2 club Le Mans FC.^[3]

Vitória S.C.

On 8 August 2011, Soudani signed a three-year contract with Portuguese club Vitória S.C.^[4] The transfer fee was rumoured to be €800,000.^[5] On August 25, 2011, Soudani made his official debut for Vitória as a 66th-minute substitute in a 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round match against Atlético Madrid.^[6] On October 16, 2011, Soudani opened his scoring account for the club with a brace in the third round of the 2011–12 Taça de Portugal against Moura Atlético Clube. After going down 1–0, Soudani scored the equalizer in the 89th minute of the game to send the game to extra-time, before scoring the winner in the 117th minute.^[7] On April 1, 2012, Soudani scored his first goal in the Primeira Liga in a 3–1 win against Paços de Ferreira.^[8] On April 21, he scored a brace in a 3–2 win against União de Leiria.^[9]

On 26 May 2013, Soudani helped Vitória win their first ever Taça de Portugal by beating Benfica 2–1 in the final, scoring the equalizing goal in the 79th minute before Ricardo netted the winner two minutes later.^[10] The following day he traveled to Croatia to complete a medical ahead of a transfer to Dinamo Zagreb.^[11]

Dinamo Zagreb

On May 27, 2013, Soudani passed a medical before signing a four-year contract with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb, with Dinamo paying a transfer fee of €900,000.^[12] On 6 July 2013, he won the Croatian Supercup with Dinamo Zagreb against Hajduk Split, making his debut for Dinamo Zagreb in that match. He scored his first goal for the club in a league match against Osijek on July 12, 2013, helping his side to a 3-1 win. On 16 July 2013, Soudani scored two impressive goals for his side in a 2013–14 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase match against Fola Esch, with that being his third appearance for the team. On 3 August 2013, coming on the pitch in the 67th minute, Soudani scored the only goal in the closing stages of the game, securing his side a hard-earned victory over RNK Split, simultaneously establishing himself as the team's first-choice striker. On 7 August 2013, in 27th minute, Soudani scored his third goal for his side in the UEFA Champions League 2013-14 qualification phase, against Sheriff Tiraspol, in a 3-0 away win.

International career

In February 2011, Soudani was selected by head coach Abdelhak Benchikha as part of the Algerian A' National Team for the 2011 African Nations Championship in Sudan.^[13] In the opening group stage game against Uganda, Soudani started the match and scored a goal in the 61st minute as Algeria won 2–0.^[14] In the second group game against Gabon, Soudani scored a brace with goals in the 71st and 90th minute of the game. However, Algeria only managed a 2–2 draw.^[15] Despite not scoring in the rest of the competition, Soudani still finished as the top scorer in the competition with three goals.

On May 14, 2011, Soudani was called up by Abdelhak Benchikha to the Algerian National Team for the first time for a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Morocco.^[16] On June 4, 2011, he made his debut as a substitute for Rafik Djebbour in the 79th minute of the match.^[17]

International

Summary

Summary of matches played Matches played Goals scored Assists made Matches won Matches lost Matches drawn Winning percentage Average points PSO won PSO lost no PSO 38 20 4 23 10 5 0 0 0 0 5 NOTES: PSO = Penalty shoot-out A drawn match with a win in penalty shoot-out carries 2 points. Winning percentage = 100× (matches won) + 0.5×(matches drawn)/matches played Average points = (matches won)×3 + (PSO won)×2 + (PSO lost) + (matches drawn with no PSO)/matches played

Number of goals scored in a match Goals scored in a match Number of times Links 2 4 1 12 0 22

Complete list of El Arbi Hillel Soudani international goals and caps

Goal	Cap	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Assist /pass	Score	Result	Competition
	1.cap 1	Jun 4, 2011[18]	MARMarrakech	Morocco	on 79' (off Djebbour)				0–4 L	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	2.cap 2	Nov 12, 2011[19]	ALGBlida	Tunisia	off 58' (on Aoudia)				1–0 W	Friendly
1.goal 1	3.cap 3	May 26, 2012[20]		Niger	on 46' (off Bouazza)	83	Mohamed Chalali	3–0	3–0 W
2.goal 2	4.cap 4	Jun 2, 2012[21]		Rwanda	90.Start	31	Abderahmane Hachoud	2–0	4–0 W	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.goal 3						82	Foued Kadir	4–0
	5.cap 5	Jun 10, 2012[22]	BFAOuagadougou	Mali	on 84' (off Mesbah)				1–2 L
4.goal 4	6.cap 6	Jun 15, 2012[23]	ALGBlida	Gambia	off 71' (on Lemmouchia)	66	Mehdi Mostefa	4–1	4–1 W	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5.goal 5	7.cap 7	Sep 9, 2012[24]	MARCasablanca	Libya	on 78' (off Kadir)	88	unassisted	1–0	1–0 W
6.goal 6	8.cap 8	Oct 14, 2012[25]	ALGBlida		off 90' (on Bezzaz)	5	Carl Medjani	1–0	2–0 W
	9.cap 9	Jan 12, 2013[26]	RSAJohannesburg	South Africa	on 58' (off Kadir)				0–0 D	Friendly
	10.cap 10	Jan 22, 2013[27]	RSARustenburg	Tunisia	on 74' (off Cadamuro)				0–1 L	2013 Africa Cup of Nations
	11.cap 11	Jan 26, 2013[28]		Togo	90.Start				0–2 L
7.goal 7	12.cap 12	Jan 30, 2013[29]		Ivory Coast	off 82' (on Kadir)	70	Sofiane Feghouli	2–0	2–2 D
	13.cap 13	Mar 26, 2013[30]	ALGBlida	Benin	off 90' (on Djabou)				3–1 W	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.goal 8	14.cap 14	Jun 2, 2013[31]		Burkina Faso	off 66' (on Ghoulam)	35	unassisted	1–0	2–0 W	Friendly
	15.cap 15	Jun 9, 2013[32]	BENPorto Novo	Benin	off 63' (on Ghoulam)				3–1 W	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
	16.cap 16	Aug 14, 2013[33]	ALGBlida	Guinea	off 46' (on Belfodil)				2–2 D	Friendly
9.goal 9	17.cap 17	Sep 10, 2013[34]	ALGBlida	Mali	off 90' (on Belfodil)	38	Madjid Bougherra	1–0	1–0 W	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
	18.cap 18	Oct 12, 2013[35]	BFAOuagadougou	Burkina Faso	90.Start				2–3 L
	19.cap 19	Nov 19, 2013[36]	ALGBlida		90.Start				1–0 W
10.goal 10	20.cap 20	Mar 5, 2014[37]		Slovenia	off 85' (on Kadir)	45+2	Saphir Taïder	1–0	2–0 W	Friendly
	21.cap 21	May 31, 2014[38]	SUISion	Armenia	on 75' (off Slimani)				3–1 W
11.goal 11	22.cap 22	Jun 4, 2014[39]	SUICarouge	Romania	off 75' (on Slimani)	65	Saphir Taïder	2–1	2–1 W
	23.cap 23	Jun 17, 2014[40]	BRABelo Horizonte	Belgium	off 66' (on Slimani)				0–1 L	2014 FIFA World Cup
	24.cap 24	Jun 26, 2014[41]	BRACuritiba	Russia	on 90' (off Slimani)				1–1 D
	25.cap 25	Jun 30, 2014[42]	BRAPorto Alegre	Germany	off 100' (on Djabou)				1–2 L
12.goal 12	26.cap 26	Sep 6, 2014[43]	ETHAddis Abeba	Ethiopia	off 76' (on Mahrez)	35	unassisted	1–0	2–1 W	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
	27.cap 27	Nov 15, 2014[44]	ALGBlida	Ethiopia	on 83' (off Mahrez)				3–1 W
	28.cap 28	Nov 19, 2014[45]	MLIBamako	Mali	off 57' (on Brahimi)				0–2 L
	29.cap 29	Jan 11, 2015[46]	TUNTunis	Tunisia	on 66' (off Brahimi)				1–1 D	Friendly
	30.cap 30	Jan 19, 2015[47]	EQGMongomo	South Africa	on 89' (off Brahimi)				3–1 W	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
	31.cap 31	Jan 27, 2015[48]	EQGMalabo	Senegal	off 80' (on Belfodil)				2–0 W
13.goal 13	32.cap 32	Feb 1, 2015[49]		Ivory Coast	off 72' (on Belfodil)	51	Riyad Mahrez	1–1	1–3 L
14.goal 14	33.cap 33	Jun 13, 2015[50]	ALGBlida	Seychelles	off 65' (on Belfodil)	34	Ryad Boudebouz	2–0	4–0 W	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
15.goal 15						47	Riyad Mahrez	3–0
16.goal 16	34.cap 34	Sep 6, 2015[51]	LESMaseru	Lesotho	on 46' (off Boudebouz)	85	unassisted	2–1	3–1 W
17.goal 17						90+1	Yacine Brahimi	3–1
	35.cap 35	Oct 9, 2015[52]	ALGAlgiers	Guinea	off 80' (on Bounedjah)				1–2 L	Friendly
	35.cap 36	Oct 13, 2015[53]		Senegal	on 70' (off Bounedjah)				1–0 W
18.goal 18	37.cap 37	Jun 2, 2016[54]	SEYVictoria	Seychelles	off 90+2' (on Bendebka)	60	unassisted	2–0	2–0 W	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
19.goal 19	38.cap 38	Sep 5, 2016[55]	Blida	Lesotho	off 84' (on Bennacer)	7	Carl Medjani	1–0	6–0 W
20.goal 20						38	Islam Slimani	4–0

Statistics

Updated to game played 4 September 2016.

Goals by year Year Apps Goals 2011 2 0 2012 6 6 2013 11 3 2014 9 3 2015 8 5 2016 2 3 Total 38 20

Goals by competition Competition Goals Africa Cup of Nations qualification 11 Friendlies 4 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments 2 FIFA World Cup qualification 3 Total 20

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 October 2016^[56]

Club	Season	League			Cup[lower-alpha 1]		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
ASO Chlef	2005-06	National 1	1	0	0	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2006-07		11	3	3	1	—		2	0	—		16	4
	2007-08		24	11	2	0	—		—		—		26	11
	2008-09		19	4	2	0	—		—		—		21	4
	2009-10		28	12	4	4	—		—		—		32	16
	2010-11	Ligue 1	25	18	3	1	—		—		—		28	19
	Total		108	48	14	6	—		2	0	—		124	54
Vitória de Guimarães	2011-12	Primeira Liga	16	4	2	2	2	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		21	6
	2012-13		21	9	3	3	0	0	—		—		24	12
	Total		37	13	5	5	2	0	1	0	—		45	18
Dinamo Zagreb	2013-14	MAXtv Prva Liga	31	16	5	0	—		9[lower-alpha 3]	3	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	46	19
	2014-15		23	11	3	0	—		12[lower-alpha 5]	5	—		38	16
	2015-16		21	8	5	3	—		11[lower-alpha 6]	3	—		37	14
	2016-17		10	6	0	0	—		9[lower-alpha 7]	2	—		19	8
	Total		85	41	13	3	—		41	13	1	0	140	57
Career Total			230	102	32	14	2	0	44	13	1	0	309	129

1. Includes the Algerian Cup, Taça de Portugal and Croatian Football Cup
2. one appearance in Europa League
3. five appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in Europa League
4. Appearance in Super Cup
5. four appearance in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in Europa League
6. All appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
7. All appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Club

ASO Chlef

• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (1): 2010–11

Vitória Guimarães

• Taça de Portugal (1): 2013

Dinamo Zagreb

• Croatian Supercup (1): 2013
• Croatian Football Cup (2): 2015, 2016
• Prva HNL (3): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16

Individual

• DZFoot Young Player of the Year : 2008
• Top scorer of the 2011 African Nations Championship with 3 goals
• Top scorer of the 2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with 18 goals
• Top scorer of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification with 7 goals

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External links

• DZFoot Profile