Hamza Koutoune
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 September 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nice | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| 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 | 0 | (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 | 16 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:20, 11 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:20, 11 August 2025 (UTC) | |||
Hamza Koutoune (Arabic: حمزة كوتون; born 17 September 2006) is a Moroccan professional football player who plays as a right-back for 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]
International career
Koutoune was called up to the Morocco U17 for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[4] That same year he made the U17 squad for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[5] In April 2025, he was called up to the Morocco U20s for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 12 August 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nice | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
- ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League
Honours
- Morocco U17
- Morocco U20
- Individual
References
- ^ الناصر, محمد عبد (8 January 2025). "ابن الرجاء.. من هو حمزة كوتون جوهرة أكاديمية محمد السادس الذي انتقل إلى الدوري الفرنسي؟". قناة ومنصة المشهد.
- ^ Naim, Firdaous (9 January 2025). "Hamza Koutoune Joins OGC Nice, Eyes New Chapter in Ligue 1".
- ^ "حمزة كوتون حاضر أمام بنفيكا". جريدة المنتخب. 6 August 2025.
- ^ "Morocco Squad List" (PDF). CAF. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Wane, Amy (7 September 2022). "Coupe Arabe U17-Finale : Maroc-Algérie, les mots avant le terrain - Football".
- ^ "Tournoi de l'UNAF (U20): Le Maroc bat la Libye (4-0) et valide son billet pour la CAN". Le 360 Sport Français.
- ^ Presse (MAP), Agence Maghreb Arabe (19 May 2025). "CAN U20: quatre Marocains dans l'équipe-type".