Farouk Belkaïd

Farouk Belkaïd
فاروق بلقايد

Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-11-14) 14 November 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Bordj Menaïel, Algeria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder Centre back Right back
Youth career
	JS Bordj Ménaïel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	JS Bordj Ménaïel
1998–2005	JS Kabylie	141	(23)
2005–2006	USM Alger	22	(3)
2006–2008	MC Alger	42	(1)
2008–2013	ES Sétif	120	(0)
2013–2014	USM Bel Abbès	26	(0)
2014–2015	JSM Béjaïa	14	(0)
International career
2000–2005	Algeria	20	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Farouk Belkaïd (Arabic: فاروق بلقايد; born 14 November 1977) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or as a defender.[1]

Club career

Belkaïd was born in Bordj Menaïel. In 1998, he joined JS Kabylie from JS Bordj Ménaïel. During his time with the club, he won the CAF Cup three times in a row from 2000 to 2002 and also won the league title in 2004.

In 2003, Belkaïd went on trial with French club AJ Auxerre but was not signed by manager Guy Roux.[2]

International career

Belkaïd received his first call-up to the Algeria national team on 8 December 2000 for a friendly against Romania in Annaba, Algeria.[3] He played the entire game, with the score ending 3–2 in favour of the visitors.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4][5][6]

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
JS Kabylie	1998–99	National 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	1999–2000		17	0	3	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2000–01		22	2	1	1	5[b]	0	—		28	3
	2001–02		26	3	4	1	8[b]	2	—		38	6
	2002–03		27	8	1	0	4[b]	1	—		32	9
	2003–04		27	6	0	0	0[b]	0	—		0	0
	2004–05		24	5	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		143	24	9	2	17	3	—		169	29
USM Alger	2005–06	National 1	22	2	3	0	1[c]	0	—		26	2
MC Alger	2006–07	National 1	19	1	4	0	1[d]	0	5[e]	1	29	2
	2007–08		23	0	1	0	2[d]	0	1[f]	0	27	0
	Total		42	1	5	0	3	0	6	1	56	2
ES Sétif	2008–09	National 1	23	0	2	0	3[d]	0	4[g]	1	32	1
	2009–10		29	0	3	0	12[h]	0	—		44	0
	2010–11	Ligue 1	13	0	3	0	5[c]	0	—		21	0
	2011–12		24	0	5	0	2[d]	0	—		31	0
	2012–13		26	0	3	0	4[i]	0	—		33	0
	Total		115	0	16	0	26	0	4	1	161	1
USM Bel Abbès	2013–14	Ligue 2	28	0	1	0	—		—		29	0
JSM Béjaïa	2014–15	Ligue 2	14	0	1	0	—		—		15	0
Career total			364	27	35	2	47	3	10	2	456	34

1. Includes the Algerian Cup
2. All appearance(s) in CAF Cup
3. All appearance(s) in Champions League
4. All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
5. one appearance and one goal in Algerian Super Cup, four appearances in Arab Champions League
6. All appearances in Algerian Super Cup
7. All appearance(s) in Arab Champions League
8. four appearances in CAF Champions League, eight appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
9. three appearances in CAF Champions League, one appearance in CAF Confederation Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Algeria	2000	1	0
	2001	6	0
	2002	4	0
	2003	5	1
	2004	3	0
	2005	1	0
Total		20	1

Farouk Belkaïd: International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	24 April 2003	Stade de la Licorne, Amiens, France	Madagascar	2–0	3–1	Friendly

Honours

JS Kabylie

• CAF Cup: 2000, 2001, 2002
• Algerian Championnat National: 2003–04

MC Alger

• Algerian Cup: 2007
• Algerian Super Cup: 2006, 2007

ES Sétif

• Algerian Championnat National: 2008–09, 2011–12
• Algerian Cup: 2010, 2012
• North African Cup of Champions: 2009
• North African Super Cup: 2010
• North African Cup Winners Cup: 2010

Individual

• DZFoot d'Or: 2002

References

1. "La Fiche de Farouk BELKAÏD - Football algérien". Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
2. Les transferts club par club
3. "Algérie 3-2 Roumanie". Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
4. "Farouk Belkaïd". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
5. "Farouk Belkaïd". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
6. "Farouk Belkaïd". Archived from the original on 26 May 2002. Retrieved 24 October 2020.