Zakaria Benchaâ

Zakaria Benchaâ (born January 11, 1997 in Oran) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[1]

Zakaria Benchaâ
Personal information
Full name Zakaria Benchaâ
Date of birth (1997-06-12) 12 June 1997
Place of birth Oran, Algeria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 USM Alger
Number 9
Youth career
2012–2014 MC Oran
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 MC Oran 19 (2)
2018– USM Alger 23 (2)
2020 → CS Sfaxien (loan) 9 (3)
National team‡
2019 Algeria 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019

Club career

MC Oran

Benchaâ is born in Oran. He started career with MC Oran in youth categories. In 2014, he joined the A team of the club.

USM Alger

On March 23, 2018 Zakaria Benchaâ joined to USM Alger for three seasons.[2] He made his debut for the team in the Arab Club Champions Cup during a win against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. On August 14, He made his debut in the Ligue 1 against DRB Tadjenanet as a substitute and scored his first goal in 3–1 victory.[3] Benchaâ suffered from injuries that kept him from glowing as he finished the season early and only played seven matches.[4] In the following season, after getting rid of the injury, Benchaâ starred greatly in the CAF Champions League, where he scored five goals. including a brace against AS Sonidep and Gor Mahia. in transfers winter 2019–20 Benchaâ left for Tunisian club CS Sfaxien on Loan for six months with purchase option.[5] After a long wait due to the closure of the borders, Benchaâ returned to Algeria, Antar Yahia the sporting director of USM Alger declared that Benchaâ has good capabilities and that he will train with the Reserve team, and if his mentality does not match the team he will not be in the club's squad.

CS Sfaxien

On January 30, 2020, Benchaâ joined Tunisian club CS Sfaxien on Loan for six months.[5] After joining, he suffered an injury that kept him out of the field for months, and his first match was against CA Bizertin On August 9, 2020. His first goal was against US Ben Guerdane when Benchaâ scored a double in 4–0 victory.[6] Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the loan was extended to September 30 until the end of the Tunisian championship, after an agreement between the two clubs.[7] As a reminder, the two clubs had a different in this file, last August. The Tunisians had threatened to seize the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) and FIFA for the activation of the purchase option.[8] On September 25, 2020, Benchaâ returned to USM Alger.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 20 September 2020[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
MC Oran 2014–15 Algerian Ligue 1 6100——61
2015–16 1310000—131
Total 1920000—192
No team 2016–17 No competition
2017–18
USM Alger 2018–19 Algerian Ligue 1 5100—2[lower-alpha 1]071
2019–20 121107[lower-alpha 2]5—206
2020–21 0000——00
Total 172107520277
→ CS Sfaxien (loan) 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue 1 7310—1[lower-alpha 3]093
Career total 4372075305512
  1. All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup
  2. All appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
  3. All appearances in Tunisian Super Cup

Honours

Club
USM Alger

References
  1. "Mercato : Benchâa de retour à l'USM Alger".
  2. "Zakaria Benchaa Usmiste pour 3 ans". usma.dz. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. "Ligue 1 (J1) : USM Alger 3-1 DRB Tadjenanet". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. "USMA: Benchaâ annonce la couleur!". lebuteur.com. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. "Officiel : Direction la Tunisie pour Zakaria Benchaâ". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. "Tunisie : Doublé de Benchaâ contre Ben Guerdane". DZFoot.com. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  7. "USM Alger : Le prêt de Benchaâ au CS Sfaxien prolongé jusqu'au 30 septembre". .footalgerien.com. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  8. "Mercato : Benchâa de retour à l'USM Alger". DZFoot.com. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  9. "USMA : Zakaria Benchaâ de retour !".
  10. Zakaria Benchaâ at Soccerway
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