Mohamed Rabie Meftah

Mohamed Rabie Meftah (born 5 May 1985 in Tizi Ouzou) is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for NA Hussein Dey in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[1]

Mohamed Rabie Meftah
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-05-05) May 5, 1985m
Place of birth Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 NA Hussein Dey
Number 22
Youth career
0000–2004 JS Kabylie
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 JS Kabylie 121 (13)
2010–2011 JSM Béjaïa 24 (6)
2011–2020 USM Alger 188 (38)
2020– NA Hussein Dey 1 (3)
National team‡
2006–2017 Algeria 11 (0)
2007 Algeria U23 4 (0)
2008– Algeria A' 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, January 23, 2017 (UTC)

Personal

Meftah comes from a family of footballers. His cousin Mahieddine Meftah was a former Algerian international and played for JS Kabylie and USM Alger. Another cousin, Rahim Meftah, was also a former player who played for the two clubs, as well as MO Constantine. Two other cousins, Chaâbane Meftah and Jugurtha Meftah are also footballers and currently play for JS Kabylie.

Club career

JS Kabylie

A product of the JS Kabylie junior ranks, Meftah was promoted to the first team in 2004. After a couple of seasons, he became a regular starter, forcing Algerian international Slimane Raho to the bench, and eventually out the door. In 2008, he was made captain of the club, replacing midfielder Chérif Abdeslam.[2]

Meftah was chosen as the top player in the Algerian Championnat National for the 2008–09 season in a vote conducted by sports daily newspaper Maracana.[3]

At the end of the 2009–10 season, and despite the club qualifying for the group stage of the 2010 CAF Champions League, Meftah announced that was he leaving the club.

JSM Béjaïa

On June 20, 2010, Meftah signed a one-year contract with JSM Béjaïa.[4]

USM Alger
Mohamed Rabie Meftah in 2016 against Stade Rennais.

On July 12, 2010, Mohamed Rabie Meftah signed a two-year contract with USM Alger.[5] He made his debut for the team in the Ligue 1 as a starter during a win against CA Batna 1–0, Meftah's first goal was against WA Tlemcen in 1–1 draw away from home, In the following 2012–13 season Meftah achieved his first title with USM Alger where he won the first Algerian Cup in its history after beating MC Alger 1–0.[6] two weeks After that Meftah achieved the second title in the UAFA Club Cup against Al-Arabi SC, where he scored the goal of winning the title from a penalty kick.[7] Next season Meftah Scored four goals first was against his former club JS Kabylie from a penalty kick in a 3–2 home win. and the last goal was against MC Oran in a match that ended with 5–2 victory, Meftah he eventually won the 2013–14 Ligue 1 title for the third time in its history.[8]

In the 2015 CAF Champions League, Meftah made the best continental achievement in his career when he reached the final and defeated his team against TP Mazembe, Meftah missed the two matches due to suspension.[9] in the same season he won the league title for the second time and scored in this season nine goals.[10] On June 7, 2016 Mohamed Rabie Meftah renewed his contract for three seasons until 2020, On 2016–17 season Meftah won his second Super Cup title against MC Alger and scored the second goal.[11]On March 30, 2018, against CR Belouizdad Meftah played his 300th match in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 also Meftah was USM Alger's top scorer this season with 11 goals the best in his football career. In the 2018–19 season Meftah achieved his last title with USM Alger by winning the championship, where is the decisive match against CS Constantine He scored the third goal in the last minutes.[12]

On January 16, 2020 in the summit match against JS Kabylie Meftah assaulted Hamza Banouh.[13] After that meftah apologized to the player and all the fans later LFP punished him with three games.[14][15] On July 25, 2020 Meftah stated that he will leave USM Alger after Sporting director Antar Yahia told him that the new coach of USM Alger does not want him. Meftah, said he spent nine wonderful years with the club from his heart played 258 matches and scored 49 goals most scoring defender in the club's history and achieving seven titles.

NA Hussein Dey

On September 7, 2020, Meftah signed a two-year contract with NA Hussein Dey.[16]

International career

On August 15, 2006, Meftah made his debut for the Algerian National Team in a friendly against Gabon.[17] Meftah has made five appearances in total for the Algerian National Team since his debut in 2006.[18] He was selected as a reserve player by Rabah Saadane for the 2010 African Cup of Nations and 2010 FIFA World Cup but did not make the final squad both times.[19][20]

Meftah has also made four appearances for the Algeria A' team, the local team which participates in the African Championship of Nations.

Career statistics

Club
As of 14 March 2020 [21]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
JS Kabylie 2005–06 National 1 1825010[lower-alpha 2]0—332
2006–07 241308[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0361
2007–08 2411011[lower-alpha 4]0—361
2008–09 27610——286
2009–10 282505[lower-alpha 2]1—383
Total 121121503411017113
JSM Béjaïa 2010–11 Ligue 1 24620——266
USM Alger 2011–12 Ligue 1 23320——253
2012–13 161301[lower-alpha 5]04[lower-alpha 6]1242
2013–14 25420—1[lower-alpha 3]0284
2014–15 275304[lower-alpha 2]21[lower-alpha 3]0357
2015–16 198106[lower-alpha 2]1—269
2016–17 299213[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]13511
2017–18 1912112[lower-alpha 7]0—332
2018–19 142206[lower-alpha 5]04[lower-alpha 8]1263
2019–20 165109[lower-alpha 2]3—268
Total 1883818241611325849
NA Hussein Dey 2020–21 Ligue 1 0000——00
Career total 3335635275712345768
  1. Includes the Algerian Cup
  2. All appearance(s) in Champions League
  3. All appearances in Algerian Super Cup
  4. four appearances in CAF Champions League, seven appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  5. All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  6. All appearance(s) in UAFA Club Cup
  7. seven appearances in CAF Champions League, five appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  8. All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup

Honours

Club
JS Kabylie
USM Alger

Individual

References
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  3. Les Oscars de Maracana : Mohamed Rabie Meftah (JSK) élu meilleur joueur algérien de l'année
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  5. "USMA : Meftah pour deux ans à l'USMA". algerie360.com. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. "Coupe d'Algérie : l'USM Alger de Courbis sacré !" (in French). TF1. May 2, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  7. Toufik O. (May 14, 2013). "l'USM Alger s'empare de son premier trophée international" (in French). DZFoot.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  8. "اتحاد الجزائر يتوّج باللّقب على حساب وفاق سطيف" (in Arabic). El Heddaf. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  9. Zineb, Abbès (4 October 2015). "Meftah et Andrea suspendus pour la finale aller". algerie1.com. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  10. "L1 : L'USM Alger fête finalement son 7e titre". DZFoot.com. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  11. "Supercoupe d'algérie :USMA 2 - MCA 0 La revanche des rouge et noir". sudhorizons.dz. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  12. "Ligue 1 : l'USMA sacrée championne d'Algérie". TSA-Algerie. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  13. "اعتداء مفتاح على لاعب الشبيبة تثير حفيظة الأنصار". sabqpress.net. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  14. "لجنة الانضباط أنصفت بانوح وتعاقب مفتاح بثلاث مباريات". echoroukonline.com. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  15. "LFP : Meftah sanctionné par la commission de discipline". DZFoot.com. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  16. "Rafie Meftah signe au NAHD". lescore.info. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  17. "La Fiche de Mohamed Rabie MEFTAH". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  18. "La Fiche de Mohmamed Rabie MEFTAH". DZ Foot. Archived from the original on 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  19. "CAN : Les 23 (+4 de réserve) pour l'Angola". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  20. "CM 2010 : Les noms des 5 réservistes révélés". Archived from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
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