Zinédine Machach

Zinédine Machach
Zinedine Machach training for Melbourne Victory, December 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 8
Youth career
2002–2010 SC Air Bel
2010–2012 Cannes
2012–2014 Marseille
2014–2015 Toulouse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Toulouse B 25 (0)
2015–2017 Toulouse 21 (2)
2016–2017 → Marseille (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2022 Napoli 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Carpi (loan) 10 (0)
2019 → Crotone (loan) 15 (0)
2019–2020 → Cosenza (loan) 18 (1)
2020–2021 → VVV-Venlo (loan) 24 (0)
2021–2022 → Honvéd (loan) 21 (3)
2022–2023 Ionikos 23 (2)
2023– Melbourne Victory 29 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024

Zinédine Machach (born 5 January 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League club Melbourne Victory.

Career

Machach began his youth career with SC Air Bel,[2] before moving to first AS Cannes and since Olympique Marseille. He then joined Toulouse in 2014. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 23 May 2015 against OGC Nice. He replaced Aleksandar Pešić after 58 minutes.[3]

On 27 July 2016, Machach joined Olympique Marseille on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy.[4]

On 21 July 2018, Machach joined to Serie B side Carpi on loan until 30 June 2019.[5]

On 23 January 2019, Machach joined to Crotone on loan until 30 June 2019.[6]

On 2 September 2019, he joined Cosenza on loan.[7]

On 2 July 2022, Machach signed a two-year deal with Ionikos in Greece.[8]

In August 2023, Machach signed a one-year contract with Melbourne Victory FC in Australia.[9] He would have his debut for Melbourne Victory on the 21 October 2023 he would score in the 86th minute to make the game 2–0.[10] he would prove to be a crucial player for Melbourne Victory throughout the 2023–24 season scoring seven goals in 29 games.[11] Machach extended his contract with Melbourne Victory for another two seasons.[12]

Career statistics

As of 18 July 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Toulouse 2014–15 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2015–16 Ligue 1 16 1 1 0 4 0 — 21 1
2017–18 Ligue 1 4 1 0 0 — — 4 1
Total 21 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 26 2
Marseille (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 1 10 0 1 0 1 1 — 12 1
Marseille B (loan) 2016–17 Championnat de France Amateur 8 0 — — — 8 0
Napoli 2017–18 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Carpi (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 10 0 1 0 — — 11 0
Crotone (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 15 0 0 0 — — 15 0
Cosenza (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 18 1 0 0 — — 18 1
VVV-Venlo (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 24 0 5 0 — — 29 0
Honvéd (loan) 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 21 3 3 0 — — 24 3
Ionikos 2022–23 Super League Greece 23 2 1 0 — — 24 2
Melbourne Victory 2023–24 A-League Men 29 7 0 0 — — 29 7
Career totals 179 15 12 0 5 1 0 0 196 16

Personal life

Machach was born in Marseille, France, and was born to an Algerian mother and a Moroccan father.[14] He holds French and Algerian nationalities.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Zinédine Machach". Melbourne Victory. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Le Sporting Club Air Bel reçoit la visite de Zinédine Machach". SC Air Bel (in French). 14 April 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Toulouse vs. Nice - 23 May 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Zinedine Machach arrive en prêt à l'OM" [Zinedine Machach arrives on loan to OM] (in French). Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Machach on loan to Carpi". Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ "UFFICIALE: Carpi, preso Crociata dal Crotone. Machach in Calabria" (in Italian). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  7. ^ "ZINÉDINE MACHACH SI VESTE DI ROSSOBLÙ!" (Press release) (in Italian). Cosenza. 2 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Στον Ιωνικό ο Ζινεντίν Μασάς" (in Greek). Ionikos. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  9. ^ Pisani, Sasha. "Melbourne Victory sign ex-Napoli and Marseille attacker, who scored against Bayern Munich". Keep up. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  10. ^ tomsmithies (21 October 2023). "Debutant's stunning goal seals opening win for Melbourne Victory at Sydney FC". A-Leagues. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Zinedine Machach (Midfielder, Melbourne Victory) :". Ultimate A-League. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Melbourne Victory re-signs Zinedine Machach". Melbourne Victory. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  13. ^ Zinédine Machach at Soccerway
  14. ^ "Zinédine Machach : " Ma priorité c'est de m'imposer à Toulouse "" (in French). La Gazette du Fennec. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Zinédine MACHACH -". www.unfp.org. Retrieved 2 August 2023.