Mounir Chouiar

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)
2021–2022 → Yeni Malatyaspor (loan) 26 (3)
2022–2023 İstanbul Başakşehir 16 (1)
2023 → Kasımpaşa (loan) 16 (2)
2023– Ludogorets Razgrad 7 (0)
2024 → Amiens (loan) 14 (1)
2024– → Zürich (loan) 18 (3)
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 29 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

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.

Club career

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

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

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

References

  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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