Abderrahmane Meziane

Abderrahmane Meziane Bentahar (Arabic: عبد الرحمن مزيان‎) (born March 7, 1994) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a striker for ES Tunis in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[1]

Abderrahmane Meziane
Personal information
Full name Abderrahmane Meziane Bentahar
Date of birth (1994-03-07) March 7, 1994
Place of birth Médéa, Algeria
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 ES Tunis
Number 8
Youth career
2007–2009 Olympique de Médéa
2009–2011 AC FAF
2011–2014 USM Alger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 USM Alger 74 (18)
2015–2016 → RC Arbaâ (loan) 25 (2)
2019 Al Ain 4 (1)
2020– ES Tunis 10 (1)
National team
2014–2016 Algeria U23 16 (4)
2017 Algeria A' 2 (0)
2018– Algeria 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, September 14, 2020 (EST)

Club career

In 2011 Abderrahmane Meziane joined the USM Alger Academy, coming from the FAF Academy. Where he achieved with them two titles for the Ligue Professionnelle 1Meziane U21 season 2012–13 and 2013–14 and one in the cup with U17 in 2011 against USM Blida and scored a goal in a match.[2] the first official game with the first team was in the 2013-14 season in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 against JSM Béjaïa and participated in just one minute as a substitute in the place of Mokhtar Benmoussa, In the following season, Meziane was promoted to the first team and played eight games and scored a single goal against JS Saoura in the Ligue ProfessionnelMezianele 1. On July 8, 2015, Meziane moved on loan for one season to RC Arbaâ in order to get a chance to play more, and he greatly excelled, which made him return to USM Alger strongly, and in the first season after his return Meziane won his first title in his football career by winning the Super Cup. As for the Ligue Professionnelle 1 Meziane was the second best scorer with eight goals equal with Oussama Darfalou. On June 21, 2017, Meziane scored his first goal in The CAF Champions League against Zamalek in 2–0 victory. In his last season Meziane won the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title for the first time and in the final round against CS Constantine where he scored a goal in 3–1 victory to guarantee the title.

On June 13, 2019, Meziane signed his first foreign contract for four seasons with the Emiratis of Al Ain.[3] and his first match was in the UAE League Cup against Shabab Al Ahli which ended in a 2–2 draw. after which Meziane suffered a knee injury that kept him out for more than a month.[4] On December 15, Meziane scored his first goal against Ajman in 4–1 victory.[5] On January 18, 2020, Meziane spent three and a half seasons in Espérance de Tunis for a million and a half dollars.[6][7][8] and the first match was in the Ligue 1 against CS Hammam-Lif, after a stop for five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia football competitions are back again, On August 22, 2020, Meziane scored his first goal against Stade Tunisien to end the season with two titles the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Super Cup.[9][10]

International career

In 2015, Meziane was part of the Algeria under-23 national team at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal.[11] where he participated in all matches and lead the National team to the Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the first time in 36 years, Meziane was named in the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the first match against Honduras, he took part as a substitute for Mohamed Benkablia, and in the following matches against Argentina he participated as a substitute again, and this time in the place of Zakaria Haddouche, in the last game against Portugal and after the national team was eliminated, Meziane participated in the entire 90 minutes. in 2017 Meziane calls for the first time for the Algeria A' national team in the 2018 CHAN qualification against Libya.

Career statistics

Club
As of 28 September 2020[12]
Club Season League Cup Other Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
USM Alger 2013–14 Algerian Ligue 1 10———10
2014–15 5120—1[lower-alpha 1]081
2016–17 268301[lower-alpha 2]08[lower-alpha 1]1389
2017–18 18220—8[lower-alpha 3]1283
2018–19 247303[lower-alpha 4]06[lower-alpha 5]1368
Total 74181004023311121
→ RC Arbaâ (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 1 25230——282
Total 25230——282
Al Ain FC 2019–20 UAE Pro-League 41—2[lower-alpha 6]0—40
Espérance ST 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue 1 10120—2[lower-alpha 1]0141
Career total 115221505025316025
  1. All appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
  2. Appearance in Super Cup
  3. four appearances in CAF Champions League, four appearance and one goal in CAF Confederation Cup
  4. All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup
  5. All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  6. All appearance(s) in UAE League Cup

Honours

Club
USM Alger
Espérance de Tunis

References
  1. "Abderrahmane Meziane nouvelle recrue de l'EST".
  2. "L'USM Alger remporte le trophée". depechedekabylie.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. "Mercato : Meziane signe à Al Ain". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  4. "مزيان يخضع لجراحة ناجحة ويعود لتدريبات العين بعد أسبوعين". al-ain.com. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. "UAE : Belle reprise de volée Meziane". DZFoot.com. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. "Abderrahmane Meziane nouvelle recrue de l'EST". mosaiquefm.net. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  7. "Mercato : Meziane débarque à l'Espérance de Tunis". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  8. "Mercato : Meziane a coûté 1,5 million de dollars à l'EST". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  9. "Tunisie : L'EST champion, Bedrane buteur". DZFoot.com. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  10. "Tunisie : L'Esperance remporte la Supercoupe". DZFoot.com. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. M-A-D (November 18, 2015). "CAN U23 : Pas de "pro" dans les 21 algériens" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  12. Abderrahmane Meziane at Soccerway
  13. "Ligue 1 : l'USMA sacrée championne d'Algérie". TSA-Algerie. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  14. "Super Coupe : MC Alger 0-2 USM Alger". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  15. "2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1", Wikipedia, 2020-09-23, retrieved 2020-09-25
  16. Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Penalty joy as Esperance wins fifth Tunisian Super Cup". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
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