Aymen Mahious (; Tamazight: ⴰⵢⵎⴻⵏ ⵎⴰⵀⵉⵓⵙ; born 15 September 1997) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for JS Kabylie and the Algeria national team.

Club career USM Alger On May 31, Mahious joined USM Alger for three seasons, coming from CA Batna for 3,000,000 DA. He made his debut for the team in the CAF Confederation Cup during a win against Rayon Sports, later in the Arab Club Champions Cup Mahious scored the winning goal against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya his first goal with the club. On August 14, He made his debut in the Ligue 1 against DRB Tadjenanet as a substitute and made an assist for Zakaria Benchaâ in 3–1 victory. On September 21, and in the first game as a starter Mahious managed to score his first goal in the Ligue 1 against AS Ain M'lila in 3–0 victory. On July 1, Mahious returned to USM Alger after 6 months on loan to AS Ain M'lila, due to the financial crisis Mahious became an important player in the team On 25 August 2019, scoring his first goal in CAF Champions League against AS Sonidep in a 3–1 home win. Then he led USM Alger to victory against Gor Mahia outside the home by scoring a double.

On 5 January 2020, in the Algerian Cup Mahious scored his first hat-trick in his career and made an assist for Billel Benhammouda against USM Khenchela in 6–1 victory. Before the start of the 2020–21 season, Mahious received an official offer from Mamelodi Sundowns, but the sports director Antar Yahya refused to release the player to any team. Aymen Mahious the demand has become high from several clubs, including Umm Salal of Qatar and Zamalek of Egypt, especially since his contract expires at the end of the season. On June 3, 2023, Mahious won the first title in his football career by winning the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup after defeating Young Africans of Tanzania.

Yverdon-Sport On August 9, 2023, Aymen Mahious joined the newly promoted club in the Swiss Super League Yverdon-Sport for three seasons. On 11 August 2024, Mahious joined Algerian club CR Belouizdad on loan for the season.

JS Kabylie On 26 July 2025, Mahious signed a three-year contract with JS Kabylie.

International career On 26 March 2019, Mahious scored his first goals with Algeria under-23 national team at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification against Equatorial Guinea in 3–1 victory. But Algeria failed to qualify for the finals after the elimination against Ghana. in 2019 Mahious calls for the first time for the Algeria A' national team in the 2020 CHAN qualification against Morocco. and participated as a substitute in the place of Lamine Abid. On January 2, 2023, Mahious was selected for the 28-man squad to participate in the 2022 African Nations Championship. Mahious became the first player to score in Nelson Mandela Stadium in the opening of the CHAN 2022 against Libya A'.

In the final Mahious missed a decisive penalty shootout which was the reason for losing the title, Mahious was criticized for the way he takes penalties, and he apologized to the Algerian people but he said that he would continue to take penalty kicks in that way. Mahious won the Golden Boot Award at the end of the tournament and was included in the squad for Best XI. May 30, 2023 the FAF publish the list of Djamel Belmadi for the two matches of the month of June, Where is called Mahious for the first time and his first match was against Uganda in the Africa Cup of Nations qualification.

Career statistics Club

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCA Batna2017–18Ligue 22611———2611USM Alger2018–19Ligue 191—4All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup03All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup11622019–202042310All appearance(s) in CAF Champions League5—32122020–21113——1All appearances in Algerian Super Cup11242021–22248———2482022–2316611144—3111Total10633342894214148→ AS Aïn M'lila (loan)2018–19 Ligue 1143———143Yverdon Sport2023–24Swiss Super League25723——27102024–252000——20Total411023——4313→ CR Belouizdad (loan)2024–25Ligue 122146474123624JS Kabylie2025–26Ligue 127142190—38152026–272000——20Career total198711312441354260100

International goals

With Algeria U23 Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition1. 26 March 2019 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria 3–0 3–1 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification

With Algeria A' Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition1. 23 September 2022 Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine, Algeria 2–2 2–2 Friendly2. 29 September 2022 Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran, Algeria 2–0 2–0 Friendly3. 29 octobre 2022 La Cigale sports Tabarka, Tabarka, Tunisia 2–0 4–0 Friendly4. 17 December 2022 19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria 2–2 2–2 Friendly5. 13 January 2023 Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 1–0 2022 African Nations Championship6. 17 January 2023 Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 1–0 2022 African Nations Championship7. 27 January 2023 Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria 1–0 1–0 2022 African Nations Championship8. 31 January 2023 Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran, Algeria 2–0 5–0 2022 African Nations Championship9. 3–0

Honours Algeria A' African Nations Championship runner-up: 2022

USM Alger CAF Confederation Cup: 2022–23

Individual African Nations Championship Best XI: 2022 African Nations Championship Golden Boot Award: 2022 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Top Scorer: 2025–26 (14 goals) JS Kabylie Top Scorer: 2025–26 (15 goals)

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