Houcine Benayada

Houcine Benayada (Arabic: حسين بن عيادة; born 8 August 1992) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Botola club Wydad AC and the Algeria national team. He plays primarily as a centre-back but can also play as a right-back.

Houcine Benayada
Personal information
Full name Houcine Benayada[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-08) 8 August 1992[1]
Place of birth Oran, Algeria
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Wydad AC
Number 3
Youth career
ASM Oran
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 ASM Oran 101 (3)
2015–2016 USM Alger 14 (0)
2016–2020 CS Constantine 98 (2)
2021 ES Sahel 27 (2)
2022– Wydad AC 12 (0)
International career‡
2019– Algeria A' 2 (0)
2021– Algeria 9 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Algeria
FIFA Arab Cup
Winner2021 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 December 2021

Club career

On 16 June 2015 Benayada signed a two-year contract with USM Alger.[2] In 2016 he signed with CS Constantine, and in 2020 he joined the Tunisian team Club Africain.[3]

Wydad AC

On 3 September 2022, Benayada joined African champions Wydad AC as a free agent.[4]

International career

In June 2015, after an impressive first season in the top flight with ASM Oran, Benayada was handed his first call up to Algeria national team for a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles.[5] He was named on the substitute's bench for the match but did not participate.

He was a part in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup winning team.[6]

Honours

USM Alger

CS Constantine

Algeria

References
  1. "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Wydad AC" (PDF). FIFA. 7 February 2023. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  2. HMF (June 16, 2015). "Hocine Benayada signe pour deux ans à l'USM Alger" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  3. "Hocine Benayada s'engage pour trois ans avec le Club Africain" (in French). footalgerien.com. 11 September 2020.
  4. B, Amine (2022-09-03). "Mercato : Benayada s'engage avec le WAC". Football Algérien - DZFOOT.COM (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  5. HMF (June 4, 2015). "Algérie-Seychelles : La liste définitive des 23 joueurs retenus" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  6. "Algeria beat Tunisia to win FIFA Arab Cup 2021". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-12-18.


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