Lounis Lanseur


Lounis Lanseur is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in France, he represented Algeria at international level.

Club career

Born in Saint-Étienne, France, Lanseur began his career at age 9 with his hometown club of AS Saint-Étienne. He worked his way up the ranks of the club and became the captain of the reserve team in the 2009–10 season. In the summer of 2010, when he was not offered a professional contract by the club, he left to join FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin.
In January 2011, Lanseur was linked with a move to ES Sétif. However, a month later, he ended up signing with another Algerian club, USM Blida.

International career

On 9 August 2009, Lanseur was called up by head coach Abdelhak Benchikha to the Algeria Under-23 national team for a week long training camp in Blida. He was called up again later that month for another training camp.