List of USM Alger international footballers

This is a list of players, past and present, who have been capped by their country in international football whilst playing for Union Sportive Médina d'Alger. a further 5 nations have fielded USM Alger players in their international sides. and the first player from the team to participate in the African Cup was Boubekeur Belbekri in 1968 and the first goal scored by an Al Ittihad player was Billel Dziri in 1996 against Burkina Faso, The largest number of players in one tournament was in 1998 with the participation of four namely Meftah, Ghoul, Zeghdoud and Hamdani all of them defenders, In the Olympic games Abderrahmane Derouaz is the first to participate in the 1980 Moscow tournament and also in 2004 Malian Mamadou Diallo participated as the first foreigner from USM Alger in this Competition, after 36 years of absence the Algeria national under-23 football team qualified for Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics and among the squad's list are five players Abdellaoui, Benguit, Benkhemassa, Darfalou and Meziane.[1] In the FIFA World Cup the only player to participate was the goalkeeper Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche in 2014.[2] On January 3, 2023, Madjid Bougherra unveiled the list of 28 players who will represent Algeria at the 2022 African Nations Championship, including nine players from USMA, Belaïd, Loucif, Radouani, Baouche, Chita, Djahnit, Meziane, Mahious and Ait El Hadj, Two-thirds of Algeria's roster is made up of players from CR Belouizdad and USM Alger.[3][4]

USM Alger goalkeeper Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche.
Goalkeeper Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche the only one from USM Alger participated in the FIFA World Cup in 2014.

Players edit

Key
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Bold Still playing competitive football

Algerien players edit

USM Alger Algerian international footballers
Name Position Date of first cap Debut against Date of last cap Final match
against
Caps Ref
Boubekeur Belbekri MF 26 Feb 1963   Czechoslovakia 16 Jan 1968   Ethiopia 4 [5]
Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud DF 7 Apr 1974   Morocco 17 Nov 1978   Congo 25 [6]
Abderrahmane Meziani FW 6 Jan 1963   Bulgaria 14 Mar 1965   Tunisia 5 [7]
Rabie Benchergui FW 26 Sep 2003   Burkina Faso 26 Sep 2003   Burkina Faso 1 [8]
Djamel Bougandoura DF 20 Aug 2002   DR Congo 20 Aug 2002   DR Congo 1 [9]
Kamel Maouche MF June 30, 2001   Namibia July 21, 2001   Egypt 2 [10]
Mouldi Aïssaoui MF June 19, 1969   United Arab Republic April 11, 1971   Mali 5 [11]
Fares El Aouni DF 30 Jun 2001   Namibia 30 Jun 2001   Namibia 1 [12]
Abderrahmane Derouaz DF 9 Dec 1979   Morocco 24 Jul 1980   Spain 4 [13]
Smaïl Slimani MF 23 Sep 1979   Tunisia 19 Mar 1980   Egypt 6 [14]
Billel Dziri MF 21 Oct 1995   Mali 19 Jun 2005   Zimbabwe 30 [15]
Azzedine Rahim MF 21 Oct 1995   Mali 14 Jun 1996   Kenya 4 [16]
Mahieddine Meftah DF 6 Oct 1996   Ivory Coast 28 Jan 2002   Mali 41 [17]
Tarek Ghoul DF 13 Jul 1997   Mali 26 Sep 2003   Burkina Faso 9 [18]
Mounir Zeghdoud DF 13 Jul 1997   Mali 3 Jul 2004   Nigeria 23 [19]
Salim Aribi DF 14 May 2002   Belgium 28 Apr 2004   China 16 [20]
Nacereddine Khoualed DF 25 May 2013   Mauritania 19 Nov 2013   Burkina Faso 4 [21]
Hichem Mezaïr GK 9 Jul 2000   Morocco 15 Jan 2004   Mali 19 [22]
Hocine Achiou MF 25 Jan 2003   Uganda 4 Jun 2006   Sudan 25 [23]
Saad Tedjar MF 9 Sep 2012   Libya 30 Jan 2013   Ivory Coast 5 [24]
Merouane Abdouni GK 20 Aug 2002   DR Congo 17 Nov 2004   Senegal 3 [25]
Amar Ammour MF 25 Jan 2003   Uganda 28 Apr 2004   China 3 [26]
Mokhtar Benmoussa DF 26 May 2012   Mauritania 7 June 2018   Portugal 5 [27]
Tarek Hadj Adlane FW 29 Oct 1988   Angola 5 Mar 1991   Tunisia 14 [28]
Mohamed Hamdoud DF 28 Feb 1999   Liberia 7 Oct 2006   Gambia 5 [29]
Fayçal Hamdani DF 26 Jul 1997   Benin 9 Apr 1999   Liberia 4 [30]
Djamel Keddou DF 13 Aug 1973   United Arab Emirates 4 Jul 1978   Iraq 20 [31]
Hamza Koudri MF 26 Mar 2013   Benin 26 Mar 2013   Benin 1 [32]
Abdelkader Laïfaoui DF 3 Sep 2011   Tanzania 3 Sep 2011   Tanzania 1 [33]
Khaled Lemmouchia MF 9 Oct 2011   Central African Republic 15 Jun 2012   Gambia 5 [34]
Hocine Metref MF 8 Oct 2005   Gabon 4 Jun 2006   Sudan 4 [35]
Lamine Zemmamouche GK 19 Nov 2013   Burkina Faso 15 Nov 2014   Ethiopia 4 [36]
Djamel Amani MF 15 Dec 1987   Mauritania 6 Jan 1989   Zimbabwe 6 [37]
Youcef Belaïli FW 26 Mar 2015   Qatar 30 Mar 2015   Oman 2 [38]
Brahim Boudebouda DF 13 Oct 2015   Senegal 13 Oct 2015   Senegal 1 [39]
Isâad Bourahli FW 9 Oct 2004   Rwanda 9 Feb 2005   Burkina Faso 3 [40][41]
Farouk Chafaï DF 26 Mar 2015   Qatar 1 June 2018   Cape Verde 6 [42]
Rabah Deghmani DF 21 Apr 2001   Senegal 15 Oct 2001   Burkina Faso 5 [43]
Farid Djahnine MF 6 Jun 1999   Tunisia 21 Jul 2001   Egypt 2 [44]
Hassen Djemaâ DF 6 Mar 1966   Morocco 17 Nov 1968   Tunisia 11 [45]
Zinedine Ferhat MF 5 Mar 2014   Slovenia 5 Mar 2014   Slovenia 1 [46]
Karim Ghazi MF 14 May 2002   Belgium 9 Feb 2005   Burkina Faso 16 [47]
Mohamed Rabie Meftah DF 7 Jan 2017   Mauritania 23 Jan 2017   Senegal 4 [48]
Nacer Guedioura MF 17 Aug 1973   South Yemen 19 Mar 1975   Sweden 2 [49]
Raouf Benguit MF 5 Sep 2017   Zambia 7 Oct 2017   Cameroon 2 [50]
Ayoub Abdellaoui DF 10 Nov 2017   Nigeria 14 Nov 2017   Central African Republic 2 [51]
Mohamed Benkhemassa MF 7 June 2018   Portugal 26 Mar 2019   Tunisia 3 [52]
Oussama Chita MF 18 Nov 2018   Togo 18 Jun 2023   Uganda 2 [53]
Haithem Loucif DF 18 Jun 2023   Uganda 18 Jun 2023   Uganda 1 [54]
Zineddine Belaïd DF 18 Jun 2023   Uganda 18 Jun 2023   Uganda 1 [55]
Aymen Mahious FW 18 Jun 2023   Uganda 18 Jun 2023   Uganda 1 [56]

Foreign players edit

Name Position Date of first cap Debut against Date of last cap Final match
against
Caps Ref
  Hamidou Balbone FW 2 Feb 2004   Kenya 2 Feb 2004   Kenya 1 [57]
  Mamadou Diallo FW 5 Sep 2004   Senegal 5 Sep 2004   Senegal 4 [58]
  Mintou Doucoure MF 3 Jun 2013   Benin 3 Jun 2013   Benin 1 [59]
  Abdoulaye Maïga DF 26 Mar 2011   Zimbabwe 3 Jun 2012   Benin 6 [60]
  Carolus Andriamatsinoro FW 18 May 2014   Uganda 9 Jun 2017   Sudan 14 [61]
  Yacouba Ali MF 9 June 2013   Burkina Faso 15 Jun 2013   Gabon 2 [62]
  Prince Ibara FW 11 Oct 2018   Liberia 24 Mar 2019   Zimbabwe 4 [63]
  Muaid Ellafi MF 24 Mar 2019   South Africa 19 Nov 2019   Tanzania 7 [64]
  Kwame Opoku FW 12 Jun 2021   Ivory Coast 6 Sep 2021   South Africa 2 [65]
  Zakaria Alharaish MF 21 Sep 2022   Uganda 17 Jun 2023   Botswana 2 [66]
  Tumisang Orebonye FW 24 Mar 2023   Equatorial Guinea 16 Nov 2023   Mozambique 5 [67]

Players in international competitions edit

African Cup Players edit

World Cup Players edit

Olympic Players edit

African Nations Championship Players edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Coupe du monde, Brésil 2014: La liste des 23 algériens retenus". faf.dz. 2 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. ^ "CHAN 2022 : La liste des 28 algériens dévoilée". dzfoot.com. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Algeria's Bougherra names 28-man Squad for TotalEnergies CHAN". CAF. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Boubeker Belbekri". Archived from the original on 19 April 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud". Archived from the original on 9 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Abderrahmane Meziani". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012.
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  9. ^ "Djamel Bougandoura". national-football-teams.com.
  10. ^ "Kamel Maouche". national-football-teams.com.
  11. ^ "Mouldi Aïssaoui - مولدي عيساوي". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Fares El Aouni". national-football-teams.com.
  13. ^ "Abderrahmane Derouaz". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ^ "Smaïl Slimani". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ "Billel Dziri". Archived from the original on 21 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  16. ^ "Azzedine Rahim". national-football-teams.com.
  17. ^ "Mahieddine Meftah". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ^ "Tarek Ghoul". national-football-teams.com.
  19. ^ "Mounir Zeghdoud". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. ^ "Salim Aribi". national-football-teams.com.
  21. ^ "Nacereddine Khoualed". national-football-teams.com.
  22. ^ "Hichem Mezaïr". Archived from the original on 3 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  23. ^ "Hocine Achiou". Archived from the original on 3 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  24. ^ "Saad Tedjar". national-football-teams.com.
  25. ^ "Merouane Abdouni". Archived from the original on 1 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  27. ^ "Mokhtar Benmoussa". national-football-teams.com.
  28. ^ "Tarek Hadj Adlane". Archived from the original on 1 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  29. ^ "Mohamed Hamdoud". national-football-teams.com.
  30. ^ "Fayçal Hamdani". Archived from the original on 1 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  31. ^ "Djamel Keddou". Archived from the original on 21 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  32. ^ "Hamza Koudri". national-football-teams.com.
  33. ^ "Abdelkader Laïfaoui". national-football-teams.com.
  34. ^ "Khaled Lemmouchia". national-football-teams.com.
  35. ^ "Hocine Metref". national-football-teams.com.
  36. ^ "Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche". national-football-teams.com.
  37. ^ "Djamel Amani". Archived from the original on 3 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  38. ^ "Youcef Belaïli". national-football-teams.com.
  39. ^ "Brahim Boudebouda". national-football-teams.com.
  40. ^ "Isâad Bourahli". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  41. ^ "Isâad Bourahli". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  42. ^ "Farouk Chafaï". national-football-teams.com.
  43. ^ "Rabah Deghmani". national-football-teams.com.
  44. ^ "Farid Djahnine". national-football-teams.com.
  45. ^ "Hassen Djemaâ". Archived from the original on 7 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  46. ^ "Zinedine Ferhat". national-football-teams.com.
  47. ^ "Karim Ghazi". national-football-teams.com.
  48. ^ "Mohamed Rabie Meftah". national-football-teams.com.
  49. ^ "Nacer Guedioura". Archived from the original on 3 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  50. ^ "Raouf Benguit". national-football-teams.com.
  51. ^ "Ayoub Abdellaoui". national-football-teams.com.
  52. ^ "Mohamed Benkhemassa". national-football-teams.com.
  53. ^ "Oussama Chita". national-football-teams.com.
  54. ^ "Haithem Loucif". national-football-teams.com.
  55. ^ "Zineddine Belaïd". national-football-teams.com.
  56. ^ "Aymen Mahious". national-football-teams.com.
  57. ^ "Hamidou Balbone". national-football-teams.com.
  58. ^ "Mamadou Diallo". national-football-teams.com.
  59. ^ "Mintou Doucoure". national-football-teams.com.
  60. ^ "Abdoulaye Maïga". national-football-teams.com.
  61. ^ "Carolus Andriamatsinoro". national-football-teams.com.
  62. ^ "Yacouba Ali". national-football-teams.com.
  63. ^ "Prince Ibara". national-football-teams.com.
  64. ^ "Muaid Ellafi". national-football-teams.com.
  65. ^ "Kwame Opoku". national-football-teams.com.
  66. ^ "Zakaria Alharaish". national-football-teams.com.
  67. ^ "Tumisang Orebonye". national-football-teams.com.

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