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This is a complete List of Algerian football players in foreign leagues, i.e. association football players who have played in foreign leagues.
For most of the twentieth century, most Algeria internationals played in the native Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1; however, the national team has included some players based abroad from the beginning. While some in the 1960s and 1970s played for Algerian clubs, for example Hacène Lalmas and Mokhtar Khalem at CR Belcourt, others played in France, such as Sadek Boukhalfa with Nantes or Mustapha Zitouni with AS Monaco. Seven players of the squad for the 1982 FIFA World Cup came from a foreign club: Abdelmajid Bourebbou (Stade Lavallois), Mustapha Dahleb (Paris SG), Djamel Tlemcani (Stade de Reims), Djamel Zidane (KV Kortrijk), Karim Maroc (FC Tours), Faouzi Mansouri (Montpellier HSC) and Nourredine Kourichi (Girondins Bordeaux). By the time of the 1986 World Cup that number had increased to 11 (50% of the squad), and at the 2010 and 2014 tournaments almost all were playing abroad (there were three and two home-based players respectively in the 23-man squads).
A Large number of Algerian players have played in Europe as especially in France, the former colonial ruler of Algeria. The first Algerian player in Europe and first North African to play in France was Ali Benouna who joined Sète in 1930. [1] [2] He is the first Algerian player to win a European title, having won the French league and Coupe de France of the 1933–34 season with Sète. Benouna paved the way for more Algerians to soon taste the success of the French championship. This was done by Abdelkader Ben Bouali in the colors of Olympique de Marseille in the 1936–37 season, then Mohamed Firoud and Abdelaziz Ben Tifour on two consecutive occasions with Nice in 1950–51 and 1951–52, in addition to Rachid Mekhloufi in 1956–57 with Saint Etienne and Mohamed Maouche in the next season with Stade de Reims; all these titles came in the colonial era. As for the first player to win a title outside France, Mekhloufi holds that accolade for winning the Swiss League in 1962.
In relation to statistics, the most prominent of these are Rachid Mekhloufi, star of AS Saint-Étienne who scored 150 goals and won the league title four times. [3] [4] There is also Mustapha Dahleb, former star for Paris Saint-Germain where he achieved two Coupe de France victories and is one of the most popular players in the history of the club (310 matches and 98 goals in 10 seasons). [5] Rabah Madjer was perhaps the best Algerian player to turn professional in Europe; he claimed ten trophies with FC Porto: three League, two Cup and two Super Cup on the domestic level and two continental titles on the level, including the European Cup in 1987 [6] becoming the first Algerian and an African player to achieve this feat, and the Intercontinental Cup in Japan against Peñarol from Uruguay in which he scored the winning goal. [7] [8] In the 1970s and 1980s, Algerian players were generally not allowed to play professionally until they were over 28 years old which deprived many of the stars of the Algerian team at the time of a top-level career, especially after the 1982 FIFA World Cup, including Mehdi Cerbah, Hocine Yahi, Chaabane Merzekane, Fodil Megharia, Hacène Lalmas, Mahmoud Guendouz, Ali Bencheikh, Ali Fergani, Lakhdar Belloumi, Djamel Menad, Tedj Bensaoula and Omar Betrouni; some of them did play professionally but did not achieve much success because of their advancing age. There were some players allowed to moved abroad even though they had not reached the age of 28: Djamel Zidane, Rabah Madjer and Salah Assad.
Several other players have achieved prominent titles: Rafik Djebbour won eight titles, four League and 4 in the cu, followed by El Arbi Hillel Soudani with 7 titles including three league and three cup, then Madjid Bougherra who won six trophies with Glasgow Rangers. Ahmed Reda Madouni was the first Algerian Bundesliga champion in the colours of Borussia Dortmund in the 2001–02 season (subsequently his career involved a strange fluctuation). in Eastern Europe, Selim Bouadla was crowned Hungarian league winner with Debrecen twice in the 2011–12 and 2013–14 season, noting that La Liga and Serie A has not tasted the taste of any Algerian player so far and the nearest thing was the Runner-up in Serie A by Djamel Mesbah in 2012 and Faouzi Ghoulam in 2016. The English Premier League, was won by Riyad Mahrez with Leicester City. the 2012–13 season is considered the best for Algerian players, where they won 12 titles including three league, seven cups, three Super Cup and one league cup achieved by seven players are Djebbour, Soudani, Abdoun, Ghoulam, Rani, Sayoud and Benzia, In 2018–19, Riyad Mahrez achieved the English treble with Manchester City as the first Algerian to achieve this achievement. [9] In the 2017–18 season, 161 Algerian players (including those of the diaspora who represent the national team) featured across all the leagues in Europe, and were present in 31 of the 55 leagues.
At the level of individual titles Mahrez won the 2016 PFA Players' Player of the Year award. [10] He was the first African to earn the accolade. [11] There is also Ali Benarbia achieved the best player award in the French league with Girondins de Bordeaux. Sofiane Hanni also won the best player award. [12] in the Belgian league with Mechelen as the first Algerian player achieves this award, El Arabi Hillel Soudani also with Dinamo Zagreb he won his first trophy in Croatia as the best player in the Prva liga after a vote of all the captains of the Prva liga Croatian clubs. [13] as for at the level scorers There are only two Algerian players have achieved the title of top scorer of the league is in Europe, namely Ahmed Oudjani in the French league and Jabbour in Greek league and there are also Madjer, who won the title top scorer in the European Cup 1987–88 season. as for Makhloufi is considered the best Algerian scorer in Europe with 170 goal, including 156 in the league, followed by Djebbour 132 goal which 110 in the league comes after Dahleb 115 goal, including 102 in the league. as for more than play games just in the leagues there Rachid Mekhloufi with 360 games, Abdelkader Ferhaoui 343, Ryad Boudebouz by 328, Mustapha Dahleb by 321 and finally Mohamed Salem 308 games. on the other hand more than hat-tricks record is Makhloufi 9 all hat-tricks with Saint-Étienne then Madjer by 5 and finally Ahmed Oudjani and El Arbi Hillel Soudani by 4 hat-tricks.
At the level of countries have made Algerians players 61 title in France which is sixteen league, twenty five cup, nine Coupe de la Ligue and eleven Trophée des Champions after that Luxembourg twenty title, fourteen League and six cups and finally Scotland thirteen title, five Premiership, four Cup and four League Cup. Other countries where the Algerians players at least won one title is the 17th state in the following figure Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, England, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Czechoslovak and Turkey. the beginning of sparkling Algeria national team in 2009 began Algerian players Shares rise in Europe, such as El Arbi Hillel Soudani, who moved from ASO Chlef to Vitória Guimarães from Portugal. [14] There are also Islam Slimani from CR Belouizdad to Sporting CP and then moved to Leicester City as the most expensive transfer deal for Algerian player in the history, The transfer fee paid to Sporting was reported as £28 million, a club record for Leicester. [15] [16] also there is the Paradou AC/JMG "El Ankaoui" Academy, which graduated many players to Europe and they are Ramy Bensebaini, Youcef Attal, Haithem Loucif, Farid El Mellali and Hicham Boudaoui who became the most expensive Algerian player has moved from an Algerian club to Europe with 4,000,000 euros. [17]
Due to Algeria's historic ties with France, there have been a number of Algerian players playing professionally in the French leagues, while the France national team has included players of Algerian heritage, most notably Zinedine Zidane, Karim Benzema and Samir Nasri. [18]
R. | Player | European Club(s) | Apps [a] | Ref. |
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1 | Ryad Boudebouz | Sochaux (164) – Bastia (66) – Montpellier (71) – Saint-Étienne (68) – Betis (35) – Celta (11) | 415 | [54] |
2 | Sofiane Feghouli | Grenoble (31) – Almería (9) – Valencia (149) – West Ham United (21) – Galatasaray (126) – Karagümrük (34) | 370 | [55] |
3 | Rachid Mekhloufi | AS Saint-Étienne (274) – SC Bastia (67) – Servette FC (19) | 360 | [56] |
4 | Abdelkader Ferhaoui | Montpellier HSC (229) – AS Cannes (94) – AS Saint-Étienne (20) | 343 | [57] |
5 | Aïssa Mandi | Stade de Reims (123) – Lille (0) – Real Betis (152) – Villarreal CF (54) | 332 | [58] |
6 | Mustapha Dahleb | CS Sedan (30) – Paris SG (291) | 321 | [59] |
7 | Mohamed Salem | CS Sedan (237) – Daring de Bruxelles (71) | 308 | [60] |
8 | Abdel Djaadaoui | FC Sochaux (307) | 307 | [61] |
9 | Riyad Mahrez | Leicester City (139) – Manchester City (145) | 284 | [62] |
10 | Medhi Lacen | Deportivo Alavés (19) – Racing Santander (100) – Getafe CF (139) – Malaga CF (15) | 273 | [63] |
11 | Faouzi Ghoulam | Saint-Étienne (87) – Angers (7) – Napoli (168)} – Hatayspor (21) | 272 | [64] |
12 | Rafik Saïfi | Troyes AC (110) – FC Istres (35) – AC Ajaccio (26) – FC Lorient (95) | 266 | [65] |
13 | Andy Delort | Ajaccio (23) – Caen (36) – Toulouse (47) – Montpellier (95) – OGC Nice (46) – Nantes (12) | 259 | [66] |
14 | Rachid Ghezzal | Lyon (87) – Monaco (26) – Leicester (19) – Fiorentina (19) – Beşiktaş (104) – Çaykur Rizespor (0) | 255 | [67] |
15 | Karim Soltani | VVV-Venlo (28) – ADO Den Haag (59) – Iraklis (23) – Aris (15) – Skoda Xanthi (113) – PAS Giannina (15) | 253 | [68] |
16 | Yacine Brahimi | Stade rennais (39) – Granada CF (62) – FC Porto (148) | 249 | [69] |
17 | Rafik Djebbour | Louviéroise (21) – Atromitos (14) – Panionios (41) – AEK Athens (80) – Olympiacos (56) – Sivasspor (10) – APOEL (26) | 248 | [70] |
18 | Brahim Hemdani | AS Cannes (20) – RC Strasbourg (53) – Olympique de Marseille (95) – Rangers (67) | 246 | [71] |
= | Abdelaziz Ben Tifour | OGC Nice (129) – Troyes AC (31) – AS Monaco (86) | 246 | [72] |
20 | Ali Benarbia | FC Martigues (65) – AS Monaco (90) – Girondins de Bordeaux (25) – Paris SG (42) – Manchester City (33) | 245 | [73] |
21 | Ishak Belfodil | Lyon (10) – Bologna (8) – Parma (56) – Inter (8) – Livorno (17) – Liège (28) – Bremen (26) – Hoffenheim (47) – Hertha (26) – Sabah (18) | 244 | [74] |
22 | Mahi Khennane | Stade Rennais (164) – Toulouse FC (61) – Nîmes Olympique (15) | 240 | [75] |
23 | Ramy Bensebaini | Lierse (23) – Montpellier (22) – Rennes (79) – Mönchengladbach (95) – Borussia Dortmund (17) | 236 | [76] |
24 | Islam Slimani | Sporting CP (91) – Leicester City (35) – Newcastle United (4) – Fenerbahçe (15) – Monaco (18) – Olympique Lyonnais (30) – Brest (16) – Anderlecht (10) – Mechelen (13) | 232 | [77] |
25 | Nourredine Kourichi | US Valenciennes (109) – Girondins de Bordeaux (22) – Lille OSC (94) | 225 | [78] |
26 | Ali Bouafia | Olympique de Marseille (12) – Olympique Lyonnais (94) – RC Strasbourg (92) – FC Lorient (25) | 223 | [79] |
27 | Antar Yahia | SC Bastia (77) – OGC Nice (30) – VfL Bochum (91) – 1. FC Kaiserslautern (11) – Platanias (11) | 220 | [80] |
= | Hillel Soudani | Vitória de Guimarães (37) – Dinamo Zagreb (132) – Olympiacos (24) – Maribor (27) | 220 | |
29 | Chérif Oudjani | RC Lens (100) – Stade Lavallois (31) – FC Sochaux (69) – RC Paris (18) | 218 | [81] |
30 | Carl Medjani | Metz (22) – Lorient (9) – Ajaccio (54) – Valenciennes (16) – Olympiacos (4) – Trabzonspor (50) – Sivasspor (37) – Levante (14) – Leganés (8) | 214 | [82] |
31 | Ahmed Rani | Avenir Beggen (10) – Union Luxembourg (63) – Fola Esch (86) – Mondorf-les-Bains (15) – Esch (21) – Muhlenbach Blue Boys (17) | 212 | [83] |
= | Moussa Saïb | AJ Auxerre (170) – AS Monaco (7) – FC Lorient (8) – Tottenham Hotspur (13) – Valencia CF (14) | 212 | [84] |
33 | Karim Maroc | Olympique Lyonnais (54) – Angers SCO (32) – Tours FC (32) – Stade Brestois (88) | 211 | [85] |
34 | Mehdi Mostefa | Ajaccio (101) – Lorient (24) – Bastia (56) – Pafos (26) | 207 | [86] |
35 | Djamel Mesbah | Servette (11) – Basel (11) – Aarau (60) – Luzern (6) – Lausanne (4) – Lecce (46) – Milan (9) – Parma (10) – Livorno (14) – Sampdoria (23) – Crotone (10) | 204 | [87] |
36 | Fadel Brahami | Le Havre AC (12) – Louviéroise (47) – Mons (86) – AEP Paphos FC (14) – Minyor Pernik (42) | 201 | [88] |
= | Mehdi Abeid | St Johnstone (12) – Panathinaikos (61) – Newcastle United (13) – Dijon (73) – Nantes (43) | 201 | [89] |
38 | Mitchell Weiser | 1. FC Köln (1) – Bayern Munich (16) – Hertha BSC (70) – Bayer Leverkusen (53) – Werder Bremen (60) | 200 | [55] |
= | Aymen Tahar | Gaz Metan Mediaș (104) – Steaua București (15) – Boavista (30) – Panetolikos (51) | 200 | [90] |
(Italics denotes players still playing professional football; Bold denotes players still playing in the European League) |
Correct as of 1 June 2024 (UTC)
R. | Player | European Leagues Club(s) | Goals | Ref. |
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1 | Rachid Mekhloufi | AS Saint-Étienne (123) – SC Bastia (20) – Servette FC (13) | 156 | [56] |
2 | Rafik Djebbour | Louviéroise (6) – Atromitos (6) – Panionios (19) – AEK Athens (24) – Olympiacos (39) – Sivasspor (2) – APOEL (14) | 110 | [70] |
3 | Hillel Soudani | Vitória de Guimarães (13) – Dinamo Zagreb (68) – Olympiacos (9) – Maribor (16) | 106 | [91] |
4 | Mohamed Salem | CS Sedan (83) – Daring de Bruxelles (21) | 104 | [60] |
5 | Mustapha Dahleb | CS Sedan (17) – Paris SG (85) | 102 | [59] |
6 | Mahi Khennane | Stade Rennais (61) – Toulouse FC (31) – Nîmes Olympique (6) | 98 | [75] |
7 | Ahmed Oudjani | RC Lens (94) – CS Sedan (1) | 95 | |
8 | Islam Slimani | Sporting (52) – Leicester (8) – Fenerbahçe (1) – Monaco (9) – Lyon (4) – Brest (1) – Anderlecht (8) – Mechelen (3) | 86 | [77] |
9 | Andy Delort | Ajaccio (1) – Caen (12) – Toulouse (10) – Montpellier (40) – OGC Nice (22) | 85 | [66] |
10 | Riyad Mahrez | Leicester City (39) – Manchester City (43) | 82 | [62] |
11 | Chérif Oudjani | RC Lens (39) – Stade Lavallois (14) – FC Sochaux (13) – RC Paris (7) | 73 | [81] |
12 | Rabah Madjer | Racing Paris (3) – Tours FC (2) – FC Porto (50) – Valencia CF (4) | 59 | [92] |
13 | Abdelaziz Ben Tifour | OGC Nice (34) – Troyes AC (9) – AS Monaco (13) | 56 | [72] |
14 | Ryad Boudebouz | FC Sochaux (24) – SC Bastia (8) – Montpellier HSC (13) – Saint-Étienne (4) – Betis (2) – Celta (1) | 52 | [54] |
15 | Sofiane Feghouli | Almería (2) – Valencia (20) – West Ham United (3) – Galatasaray (25) – Fatih Karagümrük (2) | 52 | [55] |
= | Yacine Brahimi | Stade rennais (6) – Granada CF (3) – FC Porto (41) | 50 | [69] |
(Italics denotes players still playing professional football; Bold denotes players still playing in the European League) |
Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe
# | Name | Games | Date of debut | Debut against | Date of last match | Final match against | Ref. | ||||
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C1 | C21 | C3 | SC | TOTAL | |||||||
1 | Sofiane Feghouli | 31 | – | 35 | – | 66 | 7 Dec 2010 | Manchester United | 10 Mar 2022 | FC Barcelona | [55] |
2 | Riyad Mahrez | 55 | – | – | – | 55 | 14 Sep 2016 | Club Brugge | 10 Jun 2023 | Inter Milan | [62] |
3 | Hillel Soudani | 36 | 1 | 16 | – | 53 | 25 Aug 2011 | Atlético Madrid | 11 Jul 2023 | Botev Plovdiv | [91] |
4 | Brahim Hemdani | 22 | – | 28 | – | 50 | 13 Aug 2003 | Austria Wien | 14 May 2008 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | [71] |
5 | Faouzi Ghoulam | 16 | – | 29 | – | 45 | 27 Feb 2014 | Swansea City | 24 Feb 2022 | FC Barcelona | [64] |
6 | Yacine Brahimi | 37 | – | 7 | – | 44 | 28 Jul 2011 | Metalurgi Rustavi | 17 Apr 2019 | Liverpool | [69] |
7 | Houssem Aouar | 15 | – | 28 | – | 43 | 16 Feb 2017 | AZ | 11 Apr 2024 | AC Milan | [93] |
8 | Islam Slimani | 15 | 6 | 19 | – | 40 | 17 Sep 2014 | NK Maribor | 20 Apr 2023 | AZ | [77] |
9 | Billel Omrani | 15 | 4 | 18 | – | 37 | 23 Aug 2012 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 9 Dec 2021 | Jablonec | [94] |
10 | Yassine Benzia | 10 | 2 | 23 | – | 35 | 4 Oct 2012 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 14 March 2024 | Bayer Leverkusen | [95] |
11 | Rafik Djebbour | 18 | – | 17 | – | 35 | 20 Sep 2007 | FC Sochaux | 24 Nov 2014 | FC Barcelona | [70] |
12 | Rachid Ghezzal | 18 | 2 | 12 | – | 32 | 4 Oct 2012 | Hapoel Kiryat Shmona | 26 Oct 2023 | Bodø/Glimt | [67] |
13 | Ismaël Bennacer | 16 | – | 14 | – | 30 | 7 Dec 2021 | Liverpool | 18 Apr 2024 | AS Roma | [96] |
14 | Ali Benarbia | 16 | – | 14 | – | 30 | 24 Sep 1996 | Hutnik Kraków | 13 Mar 2001 | Galatasaray | [73] |
= | Saïd Benrahma | – | 13 | 17 | – | 30 | 30 Sep 2021 | Rapid Wien | 30 Nov 2023 | FK TSC | |
16 | Sofiane Hanni | 8 | – | 20 | – | 28 | 26 Jul 2016 | Rostov | 13 Dec 2018 | Villarreal | [97] |
17 | Nabil Bentaleb | 6 | – | 21 | – | 27 | 20 Feb 2014 | FC Dnipro | 12 Mar 2019 | Manchester City | [98] |
18 | Ramy Bensebaini | 10 | – | 15 | – | 25 | 20 Sep 2018 | Jablonec | 13 Dec 2023 | Paris Saint-Germain | [76] |
1Includes the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League.
Correct as of 1 June 2024 (UTC)
Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe
# | Name | Goals | Date of debut | Debut against | Date of last goal | Final goal against | ||||
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C1 | C21 | C3 | SC | TOTAL | ||||||
1 | Riyad Mahrez | 20 | – | – | – | 20 | 14 Sep 2016 | Club Brugge | 22 Feb 2023 | RB Leipzig |
2 | Sofiane Feghouli | 7 | – | 8 | – | 15 | 7 Nov 2012 | BATE Borisov | 25 Nov 2021 | Marseille |
3 | Rabah Madjer | 12 | – | 2 | – | 14 | 17 Sep 1986 | Rabat Ajax | 3 Oct 1990 | Portadown |
4 | Hillel Soudani | 7 | – | 6 | – | 13 | 16 Jul 2013 | Fola Esch | 24 Aug 2016 | Red Bull Salzburg |
5 | Billel Omrani | 8 | – | 4 | – | 12 | 16 Aug 2018 | Alashkert | 10 Aug 2021 | Young Boys |
= | Islam Slimani | 4 | 1 | 7 | – | 12 | 5 Nov 2014 | Schalke 04 | 16 Mar 2023 | Villarreal |
1Includes the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League.
Correct as of 1 June 2024 (UTC)
Position key:GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward; 4 – Player scored four goals; 6 – Player scored six goals; * – The home team
Player | Position | For | Against | Result | Date | League | Ref |
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Rachid Mekloufi | FW | AS Saint-Étienne | Girondins de Bordeaux* | 3–4 | 1 May 1956 | Ligue 1 | [101] |
Rachid Mekloufi | FW | AS Saint-Étienne* | Olympique de Marseille | 6–3 | 26 August 1956 | Ligue 1 | [102] |
Rachid Mekloufi | FW | AS Saint-Étienne | Stade de Reims* | 5–4 | 30 September 1956 | Ligue 1 | [103] |
Abdelhamid Bouchouk | FW | Toulouse FC* | Stade Rennais | 6–0 | 18 November 1956 | Ligue 1 | [104] |
Rachid Mekloufi | FW | AS Saint-Étienne* | FC Sochaux | 6–0 | 25 November 1956 | Ligue 1 | [105] |
Rachid Mekloufi | FW | AS Saint-Étienne | Olympique de Marseille* | 3–4 | 17 March 1957 | Ligue 1 | [106] |
Abdelhamid Kermali | FW | Olympique Lyonnais | RC Paris* | 4–2 | 29 December 1957 | Ligue 1 | [107] |
Mahi Khennane | FW | Stade Rennais* | CS Sedan | 3–1 | 26 April 1959 | Ligue 1 | [108] |
Ahmed Oudjani | FW | RC Lens* | Girondins de Bordeaux | 3–1 | 7 February 1960 | Ligue 1 | [109] |
Mohamed Salem | FW | CS Sedan* | FC Rouen | 4–0 | 27 August 1960 | Ligue 1 | [110] |
Mohamed Salem | FW | CS Sedan* | FC Grenoble | 3–0 | 27 November 1960 | Ligue 1 | [111] |
Ahmed Oudjani | FW | RC Lens | Olympique de Marseille* | 3–3 | 14 October 1962 | Ligue 1 | [112] |
Rachid Mekloufi | FW | AS Saint-Étienne* | US Boulogne | 4–3 | 10 February 1963 | Ligue 1 | [113] |
Mohamed Salem | FW | CS Sedan | RC Strasbourg* | 5–1 | 24 March 1963 | Ligue 1 | [114] |
Rachid Mekloufi | FW | AS Saint-Étienne | CA Paris* | 4–0 | 7 April 1963 | Ligue 1 | [115] |
Rachid Mekloufi | FW | AS Saint-Étienne* | SC Toulon | 3–1 | 21 April 1963 | Ligue 1 | [116] |
Salah Djebaïli 4 | MF | Nîmes Olympique* | OGC Nice | 6–3 | 21 April 1963 | Ligue 1 | [117] |
Ahmed Oudjani | FW | RC Lens* | Olympique de Marseille | 8–1 | 28 April 1963 | Ligue 1 | [118] |
Mahi Khennane | FW | Toulouse FC* | US Valenciennes | 5–1 | 25 May 1963 | Ligue 1 | [119] |
Ahmed Oudjani 6 | FW | RC Lens* | RC Paris | 10–2 | 8 December 1963 | Ligue 1 | [120] |
Salah Djebaïli | MF | Nîmes Olympique* | Stade rennais | 3–1 | 15 March 1964 | Ligue 1 | [121] |
Rachid Mekloufi | FW | AS Saint-Étienne* | Lille OSC | 7–4 | 24 October 1965 | Ligue 1 | [122] |
Mohamed Lekkak | FW | FC Rouen | CS Sedan* | 4–4 | 11 November 1965 | Ligue 1 | [123] |
Mohamed Lekkak | FW | Olympique lyonnais* | FC Nantes | 3–1 | 12 October 1968 | Ligue 1 | [124] |
Mustapha Dahleb | MF | CS Sedan* | AS Troyes | 4–3 | 25 May 1974 | Ligue 1 | [125] |
Mustapha Dahleb | MF | Paris Saint-Germain | AS Nancy* | 4–2 | 8 November 1975 | Ligue 1 | [126] |
Mustapha Dahleb | MF | Paris Saint-Germain* | AS Saint-Étienne | 4–1 | 9 November 1977 | Ligue 1 | [127] |
Karim Maroc | FW | Olympique Lyonnais* | Angers SCO | 5–1 | 11 October 1980 | Ligue 1 | [128] |
Chérif Oudjani | FW | RC Lens* | FC Tours | 6–1 | 2 November 1984 | Ligue 1 | [129] |
Chérif Oudjani | FW | Stade lavallois* | Toulouse FC | 3–2 | 11 October 1985 | Ligue 1 | [130] |
Rabah Madjer | MF | Porto* | Marítimo | 4–2 | 1 December 1985 | Primeira Liga | [131] |
Rabah Madjer | MF | Porto* | Belenenses | 7–1 | 26 August 1987 | Primeira Liga | [132] |
Rabah Madjer | FW | Porto | Feirense* | 1–4 | 19 November 1989 | Primeira Liga | [133] |
Rabah Madjer | MF | Porto* | Feirense | 3–0 | 1 April 1989 | Primeira Liga | [134] |
Farid Ghazi | FW | HJK Helsinki* | FC Inter | 5–0 | 3 August 2006 | Veikkausliiga | [135] |
Idir Ouali | FW | Mouscron* | Gent | 4–2 | 13 September 2008 | Belgian First Division | [136] |
Fouad Bouguerra | FW | Nyíregyháza* | Szombathelyi | 3–3 | 19 May 2010 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | [137] |
Fouad Bouguerra | FW | Nyíregyháza | Zalaegerszegi* | 3–4 | 22 May 2010 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | [138] |
Samir Louadj | MF | Grevenmacher | Swift Hesperange* | 3–2 | 2 October 2010 | National Division | [139] |
Hillel Soudani | FW | Dinamo Zagreb* | Slaven Koprivnica | 3–0 | 3 May 2014 | Croatian First League | [140] |
Islam Slimani | FW | Sporting CP* | Vitória de Guimarães | 5–1 | 4 October 2015 | Primeira Liga | [141] |
Riyad Mahrez | MF | Leicester City | Swansea City* | 3–0 | 5 December 2015 | Premier League | [142] |
Okacha Hamzaoui | FW | Nacional | Feirense* | 3–0 | 24 September 2016 | Primeira Liga | [143] |
Nabil Ghilas | FW | Gaziantepspor | Kayserispor* | 4–3 | 18 March 2017 | Süper Lig | [144] |
Hillel Soudani | FW | Dinamo Zagreb* | Rijeka | 5–2 | 27 May 2017 | Croatian First League | [145] |
Hillel Soudani | FW | Dinamo Zagreb | Lokomotiva* | 3–0 | 27 August 2017 | Croatian First League | [146] |
Sofiane Hanni | MF | Anderlecht | Standard Liège* | 3–3 | 28 January 2018 | Belgian First Division | [147] |
Sofiane Feghouli | MF | Galatasaray | Kasımpaşa* | 4–1 | 17 February 2019 | Süper Lig | [148] |
Ishak Belfodil | FW | 1899 Hoffenheim | FC Augsburg* | 4–0 | 7 April 2019 | Bundesliga | [149] |
Youcef Atal | DF | Nice* | Guingamp | 3–0 | 28 April 2019 | Ligue 1 | [150] |
Riyad Mahrez | MF | Manchester City* | Burnley | 5–0 | 28 November 2020 | Premier League | [151] |
Andy Delort | FW | Nice | Reims* | 3–2 | 21 May 2022 | Ligue 1 | [152] |
Yassine Benzia | FW | Qarabağ FK* | Kapaz PFK | 7–1 | 4 November 2023 | Azerbaijan Premier League | [153] |
Player | Position | For | Against | Result | Date | League | Ref |
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Rabah Madjer 4 | MF | Porto | Portadown* | 8–1 | 3 October 1990 | European Cup | [154] |
Yacine Brahimi | MF | Porto* | BATE Borisov | 6–0 | 17 September 2014 | Champions League | [155] |
El Arbi Hillel Soudani | FW | Dinamo Zagreb* | Astra Giurgiu | 5–1 | 18 September 2014 | Europa League | [156] |
Billel Omrani | FW | CFR Cluj* | Astana | 3–1 | 17 July 2019 | Champions League | [157] |
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R. | Player | League | Cup | LC | SC | Europe | TOTAL Goals |
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1 | Rachid Mekhloufi | 156 | 9 | – | 1 | 4 | 170 |
2 | Rafik Djebbour | 110 | 15 | – | – | 7 | 132 |
3 | Riyad Mahrez | 82 | 11 | 10 | – | 20 | 123 |
4 | Mustapha Dahleb | 102 | 13 | – | – | – | 115 |
5 | Mohamed Salem | 103 | 11 | – | – | – | 114 |
6 | Hillel Soudani | 91 | 9 | – | – | 13 | 113 |
7 | Islam Slimani | 83 | 8 | 4 | – | 12 | 107 |
8 | Mahi Khennane | 98 | 7 | – | – | – | 105 |
9 | Ahmed Oudjani | 95 | 8 | – | – | – | 103 |
This statistics of Algerian players who won titles in Europe where the player must be Algerian whether he played for the Algeria national football team or from an Algerian father and mother. He has never been represent another country, but if he plays for another national team and then plays for the Algeria team he is considered an Algerian player, and the same thing if he played with teams Under-23, Under-20 and Under-17.
Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe
# | Name | League | Cup | Others | Europe | TOTAL |
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1 | Riyad Mahrez | 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 | 2019, 2023 | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | 2023 | 12 |
2 | Hillel Soudani | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 2020 | 2013 2015, 2016, 2018 2020 | 2013 | 11 | |
3 | Rafik Djebbour | 2011, 2012, 2013 2015 | 2012, 2013, 2016 2015 | 8 | ||
= | Rachid Mekloufi | 1957, 1964, 1967, 1968 1962 | 1968 | 1957, 1967 | 8 | |
5 | Billel Omrani | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 | 2012 2018, 2020 | 8 | ||
= | Rabah Madjer | 1986, 1990 | 1991 | 1986, 1990 | 1987, 1987 [a] | 7 |
6 | Madjid Bougherra | 2009, 2010, 2011 | 2009 | 2010, 2011 | 6 | |
= | Moussa Saïb | 1996 | 1994, 1996, 2002 | 1999 | 5 | |
8 | Samir Louadj | 2008, 2009, 2014 | 2009 | 4 | ||
= | Djamel Abdoun | 2012, 2013 | 2012, 2013 | 4 | ||
= | Yassine Benzia | 2023, 2024 | 2024 | 2012 | 4 | |
= | Sofiane Feghouli | 2018, 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 4 | |
= | Brahim Hemdani | 2009 | 2008, 2009 | 2008 | 4 | |
= | Faouzi Ghoulam | 2014, 2020 | 2013 2014 | 4 | ||
= | Bark Seghiri | 2007, 2009 | 2008 | 2008 | 4 | |
= | Selim Bouadla | 2012, 2014 | 2012, 2013 | 4 | ||
= | Samir Louadj | 2008, 2009, 2014 | 2009 | 4 | ||
17 | Abdelaziz Ben Tifour | 1951, 1952 | 1952 | 3 | ||
= | Mohamed Firoud | 1951, 1952 | 1952 | 3 | ||
= | Ali Benarbia | 1997, 1999 | 1997 | 3 | ||
= | Rachid Ghezzal | 2021 | 2021, 2024 | 3 | ||
= | Abdallah Liegeon | 1982 | 1985 | 1985 | 3 | |
= | Walid Hamidi | 2022, 2024 | 2024 | 3 | ||
= | Damien Boudjemaa | 2016 | 2013 | 2016 | 3 | |
= | Mehdi Kirch | 2013, 2015, 2022 | 3 | |||
# | Name | League | Cup | Others | Europe | TOTAL |
24 | Abdelhafid Tasfaout | 1996 | 1996 | 2 | ||
= | Karim Groune | 2003 | 2003 | 2 | ||
= | Mohamed Maouche | 1958 | 1958 | 2 | ||
= | Sadek Boukhalfa | 1965 | 1965 | 2 | ||
= | Yacine Brahimi | 2018 | 2018 | 2 | ||
= | Sofiane Hanni | 2017 | 2017 | 2 | ||
= | Slimane Bouadla | 2014 | 2013 | 2 | ||
= | Mohamed Amoura | 2022 2024 | 2 | |||
= | Mustapha Dahleb | 1982, 1983 | 2 | |||
= | Naçer Bouiche | 1991, 1994 | 2 | |||
= | Islam Slimani | 2015 | 2015 | 2 | ||
= | Jugurtha Hamroun | 2009 | 2016 | 2 | ||
= | Hocine Bouchache | 1959 | 1959 | 2 | ||
= | Mourad Meghni | 2009 | 2009 | 2 | ||
= | Amir Sayoud | 2013 | 2013 | 2 | ||
= | Ramiz Zerrouki | 2024 | 2024 | 2 | ||
= | Kader Ferhaoui | 1990 | 1992 | 2 | ||
# | Name | League | Cup | Others | Europe | TOTAL |
39 | Yacine Hima | 2011 | 1 | |||
= | Ismaël Bennacer | 2022 | 1 | |||
= | Karim Zedadka | 2023 | 1 | |||
= | Jaouen Hadjam | 2024 | 1 | |||
= | Abdeljalil Medioub | 2023 | 1 | |||
= | Kevin Van Den Kerkhof | 2022 | 1 | |||
= | Sofiane Ikene | 2022 | 1 | |||
= | Rayane Medjkoune | 2022 | 1 | |||
= | Toufik Zeghdane | 2023 | 1 | |||
= | Mehdi Terki | 2023 | 1 | |||
= | El Hedi Belameiri | 2023 | 1 | |||
= | Ryad Habbas | 2023 | 1 | |||
= | Rachid Bouhenna | 2022 | 1 | |||
= | Djamel Mesbah | 2005 | 1 | |||
= | Ismaël Bouzid | 2008 | 1 | |||
= | Ahmed Reda Madouni | 2002 | 1 | |||
= | Salim Kerkar | 2011 | 1 | |||
= | Karim Belhocine | 2015 | 1 | |||
= | Ahmed Touba | 2018 | 1 | |||
= | Youssef Haraoui | 1992 | 1 | |||
= | Ahmed Rani | 2013 | 1 | |||
= | Idir Boutrif | 2021 | 1 | |||
= | Mehdi Boudjemaa | 2023 | 1 | |||
= | Sofyane Cherfa | 2012 | 1 | |||
= | Mehdi Abeid | 2014 | 1 | |||
= | Mehdi Zeffane | 2019 | 1 | |||
= | Anis Hadj Moussa | 2024 | 1 | |||
= | Ramy Bensebaini | 2019 | 1 | |||
= | Farès Chaïbi | 2023 | 1 | |||
= | Billal Zouani | 2001 | 1 | |||
= | Farid Ghazi | 2006 | 1 | |||
= | Mohamed Medjoudj | 2006 | 1 | |||
= | Mohamed Boumezrag | 1941 | 1 | |||
= | Rachid Belaid | 1954 | 1 | |||
= | Saïd Brahimi | 1957 | 1 | |||
= | Abdelhamid Bouchouk | 1957 | 1 | |||
= | Mohamed Salem | 1961 | 1 | |||
= | Fathi Chebel | 1978 | 1 | |||
= | Radhouane Abbes | 1990 | 1 | |||
= | Youssef Salimi | 1997 | 1 | |||
= | Rafik Mezriche | 2001 | 1 | |||
= | Karim Ziani | 2007 | 1 | |||
= | Mehdi Guerrouad | 2003 | 1 | |||
= | Mourad Boukellal | 2005 | 1 | |||
= | Mehdi Léris | 2017 | 1 | |||
= | Yassin Maouche | 2018 | 1 | |||
= | Mohamed Mezghrani | 2020 | 1 | |||
= | Mohamed Brahimi | 2024 | 1 | |||
= | Hassan Yebda | 2009 | 1 | |||
= | Nabil Ghilas | 2013 | 1 | |||
= | Abdelmajid Bourebbou | 1982 | 1 | |||
= | Djamel Belmadi | 1995 | 1 | |||
= | Rachid Benayen | 2000 | 1 | |||
= | Salim Arrache | 2005 | 1 | |||
= | Habib Bellaïd | 2005 | 1 | |||
= | Nadir Belhadj | 2007 | 1 | |||
= | Aymen Tahar | 2016 | 1 | |||
= | Saïd Benrahma | 2023 | 1 |
R. | League | Titles | Winning Years |
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1 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 1951 x2, 1952 x2, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1996 x2, 1997, 1999 |
2 | National Division | 10 | 2003, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023 x3 |
3 | Liga I | 7 | 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 x2 |
4 | Superleague | 6 | 2011, 2012 x2, 2013 x2, 2020 |
5 | Premier League | 5 | 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
6 | First League | 4 | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 |
= | Süper Lig | 4 | 2008, 2018, 2019, 2021 |
= | Premiership | 4 | 2009 x2, 2010, 2011 |
= | Cyta Championship | 4 | 2007, 2009, 2015, 2023 |
9 | Primeira Liga | 3 | 1986, 1991, 2018 |
= | Premier League | 3 | 2011, 2023, 2024 |
= | Super League | 3 | 1962, 2005, 2024 |
= | Pro League | 3 | 2015, 2017, 2018 |
12 | Serie A | 2 | 2022, 2023 |
16 | Czechoslovak League ¤ [m] | 1 | 1992 |
= | Bundesliga | 1 | 2002 |
= | First League | 1 | 2022 |
= | Superliga e Kosovës | 1 | 2024 |
R. | Cup | Titles | Winning Years |
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1 | Coupe de France | 27 | 1941, 1952 x2, 1954, 1957 x2, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990 x2, 1994, 1996 x2, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2019 x2, 2023 |
2 | Kypello Elladas | 7 | 2012 x2, 2013 x2, 2014, 2016, 2020 |
3 | Magyar Kupa | 3 | 1991, 1994, 2020 |
= | Coppa Italia | 3 | 2009, 2014, 2020 |
= | Taça de Portugal | 3 | 1991, 2013, 2015 |
= | Hrvatski kup | 3 | 2015, 2016, 2018 |
= | Scottish Cup | 3 | 2008, 2009 x2 |
= | Türkiye Kupası | 3 | 2019, 2021, 2024 |
= | Finnish Cup | 3 | 2001, 2006 x2 |
10 | Cypriot Cup | 2 | 2012, 2015 |
= | Luxembourg Cup | 2 | 2003, 2009 |
= | FA Cup | 2 | 2019, 2023 |
12 | Kupa na Bulgaria | 1 | 2013 |
= | KNVB Cup | 1 | 2024 |
= | Belgian Cup | 1 | 2024 |
= | Azərbaycan Kuboku | 1 | 2024 |
= | Kupa e Kosovës | 1 | 2024 |
= | Swiss Cup | 1 | 2022 |
R. | League Cup | Titles | Winning Years |
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1 | Coupe de la Ligue (defunct) | 9 | 1965, 1982, 1992, 2000, 2005 x2, 2012 x2, 2013 |
2 | Football League Cup | 4 | 1999, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
3 | Scottish League Cup | 3 | 2008, 2010, 2011 |
4 | Cupa Ligii (defunct) | 1 | 2016 |
= | Taça da Liga | 1 | 2009 |
R. | Super Cup | Titles | Winning Years |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Trophée des Champions | 8 | 1957, 1959, 1967, 1985, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2012 |
2 | Supertaça | 5 | 1986, 1990, 2013, 2015, 2018 |
3 | Supercupa României | 2 | 2018, 2020 |
= | Supercoppa Italiana | 2 | 2009, 2014 |
= | Johan Cruyff Shield | 2 | 2024 x2 |
6 | Croatian Super Cup | 1 | 2013 |
= | FA Community Shield | 1 | 2018 |
= | Bulgarian Supercup | 1 | 2013 |
= | Belgian Super Cup | 1 | 2017 |
= | Turkish Super Cup | 1 | 2019 |
R. | Intercontinental Cup | Titles | Winning Years |
---|---|---|---|
1 | UEFA Champions League | 2 | 1987, 2023 |
2 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1 | 2023 |
= | Intercontinental Cup (defunct) | 1 | 1987 |
List Top goalscorers Algerian players in europe
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Mustapha Dahleb arrived in Paris Saint Germain in 1974, coached by Just Fontaine, the president of the club Daniel Hechter recruited him for 1.35 million francs, record amount for a transfer to France at the time. there is also Moussa Saïb who moved from Auxerre to Valencia with 3,600,000 euros in 1997 in a historic deal for an Algerian player then. In 1998, he joined struggling English club Tottenham for £2.3 million, thus becoming the first Algerian to play in the Premier League. [158] In 2016, Islam Slimani moved into a historic deal for English Premier League champions Leicester City for 28 million pounds to become the most expensive player in the history of Algeria. [16] two years later Riyad Mahrez become the most expensive transfer deal for an Algerian player moved to English Premier League champions Manchester City for 60 million pounds. [159] [160] and also become the most expensive African footballer after he broke the record for Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with £56.1 in 2018 winter transfer window. in the same time most expensive transfer deal for Manchester City and a record transfer fee received by Leicester City. On 19 July 2023, it was reported by the BBC that Manchester City agreed a deal for Riyad Mahrez to join Saudi Pro League club Al Ahli for a transfer fee of £30 million, as the most expensive deal for an Algerian player who moves to a non-European club. [161]
R. | Player | Fee (M €) | From | To | Position | Year | Ref |
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1 | Riyad Mahrez [a] | €67.8 | Leicester City | Manchester City | Midfielder | 2018 | [159] [160] |
2 | Riyad Mahrez | €35 | Manchester City | Al Ahli | Midfielder | 2023 | [161] [162] |
3 | Saïd Benrahma | €30 | Brentford | West Ham United | Forward | 2021 | [163] |
= | Islam Slimani [b] | €30 | Sporting CP | Leicester City | Forward | 2016 | [15] [16] |
5 | Nabil Bentaleb | €20 | Tottenham Hotspur | Schalke 04 | Midfielder | 2017 | [164] [165] |
6 | Mohamed Amoura | €18 | Union SG | VfL Wolfsburg | Striker | 2024 | [166] [167] [168] |
7 | Ismaël Bennacer | €16 | Empoli | Milan | Midfielder | 2019 | [169] [170] |
8 | Rachid Ghezzal | €15 | Monaco | Leicester City | Midfielder | 2018 | [171] [172] [173] |
9 | Adam Ounas | €12 [c] | FC Bordeaux | Napoli | Midfielder | 2017 | [174] [175] [176] |
10 | Houssem Aouar | €12 | Roma | Al-Ittihad | Midfielder | 2024 | [177] |
11 | Rayan Aït-Nouri | €11,5 | Angers | Wolverhampton | Defender | 2021 | [178] [179] |
12 | Ishak Belfodil | €10 | Parma | Internazionale | Forward | 2013 | [180] |
Ramy Bensebaini | €10 | Rennes | Mönchengladbach | Defender | 2019 | [181] [182] | |
Andy Delort | €10 | Montpellier | Nice | Forward | 2021 | [183] [184] | |
Farès Chaïbi | €10 | Toulouse | Eintracht Frankfurt | Forward | 2023 | [185] | |
Algerian players have played in all continents, most of them in Arab leagues in Africa and Asia, especially in the Persian Gulf, and Nadir Belhadj is the most successful player. played 214 matches in six seasons with the Qatari club Al-Sadd, and 43 matches in two seasons with Al-Sailiya. during which he won 5 titles including the AFC Champions League and participated in the FIFA Club World Cup. [186] the first Algerian to Participates in this competition is Moussa Saïb with Al-Nassr in 2000 and scored one goal, At the level of titles Algerian players won 90 titles in twelve countries, namely Bahrain, Canada, Egypt, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Tunisia the country where Algerian players have won the highest number of titles with 36, followed by Qatar with 23 titles. and more player won titles is Baghdad Bounedjah with seven, On the level of local league, Youcef Belaïli won with Espérance ST four league championships more than any other Algerian player. in 2010 witnessed the achievement of four Algerian players S.League and League Cup in Singapore, they are Khaled Kharroubi, Karim Boudjema, Nordine Talhi and Mansour Lakehal which has never happened before, The two brothers Mustapha and Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, first who won title outside Algeria by winning the Tunisian Cup twice in 1947 and 1948.
At the level of continental titles and start in Africa, where the Algerian players won eight titles in CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup and CAF Super Cup, mostly with Tunisian clubs and the first to win the continental title is the international goalkeeper Nacerdine Drid with Moroccan club Raja Casablanca in 1989 led by Algerian coach Rabah Saâdane. On 9 November 2018, Twenty-two years later, Youcef Belaïli won the CAF Champions League and for the first time in its new version after winning the final against Al-Ahly, he is the fourth Algerian player to win this title. [187] On the level of Asia, Nadir Belhadj won the AFC Champions League title for the first time for an Algerian player in 2011 and scored the decisive penalty kick. [186]
The transfers of Algerian players in the rest of the world Leagues and the most prominent, Khaled Kharroubi is the first Algerian to play in South America and exactly in Brazil with Vitória where he played for one season. Aymen Tahar is the first Algerian to play in the J1 League, but has played only one match. [188] also Karim Matmour is the first Algerian to play in Australia A-League where he joined to Adelaide United, [189] but he left in December 2017, terminating his contract early after playing 11 games. [190] Raïs M'Bolhi is also the first Algerian to play in Major League Soccer with a club Philadelphia Union. [191] After playing in only 9 matches in the 2015 season, head coach, Jim Curtin said that M'Bolhi would never play again for Philadelphia. [192] M'Bohli is rated as one of the worst signings in club history., [193] On 22 January 2018, Saphir Taïder signed a three-year deal at Major League Soccer franchise Montreal Impact, starting with a two-year loan and the option of a fourth year. [194] He joined as a Designated Player. [195] and the first goal for an Algerian player in MLS was against Atlanta United FC in a 4–1 defeat away. [196] in Africa, Farès Hachi is the first Algerian to play in South Africa when he joined African champion Mamelodi Sundowns. [197] but played only 21 game in the Premier Soccer League in a season and a half and then left South Africa. [198]
Also there is the French-born Chaher Zarour who spent the Vietnam League 1 with Sanna Khánh Hòa as the first Algerian player to play there. [199] The first player to play in South Asia was Hamid Berguiga, when he joined Brunei DPMM in Brunei, who plays in the Singapore league and won the League Cup in 2009 first in this region for an Algerian player. In North America, Andy Delort became the first Algerian to win a title there with Mexican club Tigres UANL where Delort won Liga MX Apertura in 2016, although he did not have Algerian citizenship until 2019. [200] Also his transfer deal was the highest for an Algerian player outside Europe where he signed a four-year contract while the transfer fee paid to Caen was reported as €8 million. [201] Three years after Saphir Taïder achieved the Canadian Championship with Montreal Impact after winning against Toronto FC in the final first for an Algerian player. [202] [203]
On the level of statistics and awards, Algerian players won the top scorer in eight times, most notably Bounedjah four times one in Tunisia with Etoile du Sahel and three with Al-Sadd and is considered the same player the most recorded hat-tricks with thirteen. Bounedjah also won the CAF Confederation Cup top scorer with Etoile du Sahel in 2015. [204] On 12 August 2018, Bounedjah broke the Qatar Stars League single-game goal record, scoring 7 goals in a 10–1 win against Al Arabi., [205] Bounedjah continued his success at the individual level by winning the top scorer of the 2018 AFC Champions League with 13 goals to become the first Algerian and the first player from a Qatari club to achieve this award, The Al-Sadd forward matched the all-time single tournament record held by Muriqui who netted the same tally by the conclusion of Guangzhou Evergrande's 2013 campaign. [206] [207] On 7 December 2018, Bounedjah beats Qatar goal record with 28 goals after just 14 matches, He broke the record held by Brazilian striker Clemerson de Araújo, who scored 27 goals in 2007–08. [208] On 23 February 2019, Bounedjah scored in the Qatari classico against Al-Rayyan his 100 goal in all leagues competitions to become the first Algerian player to reach him With one club outside Europe. [209] After changing the laws in Tunisia and considering the players from North Africa local a large number of Algerian players Join the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1. [210] [211] [212]
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R. | Player | Rest of the world Club(s) | Apps |
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1 | Nadir Belhadj | Al-Sadd (137) – Al-Sailiya (85) | 222 |
2 | Baghdad Bounedjah | Étoile du Sahel (49) – Al Sadd (157) – Al-Shamal (0) | 206 |
3 | Mohamed Benyettou | Al-Shabab (57) – Al-Fujairah (24) – Al-Wakrah (102) | 183 |
4 | Moustapha Zeghba | Al-Wehda (11) – Damac (111) | 122 |
5 | Farouk Chafaï | Damac (121) | 121 |
6 | Sofiane Bendebka | Al-Fateh (115) | 115 |
7 | Ibrahim Chenihi | Club Africain (52) – Al-Fateh (38) – Damac (25) | 115 |
8 | Raïs M'Bolhi | Philadelphia Union (9) – Al-Ettifaq (104) | 113 |
9 | Azzedine Doukha | Ohod Club (26) – Al-Raed (82) | 108 |
10 | Amir Sayoud | Al Ahly (12) – Ismaily (1) – Al Arabi (6) – CS Sfaxien (12) – Al-Tai (48) – Al-Raed (25) | 104 |
11 | Djamel Benlamri | Al-Shabab (67) – Khaleej FC (9) – Qatar SC (16) – Al Wasl (9) | 101 |
12 | Mohamed Farsi | Cavalry (36) – Columbus Crew (64) | 100 |
R. | Player | Rest of the world Club(s) | Goals |
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1 | Baghdad Bounedjah | Étoile du Sahel (26) – Al Sadd (150) | 176 |
2 | Mohamed Benyettou | Al-Shabab (22) – Al-Fujairah (14) – Al-Wakrah (51) | 87 |
3 | Farid Kerkar | SS Dynamo (16) – USS Tamponnaise (12) – US Possession (19) – FC Avirons (9) – SS Gauloise (1) | 57 |
4 | Yacine Brahimi | Al-Rayyan (25) – Al-Gharafa (28) | 53 |
Bold Still playing competitive football in the rest of the world
# | Name | Games | Date of debut | Debut against | Date of last match | Final match against | |||
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C11 | C32 | C43 | TOTAL | ||||||
1 | Baghdad Bounedjah | 45 | 21 | 3 | 69 | 3 Aug 2013 | Saint George | 4 Dec 2023 | Nasaf |
2 | Youcef Belaïli | 43 | – | 3 | 46 | 20 Jul 2012 | ASO Chlef | 17 Feb 2020 | Esteghlal |
3 | Mohamed Amine Tougai | 33 | 2 | – | 44 | 13 Feb 2021 | Teungueth | 20 Apr 2024 | Mamelodi Sundowns |
4 | Nadir Belhadj | 36 | – | 3 | 39 | 12 Feb 2011 | Al-Ittihad | 28 Jan 2020 | Shahr Khodro |
5 | Ilyes Chetti | 25 | – | 3 | 28 | 15 Sep 2019 | Elect-Sport | 2 Mar 2024 | ASEC Mimosas |
6 | Abdelkader Bedrane | 26 | – | 2 | 28 | 15 Sep 2019 | Elect-Sport | 22 Apr 2022 | ES Sétif |
7 | Raouf Benguit | 24 | – | 3 | 27 | 15 Sep 2019 | Elect-Sport | 7 March 2023 | Horoya AC |
8 | Madjid Bougherra | 21 | – | – | 21 | 7 Mar 2012 | Al-Ahli FC | 22 Apr 2014 | Tractor Sazi |
# | Name | Goals | Date of debut | Debut against | Date of last goal | Final goal against | |||
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C11 | C32 | C43 | TOTAL | ||||||
1 | Baghdad Bounedjah | 27 | 13 | 3 | 43 | 3 Aug 2013 | Saint George | 4 Dec 2023 | Nasaf |
2 | Youcef Belaïli | 12 | – | 2 | 14 | 3 Aug 2013 | Coton Sport | 28 Jan 2020 | Istiklol |
3 | Karim Aribi | 11 | 1 | – | 12 | 23 Apr 2019 | Al-Hilal | 7 Mar 2020 | Wydad Casablanca |
4 | Abdelmalek Ziaya | 7 | – | – | 7 | 9 Mar 2010 | Zob Ahan | 24 May 2011 | Al-Hilal |
5 | Ibrahim Chenihi | 1 | 5 | – | 6 | 12 Mar 2016 | MO Béjaïa | 2 Jun 2017 | FUS Rabat |
5 | Raouf Benguit | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | 27 Sep 2019 | Elect-Sport | 22 May 2021 | CR Belouizdad |
7 | Nadir Belhadj | 5 | – | – | 5 | 26 Feb 2014 | Sepahan | 17 Mar 2015 | Lokomotiv Tashkent |
8 | Billel Bensaha | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | 6 Mar 2020 | Zamalek | 27 Nov 2023 | Al Ahed |
1Includes the CAF Champions League, African Football League, CONCACAF Champions League and AFC Champions League.2Includes the CAF Confederation Cup and AFC Cup.3Includes the CAF Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
Position key:GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward; 4 – Player scored four goals; 5 – Player scored five goals; 7 – Player scored seven goals; * – The home team
Player | Position | For | Against | Result | Date | League | Ref |
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Farid Kerkar4 | FW | Stade Tamponnaise* | Jeanne d'Arc | 6–1 | 25 March 2001 | Réunion Premier League | [213] |
Farid Kerkar | FW | Stade Tamponnaise* | SS Dynamo | 3–1 | 6 May 2001 | Réunion Premier League | [214] |
Rachid Amrane | FW | Al-Ittihad | Al-Arabi* | 3–1 | 25 April 2002 | Qatar Stars League | [215] |
Hadj Bouguèche | FW | Al-Qadisiyah | Al-Fateh* | 6–1 | 14 October 2011 | Saudi Professional League | [216] |
Mansour Boutabout | FW | AS Excelsior* | US Bénédictine | 4–0 | 22 October 2011 | Réunion Premier League | [217] |
Ismaël Benahmed | FW | Tanjong Pagar United | Young Lions* | 4–0 | 17 April 2013 | S.League | [218] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | EGS Gafsa* | 3–0 | 25 September 2014 | Tunisian Ligue 1 | [219] |
Mohamed Benyettou | FW | Al-Shabab* | Al-Ahli | 3–2 | 18 September 2016 | Saudi Professional League | [220] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Al Sadd | Al-Rayyan* | 5–0 | 7 December 2016 | Qatar Stars League | [221] |
Baghdad Bounedjah 5 | FW | Al Sadd* | Al-Arabi | 7–0 | 16 February 2017 | Qatar Stars League | [222] |
Baghdad Bounedjah 4 | FW | Al Sadd* | Al-Ahli | 5–0 | 25 February 2018 | Qatar Stars League | [223] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Al Sadd | Al-Kharaitiyat* | 6–0 | 5 August 2018 | Qatar Stars League | [224] |
Baghdad Bounedjah 7 | FW | Al Sadd* | Al-Arabi | 10–1 | 12 August 2018 | Qatar Stars League | [225] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Al Sadd* | Al-Kharaitiyat | 7–1 | 8 November 2018 | Qatar Stars League | [226] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Al Sadd | Al-Gharafa* | 8–1 | 2 December 2018 | Qatar Stars League | [227] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Al Sadd* | Qatar | 8–1 | 28 February 2019 | Qatar Stars League | [228] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Al Sadd* | Al-Ahli | 7–2 | 4 April 2019 | Qatar Stars League | [229] |
Mohamed Benyettou | FW | Al-Fujairah | Al Dhafra* | 5–1 | 10 May 2019 | UAE Pro-League | [230] |
Baghdad Bounedjah 4 | FW | Al Sadd | Al-Shahania* | 7–1 | 31 August 2019 | Qatar Stars League | [231] |
Yacine Brahimi | MF | Al-Rayyan | Umm Salal* | 4–0 | 3 January 2020 | Qatar Stars League | [232] |
Youcef Belaïli | FW | Qatar SC | Al-Ahli* | 4–1 | 23 December 2020 | Qatar Stars League | [233] |
Baghdad Bounedjah 4 | FW | Al Sadd* | Al-Sailiya | 8–0 | 7 January 2021 | Qatar Stars League | [234] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Al Sadd* | Al-Duhail | 3–1 | 12 January 2021 | Qatar Stars League | [235] |
Farouk Chafaï | DF | Damac | Abha* | 4–3 | 21 March 2021 | Saudi Professional League | [236] |
Tayeb Meziani | FW | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | US Tataouine* | 3–1 | 21 March 2021 | Tunisian Ligue 1 | [237] |
Andy Delort | FW | Umm Salal | Muaither* | 3–1 | 2 November 2023 | Qatar Stars League | [238] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Al Sadd* | Al-Rayyan | 4–0 | 9 December 2023 | Qatar Stars League | [239] |
Yousri Bouzok | FW | Raja CA* | IR Tanger | 6–1 | 28 December 2023 | Botola | [240] |
Yacine Brahimi | MF | Al-Gharafa | Al-Duhail* | 4–1 | 1 March 2024 | Qatar Stars League | [241] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Al Sadd | Al-Ahli* | 9–1 | 17 April 2024 | Qatar Stars League | [242] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Al-Shamal* | Al-Arabi | 5–2 | 19 October 2024 | Qatar Stars League | [243] |
Player | Position | For | Against | Result | Date | League | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ibrahim Chenihi 4 | MF | Club Africain* | RSLAF FC | 9–1 | 12 March 2017 | CAF Confederation Cup | [244] |
Karim Aribi 4 | FW | Étoile Sportive du Sahel* | Hafia | 7–1 | 24 August 2019 | CAF Champions League | [245] |
Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | Al Sadd* | Al-Faisaly | 6–0 | 23 October 2023 | AFC Champions League | [246] |
Youcef Belaïli | FW | Espérance de Tunis* | Dekedaha FC | 8–0 | 21 September 2024 | CAF Champions League | [247] |
Multiple hat-tricks
| By Leagues
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R. | Player | League | Cup | Other | Continental | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Baghdad Bounedjah | 176 | 31 | 20 | 39 | 266 |
2 | Mohamed Benyettou | 87 | 6 | 19 | – | 112 |
3 | Yacine Brahimi | 53 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 67 |
4 | Farid Kerkar | 57 | 3 | – | 2 | 62 |
5 | Youcef Belaïli | 28 | 6 | – | 14 | 48 |
6 | Sofiane Hanni | 25 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 44 |
7 | Ibrahim Chenihi | 27 | 4 | – | 6 | 37 |
8 | Nadir Belhadj | 23 | 2 | – | 5 | 30 |
Bold Still playing competitive football In the rest of the world League
# | Name | League | Cup | Others | International | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Baghdad Bounedjah | 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 | 2014, 2015 2017, 2020, 2021, 2024 | 2017, 2017, 2020, 2021 | 2015 | 15 |
2 | Nadir Belhadj | 2013 | 2014, 2015 | 2010, 2014, 2021, 2021 | 2011 | 8 |
3 | Youcef Belaïli | 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019 | 2019 | 2018, 2019 | 7 | |
4 | Mohamed Amine Tougai | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 | 2020, 2021 | 6 | ||
5 | Abdelkader Zerrar | 1954, 1955, 1956 | 1954, 1955 | 5 | ||
= | Abdelkader Bedrane | 2020, 2021, 2022 | 2020, 2021 | 5 | ||
= | Ilyes Chetti | 2020, 2021, 2022 | 2020, 2021 | 5 | ||
= | Fodil Megharia | 1990, 1992 | 1992 | 1991, 1992 [a] | 5 | |
9 | Rachid Amrane | 2002 2003 | 2002 2003 | 4 | ||
= | Ahmed Kendouci | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2023 | 4 |
= | Tarek Bouabta | 2024 | 2022, 2022, 2023 | 4 | ||
11 | Hicham Belkaroui | 2015, 2017 | 2016 | 3 | ||
= | Samy Frioui | 2023, 2024 | 2022 | 3 | ||
= | Raouf Benguit | 2020, 2021 | 2020 | 3 | ||
= | Abderrahmane Meziane | 2020, 2021 | 2020 | 3 | ||
= | Madjid Bougherra | 2012, 2014 | 2013 | 3 | ||
= | Tayeb Meziani | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 3 | |
= | Jugurtha Hamroun | 2017 | 2017, 2017 | 3 | ||
= | Billel Dziri | 2007 | 2007 | 1998 | 3 | |
15 | Lazhar Hadj Aïssa | 2012 | 2012 | 2 | ||
= | Billel Bensaha | 2020 | 2020 | 2 | ||
= | Mourad Delhoum | 2014 | 2014 | 2 | ||
= | Khaled Kharroubi | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | ||
= | Karim Boudjema | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | ||
= | Nordine Talhi | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | ||
= | Mansour Lakehal | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | ||
= | Yousri Bouzok | 2024 | 2024 | 2 | ||
= | Riad Benayad | 2024 | 2024 | 2 | ||
= | Andy Delort | 2016 | 2024 | 2 | ||
= | Mohamed Farsi | 2023 | 2024 | 2 | ||
= | Ali Benarbia | 2001, 2004 | 2 | |||
= | Rezki Amrouche | 1998, 2000 | 2 | |||
= | Mokhtar Belkhiter | 2017, 2018 | 2 | |||
= | Abdelaziz Ben Tifour | 1947, 1948 | 2 | |||
= | Mustapha Ben Tifour | 1947, 1948 | 2 | |||
= | Karim Kerkar | 2010 | 2010 | 2 | ||
= | Kamel Kaci-Saïd | 1996, 1997 | 2 | |||
# | Name | League | Cup | Others | International | TOTAL |
24 | Amir Sayoud | 2011 | 1 | |||
= | Ahmed Reda Madouni | 2008 | 1 | |||
= | Houssam Ghacha | 2024 | 1 | |||
= | Abdelmoumene Djabou | 2015 | 1 | |||
= | Zineddine Boutmène | 2023 | 1 | |||
= | Mokhtar Arribi | 1956 | 1 | |||
= | Karim Ghazi | 2004 | 1 | |||
= | Samir Amirèche | 2008 | 1 | |||
= | Djamel Belmadi | 2005 | 1 | |||
= | Abdesslam Benabdellah | 1998 | 1 | |||
= | Amri Boujemâa | 1993 | 1 | |||
= | Zakaria Mansouri | 2021 | 1 | |||
= | Sabri Cheraitia | 2021 | 1 | |||
= | Imaddine Azzi | 2022 | 1 | |||
= | Djamel Chettal | 2022 | 1 | |||
= | Mansour Benothmane | 2018 | 1 | |||
= | Mohamed Islam Bakir | 2019 | 1 | |||
= | Saphir Taïder | 2019 | 1 | |||
= | Abdelmalek Ziaya | 2010 | 1 | |||
= | Ibrahim Chenihi | 2017 | 1 | |||
= | Karim Ziani | 2013 | 1 | |||
= | Victor Lekhal | 2024 | 1 | |||
= | Naïm Laidouni | 2024 | 1 | |||
= | Lahouari Touil | 2021 | 1 | |||
= | Abdelhakim Amokrane | 2021 | 1 | |||
= | Otman Djellilahine | 2014 | 1 | |||
= | Hamid Berguiga | 2009 | 1 | |||
= | Fares Djabelkheir | 2002 | 1 | |||
= | Hadj Bouguèche | 2010 | 1 | |||
= | Billel Abdelkadous | 2016 | 1 | |||
= | Mohamed Benyettou | 2024 | 1 | |||
= | Nasreddine Zaâlani | 2024 | 1 | |||
= | Oussama Bellatreche | 2024 | 1 | |||
= | Nacerdine Drid | 1989 | 1 | |||
R. | League | Titles | Winning Years |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 1954, 1955, 1956 x2, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2012, 2014, 2015 x2, 2017, 2018, 2019 x2, 2020 x6, 2021 x5, 2022 x3, 2023, 2024 x2 |
2 | Qatar Stars League | 11 | 2002, 2005, 2008 x2, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
3 | Premier League | 2 | 2003, 2012 |
= | Bahraini Premier League | 2 | 2023, 2024 |
= | Premier League | 2 | 2011, 2023 |
= | Botola | 2 | 2024 x2 |
7 | S.League | 1 | 2010 |
= | Saudi Professional League | 1 | 2014 |
= | Liga MX | 1 | 2016 |
= | MLS Cup | 1 | 2023 |
R. | Cup | Titles | Winning Years |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tunisian Cup | 20 | 1947 x2, 1948 x2, 1954, 1955, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 x2, 2018 x2, 2019, 2021 x2 |
2 | Emir of Qatar Cup | 9 | 2002, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2017 x2, 2020, 2021, 2024 |
3 | Kuwait Emir Cup | 4 | 2003, 2012, 2022 x2 |
4 | Coupe du Trône | 3 | 1998, 2024 x2 |
5 | UAE President's Cup | 1 | 2010 |
= | King Cup of Champions | 1 | 2010 |
= | Canadian Championship | 1 | 2019 |
= | Egypt Cup | 1 | 2022 |
R. | Cups | Titles | Winning Years |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Qatar Crown Prince Cup | 6 | 2007, 2013, 2017 x2, 2020, 2021 |
2 | Singapore League Cup | 2 | 2009, 2010 |
= | Kuwait Crown Prince Cup | 2 | 2022, 2023 |
4 | Saudi Crown Prince Cup (defunct) | 1 | 2014 |
= | Tunisian Coupe de la Ligue (defunct) | 1 | 2002 |
= | Thai League Cup | 1 | 2014 |
R. | Super Cup | Titles | Winning Years |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tunisian Super Cup | 12 | 2019 x2, 2020 x6, 2021, 2021 x3 |
2 | Qatari Super Cup | 3 | 2014, 2017 x2 |
3 | Arabian Gulf Super Cup | 2 | 2010 x2 |
4 | Iraqi Super Cup | 1 | 2021 |
= | Bahraini Super Cup | 1 | 2022 |
= | Kuwait Super Cup | 1 | 2022 |
= | Egyptian Super Cup | 1 | 2022 |
R. | Intercontinental Cup | Titles | Winning Years |
---|---|---|---|
1 | CAF Champions League | 7 | 1989, 1991, 1996, 2018, 2019 x2, 2023 |
2 | CAF Super Cup | 2 | 1997, 1998 |
3 | AFC Champions League | 1 | 2011 |
= | CAF Confederation Cup | 1 | 2015 |
= | Afro-Asian Championship (defunct) | 1 | 1992 |
= | Leagues Cup | 1 | 2024 |
Rank | player | Titles | League Top goalscorers Years |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Baghdad Bounedjah | 3 | 2014 (14 goals), (Etoile du Sahel), 2019 (39 goals), 2021 (21 goals), (Al Sadd) |
2 | Rachid Amrane | 1 | 2002 (16 goals), (Al Ittihad Doha) |
= | Farid Kerkar | 1 | 2002 (19 goals), (US Possession) |
= | Abdelmoumene Djabou | 1 | 2013 (8 goals), (Club Africain) |
= | Yacine Brahimi | 1 | 2020 (15 goals), (Al Rayyan) |
= | Yousri Bouzok | 1 | 2024 (14 goals), (Raja CA) |
= | Rabah Madjer | 1 | 1992 (8 goals), (Qatar) |
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