Mohamed Zeki Amdouni (born 4 December 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Burnley and the Switzerland national team.

Early life and career

Zeki Amdouni was born on 4th December 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Amdouni is a youth product of Servette, Meyrin, and Étoile Carouge. He began his career with Étoile Carouge, playing in the 1. Liga the fourth tier of the Swiss football league system, before moving to Stade Lausanne Ouchy in the Swiss Challenge League in 2019. On 9 June 2021, he transferred to Lausanne-Sport in the Swiss Super League. He made his professional debut with Lausanne-Sport in a 2–1 Swiss Super League defeat against FC St. Gallen on 24 July 2021. At the end of the 2021–22 season Lausanne-Sport suffered relegation, but Amdouni was the teams top scorer with 12 goals.

Basel

On 24 June 2022, Amdouni joined Basel’s first team for their 2022–23 season under head coach Alexander Frei signing a two-year loan with an option for the club to buy. After playing in two test games, in each of which he had scored a goal, Amdouni played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the Schützenwiese on 16 July 2022 as Basel drew 1–1 with Winterthur. He played his first European match in the second qualifying round of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 21 July, it was the home game in the St. Jakob-Park as Basel won 2–0 against Northern Ireland team Crusaders. Amdouni scored his first goal for the club on 28 August in the away game in the Letzigrund against Zürich as Basel won 4–2.

Basel finished the Conference Leagues group stage in second position and advanced to the Knockout round. It was here that Amdoumi showed his goal scoring flair, with seven goals in eight outings, during Basel’s run to the semi-finals, where they lost to Fiorentina after extra time in the second leg. These seven goals made Amdouni the competitions joint top goal scorer together with Arthur Cabral of Fiorentina. On 2 May 2023, Basel’s option to buy the player was activated, with Amdouni signing a four-year contract. On 17 July 2023, Basel confirmed that although Amdouni had joined the club permanently, he was in talks for a move to another team and two days later he left the club.

During his one season with them, Amdouni played a total of 58 games for Basel scoring a total of 25 goals. 32 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, three in the Swiss Cup, 17 in the UEFA Europa Conference League, and six were friendly games. He scored 12 goals in the domestic league, three in the cup, seven in the European games and the other three were scored during the test games.

Burnley

On 19 July 2023, Amdouni signed for newly-promoted Premier League club Burnley on a five-year contract, for an undisclosed fee.

International career

Amdouni was born in Switzerland to a Turkish father and Tunisian mother. He represented the Switzerland U20s, before switching to represent Turkey U21 in May 2019. That same month, he again switched over to the Switzerland U21s.

He was called up by the senior Switzerland squad for the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches against Czech Republic, Portugal (twice) and Spain on 2, 5, 9 and 12 June 2022, respectively. He made his debut on 27 September 2022 in a Nations League game against the Czech Republic, substituting Ruben Vargas in the 79th minute. He scored his first international goal against Belarus, as Switzerland won 5–0 in a 2024 European Championship qualifying match.

Parents and family

Zeki parents are Mr and Mrs Amdouni, he was born in Switzerland to a Turkish father and Tunisian mother.

Zeki was born born into a Muslim family.

Not much is known about Zeki Amdouni siblings for now.

Partner/ Wife and Children

Zeki Amdouni is currently single and not dating or in an open relationship for now.

Is Zeki Amdouni married?: No, Zeki Amdouni is at the moment not yet married.

Zeki Amdouni has no kids for now.

Net worth

Zeki Amdouni has an estimated net worth of around $1.2 million – $3 million.

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