Ahmed Touba
{{short description|Algerian footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ahmed Touba
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|3|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Roubaix, France
| height = 1.90 m
| position = Centre-back{{worldfootball.net|ahmed-touba}}
| currentclub = Panathinaikos
| clubnumber = 5
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2014
| youthclubs1 = Zulte Waregem
| youthyears2 = 2014–2017
| youthclubs2 = Club Brugge
| years1 = 2016–2020 | clubs1 = Club Brugge | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018–2019 | clubs2 = → OH Leuven (loan) | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = → Beroe (loan) | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2020–2022 | clubs4 = Waalwijk | caps4 = 60 | goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2022–2025 | clubs5 = İstanbul Başakşehir | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2023–2024 | clubs6 = → Lecce (loan) | caps6 = 6 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2024–2025 | clubs7 = → Mechelen (loan) | caps7 = 25 | goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2025– | clubs8 = Panathinaikos | goals8 = 0 | caps8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2016 | nationalteam1 = Belgium U18 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2016 | nationalteam2 = Belgium U19 | nationalcaps2 = 6 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2020 | nationalteam3 = Belgium U21 | nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2021– | nationalteam4 = Algeria | nationalcaps4 = 14 | nationalgoals4 = 1
| club-update = 11 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 9 January 2024 (UTC)
| image =
}}
Ahmed Touba ({{Langx|ar|أحمد توبة}}; born 13 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national football team.
Club career
Touba is a youth exponent from Brugge.{{Soccerway|ahmed-touba/460029}} He made his senior debut on 1 May 2017 in the Belgian Pro League against SV Zulte Waregem. He replaced José Izquierdo after 80 minutes.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/05/01/belgium/pro-league/club-brugge-kv/sv-zulte-waregem/2426904/|title=Club Brugge vs. Zulte Waregem - 1 May 2017 - Soccerway|publisher=soccerway.com|access-date=2017-05-01}}
On 30 June 2022, Touba signed for İstanbul Başakşehir on a 3-year contract with an additional optional year.{{Cite web |date=30 June 2022 |title=HOŞ GELDİN AHMED TOUBA |url=https://ibfk.com.tr/haberler/hos-geldin-ahmed-touba |access-date=30 June 2022 |website=ibfk.com.tr |language=Turkish}}
On 4 September 2024, Touba moved on loan to Mechelen in Belgium, with an option to buy.{{cite web|publisher=Mechelen|url=https://kvmechelen.be/welkom-ahmedtouba/|title=Ahmed Touba versterkt onze verdediging|trans-title=Ahmed Touba strengthens our defense|date=4 September 2024|access-date=4 September 2024|language=nl}}
International career
Born in France, Touba is Algerian by descent. He moved to Belgium at a young age, and was a youth international for Belgium.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dzairdaily.com/foot-joueur-franco-algerien-belge-ahmed-touba-djamel-belmadi/|title=Foot : Le belge Ahmed Touba fait un appel du pied à Belmadi|date=March 7, 2020}} He represented the Algeria national team in a friendly 4–1 win over Mauritania on 3 June 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2021-06-03/algeria-vs-mauritania/2375131/|title=Match Report of Algeria vs Mauritania - 2021-06-03 - FIFA Friendlies - Global Sports Archive|website=globalsportsarchive.com}}
In December 2023, he was named in Algeria's squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.{{cite web|url=https://www.algerie-focus.com/can-2024-lalgerie-devoile-sa-liste-officielle-qui-sont-les-fennecs-prets-a-conquerir-lafrique/|title=CAN 2024 : L'Algérie Dévoile sa Liste Officielle – Qui Sont les Fennecs Prêts à Conquérir l'Afrique ?|language=French|date=30 December 2023|access-date=12 January 2024|publisher=Algérie-Focus}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 1 July 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Club Brugge
|rowspan="2"|Belgian First Division A |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0||colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | |||
| OH Leuven (loan)
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | |||
| Beroe (loan)
|16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Waalwijk
|rowspan="2"|Eredivisie |32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 3 | |||
| 2021–22
|28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!60 | 3 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 62 | 3 | |||
| rowspan="3"|İstanbul Başakşehir
|rowspan="2"|Süper Lig |24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 40 | 1 | ||
| Lecce (loan)
|6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| Mechelen (loan)
|25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 2 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!149 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 6 |
Honours
Club Brugge
- Belgian Pro League: 2017–18, runner-up 2016–17{{Soccerway}}
İstanbul Başakşehir
- Turkish Cup: runner-up 2023
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{RBFA player|PH_6560}}
- {{Soccerway}}
{{Panathinaikos F.C. squad}}
{{Algeria squad 2023 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Touba, Ahmed}}
Category:2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
Category:Algeria men's international footballers
Category:Algerian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Algerian men's footballers
Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Belgian men's footballers
Category:Belgian people of Algerian descent
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Belgium men's youth international footballers
Category:Challenger Pro League players
Category:Club Brugge KV players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Category:Footballers from Roubaix
Category:French emigrants to Belgium
Category:French men's footballers
Category:French sportspeople of Algerian descent
Category:İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players
Category:K.V. Mechelen players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Naturalised citizens of Belgium
Category:Oud-Heverlee Leuven players