Zakaria Benchaâ

Zakaria Benchaâ
Personal information
Full name Zakaria Benchaâ
Date of birth (1997-06-12) 12 June 1997 (age 27)
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 23 (5)
International career‡
2019 Algeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024
‡ 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

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 23 March 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

On 30 January 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 9 August 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 30 September 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 25 September 2020 Benchaâ returned to USM Alger.[7]

Cherno More

On 17 February 2022, Benchaâ joined Bulgarian club Cherno More.[8]

CS Constantine

In 2023, Benchaâ signed a two-year contract with CS Constantine.[9]

Career statistics

Club

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
  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. ^ "Zakaria Benchaa Usmiste pour 3 ans". usma.dz. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Ligue 1 (J1) : USM Alger 3-1 DRB Tadjenanet". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ^ "USMA: Benchaâ annonce la couleur!". lebuteur.com. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Officiel : Direction la Tunisie pour Zakaria Benchaâ". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Tunisie : Doublé de Benchaâ contre Ben Guerdane". DZFoot.com. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. ^ "USM Alger : Le prêt de Benchaâ au CS Sfaxien prolongé jusqu'au 30 septembre". .footalgerien.com. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Mercato : Benchâa de retour à l'USM Alger". dzfoot.com. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Mercato : Zakaria Benchaâ signe à Cherno More". dzfoot.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  9. ^ "CS Constantine : Houari Baouche et Zakaria Benchaa recrutés". africafootunited.com. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  10. ^ Zakaria Benchaâ at Soccerway