Zakaria Benchaâ
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zakaria Benchaâ | ||
| Date of birth | 12 June 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Oran, Algeria | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger / Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CS Constantine | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2014 | MC Oran | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | MC Oran | 19 | (2) |
| 2018–2021 | USM Alger | 32 | (5) |
| 2020 | → CS Sfaxien (loan) | 8 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Cherno More | 20 | (3) |
| 2023– | CS Constantine | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Algeria | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2019 | |||
Zakaria Benchaâ (Arabic: زكرياء بن شاعة; born 11 January 1997) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for CS Constantine.
Club career[edit]
MC Oran[edit]
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[edit]
On March 23, 2018 Zakaria Benchaâ joined to USM Alger for three seasons.[1] 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.[2] Benchaâ suffered from injuries that kept him from glowing as he finished the season early and only played seven matches.[3] 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.[4] 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[edit]
On January 30, 2020, Benchaâ joined Tunisian club CS Sfaxien on Loan for six months.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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. On September 25, 2020, Benchaâ returned to USM Alger.[7]
Cherno More[edit]
On 17 February 2022, Benchaâ joined Bulgarian club Cherno More.[8]
CS Constantine[edit]
In 2023, Benchaâ signed a two-year contract with CS Constantine.[9]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of 20 September 2020[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| MC Oran | 2014–15 | Algerian Ligue 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Total | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| No team | 2016–17 | No competition | ||||||||||
| 2017–18 | ||||||||||||
| USM Alger | 2018–19 | Algerian Ligue 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7[b] | 5 | — | 20 | 6 | |||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | ||
| → CS Sfaxien (loan) | 2019–20 | Tunisian Ligue 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Career total | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 12 | ||
- ^ All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup
- ^ All appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
- ^ All appearances in Tunisian Super Cup
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Zakaria Benchaa Usmiste pour 3 ans". usma.dz. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Ligue 1 (J1) : USM Alger 3-1 DRB Tadjenanet". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "USMA: Benchaâ annonce la couleur!". lebuteur.com. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Officiel : Direction la Tunisie pour Zakaria Benchaâ". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Tunisie : Doublé de Benchaâ contre Ben Guerdane". DZFoot.com. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ "USM Alger : Le prêt de Benchaâ au CS Sfaxien prolongé jusqu'au 30 septembre". .footalgerien.com. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "Mercato : Benchâa de retour à l'USM Alger". dzfoot.com. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Mercato : Zakaria Benchaâ signe à Cherno More". dzfoot.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "CS Constantine : Houari Baouche et Zakaria Benchaa recrutés". africafootunited.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Zakaria Benchaâ at Soccerway
External links[edit]
- Zakaria Benchaâ at Soccerway
- Zakaria Benchaâ at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Oran
- Algerian men's footballers
- Algeria men's international footballers
- Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- MC Oran players
- USM Alger players
- PFC Cherno More Varna players
- Algerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- Men's association football forwards
- 21st-century Algerian people