Houssem Aouar makes historical past with Al-Ittihad
Al-Ittihad confirmed no mercy as they demolished Al-Gharafa 7-0 on Tuesday evening in Matchday 7 of the . The driving pressure behind this emphatic victory was none apart from Houssem Aouar.
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The Algerian worldwide (17 caps, 5 objectives) delivered a sensational efficiency, netting a hat-trick (twentieth, 58th, and 79th minutes) and supplying an help for Danilo Pereira to make it 4-0 within the 51st minute. This XXL show rightfully earned him the Man of the Match honors.
Along with his hat-trick, Aouar grew to become simply the fourth participant in Al-Ittihad historical past to realize such a feat within the AFC Champions League, following within the footsteps of Marzouk Al-Atibi (2004), Nayef Hazzazi (2009), and Mohamed Noor (2009).
In line with stats specialists Opta, the 27-year-old midfielder can also be the primary Al-Ittihad participant from Jeddah to be concerned in 4 objectives in a single match since 2013.
A late omission from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, changed by Himad Abdelli, the previous Lyon star now hopes to be included in Vladimir Petkovic’s squad for the 2026 World Cup.