Who is Wassim Aouachria? Glentoran announce second signing of summer

Glentoran have made their second signing of the summer. The Oval club have announced the arrival of Wassim Aouachria.

The 24-year-old striker arrives from Galway United after featuring in the League of Ireland.

He is a former graduate of Marseille's Academy in France, and has also had spells with clubs in England including Charlton Athletic.

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Here's more info on the new Glens arrival.

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• Name : Wassim Aouachria

• Age : 24

• Height : 6"2'

• Position : Striker

• Birthplace: Roubaix, France

Previous clubs

Aouachria, who was born in France to Algerian parents, started his youth career with Marseille's Academy. He joined Charlton Athletic's Academy in 2019 but his progress stalled after picking up an ACL injury.

Aouachria made his professional debut for Charlton on November 10, 2020, scoring in a 3–1 win against Leyton Orient in the EFL Trophy.^[10]

During his time at Charlton he went out on loan to clubs including Aldershot, Braintree, and Hampton and Richmond.

Aouachria then made the move to the League of Ireland in July 2022 when he joined Waterford FC. The following summer he moved to Galway United.

He played a major part in Galway’s successful promotion push in the 2023 season. He has scored eight goals in 27 appearances for the club in total, and played nine games this season.

International honours

Aouachria has represented Algeria at underage level. He made his debut for Algeria's U18 side in 2018, playing games against France, Bosnia and Spain at the Mediterranean Games.

What they said...

Glentoran boss Declan Devine told www.glentoran.com: “Wassim is a player I’ve known since he came to the League of Ireland a couple of years ago and a player I’ve found very difficult to set a defence up against. He will offer us different attributes to those already at the club. Wassim is still at an age where we feel he has the qualities to have a wonderful future ahead of him and we’re delighted he’s committed to Glentoran.”

Galway United said: "Galway United can confirm that Wassim Aouachria has departed the club. We would like to thank Wassim for his commitment and wish him the best of luck in the future."

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Wikipedia claims...

According to Wikipedia, Aouachria described Zinedine Zidane's performances at the 2006 FIFA World Cup as the "trigger" for him to start playing football. The player that he prefers to watch is Nabil Fekir, whereas his favourite Algerian national is Riyad Mahrez.

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