Hamza Koutoune

Hamza Koutoune
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-09-17) 17 September 2006
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Nice
Number 84
Youth career
2016–2021 Raja CA
2021–2025 Mohammed VI Football Academy
2024 → Union Touarga (loan)
2025 Nice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025– Nice 2 (0)
2025–2026 → Annecy (loan) 7 (0)
International career‡
2020 Morocco U15 2 (0)
2021 Morocco U16 2 (0)
2022–2023 Morocco U17 16 (1)
2023 Morocco U18 1 (0)
2024– Morocco U20 17 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:13, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Hamza Koutoune (Arabic: حمزة كوتون; born 17 September 2006) is a Moroccan professional football player who plays as a right-back for French Ligue 1 club Nice.

Career

Koutoune is a product of the youth academies of the Moroccan clubs Raja CA and Mohammed VI Football Academy, before joining Nice's youth academy on 9 January 2005.[2] He debuted with the senior Nice side in a 2–0 loss to Benfica in a 2025–26 UEFA Champions League qualifying match on 12 August 2025.[3] 11 days later, he made his Ligue 1 debut for Nice against Auxerre.[4]

On 1 September 2025, Koutoune was loaned to Annecy in Ligue 2 for the season.[5]

International career

Koutoune was called up to the Morocco U17 for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[6] That same year he made the U17 squad for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[7] In April 2025, he was called up to the Morocco U20s for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nice 2025–26 Ligue 1 10001[a]020
2026–27 Ligue 1 1000—10
Total 20001030
Annecy (loan) 2025–26 Ligue 2 7010—80
Career total 901010110
  1. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Morocco U17
Morocco U20
Individual

References

  1. ↑ الناصر, محمد عبد (8 January 2025). "ابن الرجاء.. من هو حمزة كوتون جوهرة أكاديمية محمد السادس الذي انتقل إلى الدوري الفرنسي؟". قناة ومنصة المشهد.
  2. ↑ Naim, Firdaous (9 January 2025). "Hamza Koutoune Joins OGC Nice, Eyes New Chapter in Ligue 1".
  3. ↑ "حمزة كوتون حاضر أمام بنفيكا". جريدة المنتخب. 6 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Nice 3–1 Auxerre". Ligue 1. 23 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Un Lion de l'Atlas débarque en Haute-Savoie !" [An Atlas Lion arrives in Haute-Savoie!] (in French). FC Annecy. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Morocco Squad List" (PDF). CAF. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "السيد سعيد شيبا يعلن عن لائحة اللاعبين النهائية المشاركة في كأس العالم" [Saïd Chiba announces the final list of players participating in the World Cup] (in Arabic). Royal Moroccan Football Federation. 2 November 2023. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "اللائحة المستدعاة لمنتخبنا الوطني لأقل من 20 سنة لكأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة، مصر 2025" [Your squad list is ready for the U20 Africa Cup Of Nations - Egypt 2025 !]. Royal Moroccan Football Federation (in Arabic). 18 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025 – via Facebook.
  9. ↑ Wane, Amy (7 September 2022). "Coupe Arabe U17-Finale : Maroc-Algérie, les mots avant le terrain - Football".
  10. ↑ "Tournoi de l'UNAF (U20): Le Maroc bat la Libye (4-0) et valide son billet pour la CAN". Le 360 Sport Français.
  11. ↑ Presse (MAP), Agence Maghreb Arabe (19 May 2025). "CAN U20: quatre Marocains dans l'équipe-type".
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