Algeria national team…a new star confirms his ambition to play for the “Greens” – New Algeria

Adel Aouchich, the star of the German club Schalke 04, revealed that he is officially qualified to play for the Algerian national team, since 2024, when he changed his sporting nationality with the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

Adel Aouchish has been active since the beginning of last February, with the German club Schalke, which he joined in Free transfer deal After the end of his contract with the English club Sunderland, which had loaned him since June 2025 to the Scottish club Aberdeen.

The 23-year-old midfielder participated in 5 matches with Schalke in the German second division, during which he made three assists. These are the numbers that, although they are not impressive, they brought back the ambition of Adel Aouchiche to be able to enter the accounts of the Algerian national team coach, Vladimir. Petkovic In anticipation of his name being included in the list of players participating in the 2026 World Cup.

Aouchish expressed this ambition in an interview with the website “ La Gazaiet du Vinic “, in French, last Friday evening, when he said: “There is great quality within the Algerian national team, but I am able to provide an addition, in terms of my ability to play in more positions, and my strength lies in the speed of my adaptation to all tactical plans, and my joining Algeria will contribute to the infusion of new blood.”

Behind the scenes of Aouchich’s selection to play for the Algerian national team

Aouchich returned to talking about the circumstances of his choice to represent the national team of his native country, Algeria, after he had previously played among the youth teams of his country of birth, France. He said: “In the summer of 2024, my first official contact was with Algeria. The new coach at the time, Vladimir Petkovic, wanted to try new names. I said yes without thinking.”

He added: “In September of the same year, I went to the Algerian consulate in London and urgently obtained my Algerian passport. I did not change my nationality in order to participate in the World Cup, but rather to participate in a major project with the Algerian national team.”

The young player continued, saying: “Getting the national team’s attention was an emotional and touching thing for me and my family. It is true that I was only on the expanded list, but I aim to actually be present in the future.”

It is worth noting that, in his youth, Adel Aouchich was considered one of the most prominent emerging talents in the world, so that the Italian newspaper “Tuttosport” chose him, in the year 2020, among the candidates for the “Golden Boy” award for the best emerging player in the world, and at that time he was active in the French club Paris Saint-Germain.