Islam Slimani

Islam Slimani

Slimani with Sporting in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-06-18) 18 June 1988
Place of birth Algiers, Algeria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1][2]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 JSM Chéraga 38 (19)
2009–2013 CR Belouizdad 96 (32)
2013–2016 Sporting CP 82 (48)
2016– Leicester City 7 (4)
National team‡
2012– Algeria 46 (23)
2013 Algeria A' 1 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 27 November 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Islam Slimani (Arabic: إسلام سليماني‎‎; born 18 June 1988) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a striker for Leicester City and the Algeria national football team.

An Algerian international, Slimani made his international debut in 2012 and played at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. He was also part of Algeria's squad at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where he finished as the team's joint top scorer with two goals. As of November 2016, he has won 46 international caps and scored 23 goals, making him Algeria's fifth highest all-time goalscorer.

Club career

Slimani playing for CR Belouizdad in 2012

Early career

In May 2009, Slimani joined CR Belouizdad from JSM Chéraga for a transfer fee of 800,000 Algerian dinars,[3] signing a two-year contract.[4] In August, he made his official debut for the club as a starter against MC Oran in the first week of the 2009–10 Algerian Championnat National.[5] He finished his first season with Belouizdad with 8 goals in 30 games.

On 17 May 2011, Slimani scored four goals in a league game against JS Kabylie, leading CR Belouizdad to an impressive 7-1 win.[6] In July 2011, with his contract expired and several French clubs such as Nice and Le Havre showing interest in signing him, Slimani decided to sign a two-year extension with CR Belouizdad.[7]

Sporting CP

On 6 August 2013 Slimani joined Sporting Clube de Portugal.[3] Slimani started the 2013–14 season as a substitute, gaining a reputation as an impact player due to him scoring vital goals when coming off the bench.[3] However, due to the lack of form of Fredy Montero, he became a starter and scored 4 goals in 4 matches in early March 2014 against Rio Ave, SC Braga, Vitória de Setubal and in 1-0 over Porto in the Dragões vs Leões.[3] In December 2013 he was considered the best Algerian footballer of the year as he won the Algerian Golden Ball.[8]

On 31 May 2015, Slimani scored a goal against Sporting Braga in the Portuguese Cup final, helping Sporting Clube de Portugal turn around a two-goal deficit to eventually secure the cup following a penalty shootout.[9]

Leicester City

On 31 August 2016, the last day of the 2016–17 summer transfer window in England, Slimani joined Premier League club Leicester City on a five-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Sporting was reported as £28 million, a club record for Leicester.[10][11] On 14 September, he made his debut for Leicester in the UEFA Champions League playing 62 minutes in a 3–0 victory over Club Brugge.[12] Three days later, he made his Premier League debut in a 3–0 victory over Burnley scoring the first two goals.[13] On 27 September, Slimani scored the only goal in Leicester's 1–0 win against Porto in the Champions League group stage after a pass from Algerian national teammate Riyad Mahrez.[14] It was his sixth goal with Iker Casillas in goal in 2016, five of which he netted while with his former club Sporting CP.[15][16]

International career

Slimani lining up for Algeria in 2014 FIFA World Cup

In October 2009, Slimani was called up by Abdelhak Benchikha for the first time to the Algerian A' National Team for a week-long training camp in Algiers.[17] In March 2010, Slimani was called up again, this time for a 2011 African Nations Championship qualifier against Libya as a replacement for his injured CR Belouizdad teammate Youcef Saïbi.[18] However, Slimani did not play in the game as Algeria won 1–0.[19]

In May 2012, Slimani was called up for the first time to the Algeria national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Mali and Rwanda, and the return leg of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Gambia.[20] On 26 May, he made his debut, coming as a substitute at half-time in a friendly against Niger.[3] A week later, on 2 June, Slimani scored his first international goal for Algeria, netting the third goal in the 4–0 win over Rwanda in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[21] He followed that up with another goal against Mali in the next game,[22] and then scored another two goals in the following against Gambia.[23]

Slimani was selected for Algeria's squad taking part in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, and played in all three group games in January.[24] Algeria, however, only won one point and were eliminated at the first stage.[25]

Algeria qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and manager Vahid Halilhodzic selected Slimani for their 23-man squad.[26] On 22 June 2014, Slimani scored the opening goal for les Fennecs in a 4–2 2014 FIFA World Cup group match against South Korea. He also made an assist for the team's third goal by passing the ball to Abdelmoumene Djabou.[27] On 26 June 2014, Slimani scored with a header in Algeria's 1–1 draw with Russia, helping the nation qualify for the knockout rounds of the FIFA World Cup for the first time ever after failing to do so previously in 1982, 1986 and 2010.[28] In the last-16 match against Germany, Slimani had a headed goal disallowed in the first half for offside, whilst later on his powerful shot at goal was saved by German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.[29] Algeria eventually lost 2–1 after extra time, but were praised for an excellent campaign throughout the tournament.[29]

In Algeria's opening match of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Slimani scored the final goal in a 3–1 victory over South Africa.[30]

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 October 2016[31]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Club League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Africa[lower-alpha 4] Total
CR Belouizdad 2009–10 Division 1 30 8 3 1 — — 8[lower-alpha 5] 1 41 10
2010–11 Ligue 1 27 10 3 1 — — — 30 11
2011–12 26 10 5 2 — — — 31 12
2012–13 15 4 3 4 — 2[lower-alpha 6] 2 — 20 10
Total 9832148—228112243
Club League Cup League Cup Other Europe[lower-alpha 7] Total
Sporting CP 2013–14 Primeira Liga 26 8 2 2 2 0 — — 30 10
2014–15 21 12 5 1 0 0 — 7[lower-alpha 8] 2 33 15
2015–16 33 27 2 2 1 0 1[lower-alpha 9] 0 7[lower-alpha 10] 2 44 31
2016–17 2 1 — — — — 2 1
Total 824895301014410957
Club League Cup League Cup Other Europe[lower-alpha 11] Total
Leicester City 2016–17 Premier League 3 2 0 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 12] 1 5 3
Total 320000002153
Career total 183 82 23 13 3 0 3 2 24 6 236 103
  1. ↑ Includes the Algerian Cup, Taça de Portugal and FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes the Taça da Liga and League Cup
  3. ↑ Includes the UAFA Club Cup and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  4. ↑ Includes the CAF Confederation Cup
  5. ↑ All appearance(s) in Confederation Cup
  6. ↑ All appearance(s) in UAFA Club Cup
  7. ↑ Includes the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League
  8. ↑ six appearances and two goal in Champions League, one appearance in Europa League
  9. ↑ appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  10. ↑ two appearances and one goal in Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in Europa League
  11. ↑ Includes the UEFA Champions League
  12. ↑ All appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

Summary

Summary of matches played

Matches
played		 Goals
scored		 Assists
made		 Matches
won		 Matches
lost		 Matches drawn Winning
percentage		 Average
points
PSO wonPSO lostno PSO
442392611700
007
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

Complete list of international goals and caps

Statistics

Updated to game played 4 September 2016.

Goals by year
Year Apps Goals
201265
2013114
2014134
2015117
201633
Total4423
Goals by competition
Competition Apps Goals
Africa Cup of Nations qualification 14 8
Friendlies 11 3
Africa Cup of Nations tournaments 6 1
FIFA World Cup qualification 9 9
FIFA World Cup tournaments 4 2
Total44 23
Slimani being tackled by Tunisian Aymen Abdennour in CAN 2013.

Honours

Club

Sporting CP

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 2014 FIFA World Cup - Islam Slimani. FIFA.com
  2. ↑ "UEFA Champions League - Islam Slimani". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Hassani, Kamal (31 May 2014). "World Cup 2014: Algeria profile – Islam Slimani". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. ↑ KY (17 May 2009). "Finale de la coupe d'Algérie : le CR Belouizdad à pied d'œuvre" (in French). El Watan. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Division 1 1e j MCO 4-1 CRB". DZFoot. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Ligue 1 : écrasante et historique victoire du CR Belouizdad sur la JS Kabylie (7-1)
  7. ↑ "Islam Slimani prolonge au CR Belouizdad" (in French). DZFoot. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Islam Slimani wins Algerian Player of the Year". Leões/Lions: An English language blog for Sporting Clube de Portugal. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Piedade, Luis (31 May 2015). "Sporting dig deep to claim Portuguese Cup". UEFA.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Islam Slimani signs for Leicester City". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  11. ↑ Stevens, Samuel (31 August 2016). "Islam Slimani to Leicester City: Premier League champions confirm club-record £28m signing from Sporting Lisbon". The Independent. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Club Brugge 0-3 Leicester City". BBC Sport. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Leicester City 3-0 Burnley-BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Leicester City 1-0 Porto". BBC Sport. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Ligue des Champions : Slimani crucifie Casillas". starafrica. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "UEFA CL : Le duo Slimani-Mahrez offre la victoire aux Foxes". dzfoot. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  17. ↑ EN A' : Nouveau stage pour les joueurs locaux
  18. ↑ EN A' : L'Algérie A' prépare le match face à la Libye
  19. ↑ Algérie A' 1-0 Libye A'
  20. ↑ "La liste des 29 pour les matchs de la fin de saison" (in French). DZFoot. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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  23. 1 2 "Algeria 4 - 1 Gambia Match report". Goal.com. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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  29. 1 2 Omstein, David (1 July 2014). "Germany 2 - 1 Alegria (after extra time)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
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  33. ↑ "Algeria 1 - 0 Libya Match report". dzfoot.com. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
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  35. ↑ "South Africa 0 - 0 Algeria Match report". dzfoot.com. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  36. ↑ "Algeria 0 - 1 Tunisia Match report". footballdatabase.eu. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  37. ↑ "Algeria 0 - 2 Togo Match report". footballdatabase.eu. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
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  40. ↑ "Algeria vs. Burkina Faso - 2 June 2013". soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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  43. ↑ "Algeria 2 - 2 Guinea Match report". dzfoot.com. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  44. ↑ "Burkina Faso 3 - 2 Algeria Match report". fifa.com. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  45. ↑ "Algeria 1 - 0 Burkina Faso Match report". fifa.com. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  46. ↑ "Algeria 2-0 Slovenia". soccerway.com. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  47. ↑ "Algeria vs. Armenia - 31 May 2014". soccerway. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  48. ↑ "Algeria 2 - 1 Romania Match report". soccerway.com. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  49. ↑ Grohmann, Karolos. "Algeria 1-2 Belgium". fifa.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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