Hicham Boudaoui

Boudaoui's current-season form is level with last season (Season 26→26), while his Rating held around 61. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 49).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Nice · 18th	1	0	0	6.27	61	26
2025/26	Nice · 16th	26	1	2	6.8	61	26
2024/25	Nice · 4th	29	2	3	7.19	83	49
2023/24	Nice · 5th	29	2	0	6.82	77	26
2022/23	Nice · 9th	27	1	2	7.07	75	34

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Algeria · international

Side	Apps	G
Algeria	29	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthDefensive midfielder

H. Boudaoui is a 26-year-old defensive midfielder at Nice, rated 61.1 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (52.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.8 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Boudaoui.

On the season, Boudaoui graded 26 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 2 assists and 2.798 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 26 → 26). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 61. At 26 Boudaoui is in his prime years, and a market index of 35.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2024/25Injury-hit 2025/26

61.1

Ratingi

a strong, regular top-tier starter

26.4

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

52.6%

Minutes

rotation minutes

2.8

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Nice finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

2.8

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 26 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.16 goal involvements per 90, useful for a defensive midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 52.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 61.1 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.8 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %52.6%

Available fixtures36 of 36

Goals / 900.053

Assists / 900.106

Goal contribution / 900.158

Defensive actions / 902.798

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.317

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~36), then tapers with age. At 26, Boudaoui sits on 35.6, at or near its peak. The blue line is Boudaoui's projected Rating — 61.1 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the Ligue 1 with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1—

Passing

Assists2—

Defending

Tackles27—

Interceptions17—

Blocks9—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards6

Red cards0

Transfer history

€3.9M total transfer fees · 1 moves

NiceSept 2019 – now€ 3.9M

PParadou ACuntil Sept 2019

About H. Boudaoui

Hicham Boudaoui is a 26-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for Nice, born on September 23, 1999 in Béchar, standing 175 cm tall. He is from Algeria. Nice currently sit 18th of 18 in the Ligue 1.

This season

In the current season, H. Boudaoui has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 4 minutes, averaging a 6.27 match rating over his last 1 rated games.

Recent matches

September 12, 2026: 0-1 loss away at Auxerre (4 minutes, 6.27 rating)

H. Boudaoui's next match is on September 20, 2026, when Nice face Lille at home in the Ligue 1.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates H. Boudaoui at 61.1 with a Season form score of 26.4. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the CAF Africa Cup of Nations. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, H. Boudaoui has totalled 185 club appearances with 13 goals and 13 assists for 3 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2021/22, with 29 appearances for Nice.

H. Boudaoui's career has also included time at PParadou AC.

On the international stage, H. Boudaoui has represented Algeria — 29 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.