Hamza Koutoune

#3 · Right-Back · Annecy

Nationality

Morocco

Born

2006-09-17

Birthplace

Casablanca, Morocco

Height

177 cm

Position

Right-Back

Hamza Koutoune (Arabic: حمزة كوتون; born 17 September 2006) is a Moroccan professional football player who plays as a right-back for French Ligue 2 club Annecy on loan from Nice. Koutoune is a product of the youth academies of the Moroccan clubs Raja CA and Mohammed VI Football Academy, before joining Nice's youth academy on 9 January 2005. He debuted with the senior Nice side in a 2–0 loss to Benfica in a 2025–26 UEFA Champions League qualifying match on 12 August 2025. 11 days later, he made his Ligue 1 debut for Nice against Auxerre. On 1 September 2025, Koutoune was loaned to Annecy in Ligue 2 for the season. Koutoune was called up to the Morocco U17 for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. That same year he made the U17 squad for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In April 2025, he was called up to the Morocco U20s for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.