Lyes Houri

Lyes Houri
Lyes Houri with Universitatea Craiova in 2025
Personal information
Full name Lyes Hafid Houri
Date of birth (1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth Lomme, France
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dinamo Tbilisi
Number 33
Youth career
2003–2007 Lille
2007–2011 Wasquehal
2011–2013 Valenciennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Valenciennes B 31 (6)
2014–2015 Valenciennes 12 (0)
2015–2017 Bastia 2 (0)
2015–2016 Bastia B 20 (4)
2016 → Belfort (loan) 14 (3)
2017 → Roda JC (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2018 Lens B 21 (3)
2018–2020 Viitorul Constanța 46 (4)
2020–2023 Fehérvár 68 (5)
2021–2022 → Universitatea Craiova (loan) 9 (1)
2023–2026 Universitatea Craiova 73 (4)
2026– Dinamo Tbilisi 2 (0)
International career
2012 France U16 7 (0)
2012–2013 France U17 9 (1)
2014–2015 France U19 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2026

Lyes Hafid Houri (Arabic: لياس حوري; born 19 January 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dinamo Tbilisi.

Club career

Houri is a youth exponent from Valenciennes FC. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 1 August 2014 against Gazélec Ajaccio in a 0–2 away defeat.

He joined Ligue 1 club SC Bastia in February 2015, on a 3.5-year contract. After lacking first-team playing time, he was loaned in February 2016 to third-division team ASM Belfort. He was once again loaned the following season to Eredivisie team Roda JC Kerkrade.

On 20 July 2026, Dinamo Tbilisi announced the signing of Houri on a contract until the end of the 2027 season.

International career

Born in France to an Algerian mother and Moroccan father, Houri is eligible for all three national teams. He represented the former country at youth level, earning caps for the under-16, under-17 and under-18 sides.

Career statistics

As of match played 13 March 2026.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Valenciennes B 2012–13 CFA 121———121
2013–14 CFA 2 152———152
2014–15 CFA 2 43———43
Total 316———316
Valenciennes 2014–15 Ligue 2 12000—10130
Total 120000010130
Bastia 2014–15 Ligue 1 1000——10
2015–16 Ligue 1 1000——10
Total 2000—0020
Bastia B 2014–15 CFA 2 81———81
2015–16 CFA 2 40———40
2016–17 CFA 2 83———83
Total 204———204
Belfort (loan) 2015–16 National 1 14300——143
Roda JC (loan) 2016–17 Eredivisie 0000——00
Lens B 2017–18 National 2 213———213
Viitorul Constanța 2018–19 Liga I 2535140—344
2019–20 Liga I 211002010241
Total 464516010585
Fehérvár 2019–20 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1716100—232
2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 3245040—414
2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 000020—20
2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1700000—170
2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 20———20
Total 6851116000856
Universitatea Craiova (loan) 2021–22 Liga I 9121—00112
Universitatea Craiova 2023–24 Liga I 25320—11284
2024–25 Liga I 3213110—362
2025–26 Liga I 16020100—280
Total 7347111011926
Career total 296302542303134735

Honours

Bastia

Fehérvár

Viitorul Constanța

Universitatea Craiova

Notes

References

  1. ↑ . Digi Sport
  2. ↑ "Lyes Houri signe 3 ans et demi" (in French). sc-bastia.net. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lyes Houri en prêt à Belfort (National)" (in French). sc-bastia.corsica. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Lyes Houri prêté à Roda" (in French). sc-bastia.corsica. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "დინამომ ლიეს ური დაიმატა". instagram.com/fcdinamotbilisi/ (in Georgian). FC Dinamo Tbilisi Instagram. 20 July 2026. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Houri : "Franchir une nouvelle étape"". France Football (in French). 14 February 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Joueur - Lyes HOURI - FFF". FFF (in French). Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Lyes Houri at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Universitatea Craiova, campioană după 35 de ani de așteptare". radioromania.ro (in Romanian). 17 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.