Adlène Guedioura

Early career

He started playing amateur football with Racing Paris in the fifth tier of French football, where his form for the club attracted attention from Ligue 2 club Sedan, who he joined in 2004. He made a total of 15 appearances for the club, scoring one goal. He then moved up to the third tier with L'Entente SSG in 2006. He made a total of 21 appearances for the club, scoring 3 times. He signed for fellow French third-tier side US Créteil-Lusitanos in 2007, where he scored 6 times in 24 appearances.

Belgium

Guedioura moved to Belgium in the summer of 2008, joining Belgian Pro League side Kortrijk on a two-year deal. He made a total on 10 appearances for Kortrijk. He spent just half a season with the club and moved to fellow Pro League side Charleroi in January 2009, and signed a year-and-a-half contract. He made a total of 25 appearances for the club as a captain, scoring one goal, before joining English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers on loan in January 2010 until the end of the season.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Within 24 hours of his arrival at Wolves, he made his debut as a substitute in a goalless draw against Liverpool, soon becoming a regular starter as the club ensured their survival in the Premier League for the first time. He made his first Wolves start in the 1–0 win over Tottenham, on 10 February 2010. He scored his first goal for the club in the final game of the season to earn a victory over Sunderland, after which it…

Guedioura received his first international recognition when he was included in Algeria's preliminary squad for the 2010 World Cup. He made his international debut on 28 May 2010 in a 0–3 defeat to the Republic of Ireland, before being confirmed in the final squad for the tournament in South Africa. He appeared as a substitute in all three of Algeria's group games during the competition – against Slovenia, England and the United States – where the team finished bottom of their group. On 3 September 2010, Guedioura scored the equalizer in a 1–1 home draw with Tanzania in a 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier, enabling the team to achieve their first point of the campaign as well as his first international goal. Ultimately Algeria failed to qualify for those finals, but Guedioura was selected for three squads which did qualify successfully, in 2013, 2017 and 2019, finishing the latter as continental champions with Guedioura named in the 'team of the tournament'.

Guedioura, born in La Roche-sur-Yon, France, to an Algerian mother, a former Algeria Women Basketball team player), and former Algerian international striker Nacer Guedioura.

Guedioura is the son of former Algerian international striker, Nacer Guedioura. His younger brother Nabil is also a footballer who played for the Crystal Palace U21 development team and at amateur level in France. Guedioura is Muslim. On 14 January 2024, his brother Arslane who played for Moulon Bourges died from a car accident, along with his teammate Axel Salhi, at the age of 26.