List of Algerian football players in foreign leagues

This is a complete List of Algerian football players in foreign leagues, i.e. association football players who have played in foreign leagues.

For most of the twentieth century, most Algeria internationals played in the native Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1; however, the national team has included some players based abroad from the beginning. While some in the 1960s and 1970s played for Algerian clubs, for example Hacène Lalmas and Mokhtar Khalem at CR Belcourt, others played in France, such as Sadek Boukhalfa with Nantes or Mustapha Zitouni with AS Monaco. Seven players of the squad for the 1982 FIFA World Cup came from a foreign club: Abdelmajid Bourebbou (Stade Lavallois), Mustapha Dahleb (Paris SG), Djamel Tlemcani (Stade de Reims), Djamel Zidane (KV Kortrijk), Karim Maroc (FC Tours), Faouzi Mansouri (Montpellier HSC) and Nourredine Kourichi (Girondins Bordeaux). By the time of the 1986 World Cup that number had increased to 11 (50% of the squad), and at the 2010 and 2014 tournaments almost all were playing abroad (there were three and two home-based players respectively in the 23-man squads).

The history of Algerian players in Europe

A Large number of Algerian players have played in Europe as especially in France, the former colonial ruler of Algeria. The first Algerian player in Europe and first North African to play in France was Ali Benouna who joined Sète in 1930.^[1][2] He is the first Algerian player to win a European title, having won the French league and Coupe de France of the 1933–34 season with Sète. Benouna paved the way for more Algerians to soon taste the success of the French championship. This was done by Abdelkader Ben Bouali in the colors of Olympique de Marseille in the 1936–37 season, then Mohamed Firoud and Abdelaziz Ben Tifour on two consecutive occasions with Nice in 1950–51 and 1951–52, in addition to Rachid Mekhloufi in 1956–57 with Saint Etienne and Mohamed Maouche in the next season with Stade de Reims; all these titles came in the colonial era. As for the first player to win a title outside France, Mekhloufi holds that accolade for winning the Swiss League in 1962.

In relation to statistics, the most prominent of these are Rachid Mekhloufi, star of AS Saint-Étienne who scored 150 goals and won the league title four times.^[3][4] There is also Mustapha Dahleb, former star for Paris Saint-Germain where he achieved two Coupe de France victories and is one of the most popular players in the history of the club (310 matches and 98 goals in 10 seasons).^[5] Rabah Madjer was perhaps the best Algerian player to turn professional in Europe; he claimed ten trophies with FC Porto: three League, two Cup and two Super Cup on the domestic level and two continental titles on the level, including the European Cup in 1987^[6] becoming the first Algerian and an African player to achieve this feat, and the Intercontinental Cup in Japan against Peñarol from Uruguay in which he scored the winning goal.^[7][8] In the 1970s and 1980s, Algerian players were generally not allowed to play professionally until they were over 28 years old which deprived many of the stars of the Algerian team at the time of a top-level career, especially after the 1982 FIFA World Cup, including Mehdi Cerbah, Hocine Yahi, Chaabane Merzekane, Fodil Megharia, Hacène Lalmas, Mahmoud Guendouz, Ali Bencheikh, Ali Fergani, Lakhdar Belloumi, Djamel Menad, Tedj Bensaoula and Omar Betrouni; some of them did play professionally but did not achieve much success because of their advancing age. There were some players allowed to moved abroad even though they had not reached the age of 28: Djamel Zidane, Rabah Madjer and Salah Assad.

Several other players have achieved prominent titles: Rafik Djebbour won eight titles, four League and 4 in the cu, followed by El Arbi Hillel Soudani with 7 titles including three league and three cup, then Madjid Bougherra who won six trophies with Glasgow Rangers. Ahmed Reda Madouni was the first Algerian Bundesliga champion in the colours of Borussia Dortmund in the 2001–02 season (subsequently his career involved a strange fluctuation). in Eastern Europe, Selim Bouadla was crowned Hungarian league winner with Debrecen twice in the 2011–12 and 2013–14 season, noting that La Liga and Serie A has not tasted the taste of any Algerian player so far and the nearest thing was the Runner-up in Serie A by Djamel Mesbah in 2012 and Faouzi Ghoulam in 2016. The English Premier League, was won by Riyad Mahrez with Leicester City. the 2012–13 season is considered the best for Algerian players, where they won 12 titles including three league, seven cups, three Super Cup and one league cup achieved by seven players are Djebbour, Soudani, Abdoun, Ghoulam, Rani, Sayoud and Benzia, In 2018–19, Riyad Mahrez achieved the English treble with Manchester City as the first Algerian to achieve this achievement.^[9] In the 2017–18 season, 161 Algerian players (including those of the diaspora who represent the national team) featured across all the leagues in Europe, and were present in 31 of the 55 leagues.

At the level of individual titles Mahrez won the 2016 PFA Players' Player of the Year award.^[10] He was the first African to earn the accolade.^[11] There is also Ali Benarbia achieved the best player award in the French league with Girondins de Bordeaux. Sofiane Hanni also won the best player award.^[12] in the Belgian league with Mechelen as the first Algerian player achieves this award, El Arabi Hillel Soudani also with Dinamo Zagreb he won his first trophy in Croatia as the best player in the Prva liga after a vote of all the captains of the Prva liga Croatian clubs.^[13] as for at the level scorers There are only two Algerian players have achieved the title of top scorer of the league is in Europe, namely Ahmed Oudjani in the French league and Jabbour in Greek league and there are also Madjer, who won the title top scorer in the European Cup 1987–88 season. as for Makhloufi is considered the best Algerian scorer in Europe with 170 goal, including 156 in the league, followed by Djebbour 132 goal which 110 in the league comes after Dahleb 115 goal, including 102 in the league. as for more than play games just in the leagues there Rachid Mekhloufi with 360 games, Abdelkader Ferhaoui 343, Ryad Boudebouz by 328, Mustapha Dahleb by 321 and finally Mohamed Salem 308 games. on the other hand more than hat-tricks record is Makhloufi 9 all hat-tricks with Saint-Étienne then Madjer by 5 and finally Ahmed Oudjani and El Arbi Hillel Soudani by 4 hat-tricks.

At the level of countries have made Algerians players 61 title in France which is sixteen league, twenty five cup, nine Coupe de la Ligue and eleven Trophée des Champions after that Luxembourg twenty title, fourteen League and six cups and finally Scotland thirteen title, five Premiership, four Cup and four League Cup. Other countries where the Algerians players at least won one title is the 17th state in the following figure Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, England, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Czechoslovak and Turkey. the beginning of sparkling Algeria national team in 2009 began Algerian players Shares rise in Europe, such as El Arbi Hillel Soudani, who moved from ASO Chlef to Vitória Guimarães from Portugal.^[14] There are also Islam Slimani from CR Belouizdad to Sporting CP and then moved to Leicester City as the most expensive transfer deal for Algerian player in the history, The transfer fee paid to Sporting was reported as £28 million, a club record for Leicester.^[15][16] also there is the Paradou AC/JMG "El Ankaoui" Academy, which graduated many players to Europe and they are Ramy Bensebaini, Youcef Attal, Haithem Loucif, Farid El Mellali and Hicham Boudaoui who became the most expensive Algerian player has moved from an Algerian club to Europe with 4,000,000 euros.^[17]

Gallery

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  Rabah Madjer won 6 titles, all with FC Porto including the European Cup.
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  Rafik Djebbour won eight titles in two countries, Greece and Cyprus.
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  El Arabi Hillel Soudani won nine titles, eight of them with Dinamo Zagreb.
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  Madjid Bougherra Won six titles, all with Glasgow Rangers.
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  Faouzi Ghoulam won three titles, one with Saint-Étienne and two with Napoli.
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  Islam Slimani won two titles with Sporting CP and is considered the most expensive Algerian player.

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  Riyad Mahrez won the Premier League title twice and the PFA Players' Player of the Year.
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  Brahim Hemdani won all four titles with Glasgow Rangers and reached twice the final of UEFA Cup in 2004 and 2008.
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  Sofiane Feghouli 243 Match play and scored 42 goals in six seasons with Valencia.
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  Yacine Brahimi The first Algerian player to score a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League.
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  Sofiane Hanni won two titles with Anderlecht.
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  Karim Ziani The former star of the Algeria national team and Marseille won a single title with Sochaux.
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  Medhi Lacen the most Algerian player to play in the Spanish league with 254 game in nine seasons.
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  Djamel Mesbah won a single title with FC Basel and turn professional with Italian giant AC Milan.

Algerian descent players played for other national teams

Due to Algeria's historic ties with France, there have been a number of Algerian players playing professionally in the French leagues, while the France national team has included players of Algerian heritage, most notably Zinedine Zidane, Karim Benzema and Samir Nasri.^[18]

• Zinedine Yazid Zidane (Arabic: زين الدين يزيد زيدان) was born on 23 June 1972 in La Castellane, Marseille, in Southern France. Zidane is of Algerian Kabyle descent.^[19][20] His parents, Smaïl and Malika, emigrated to Paris from the village of Aguemoune in the Berber-speaking region of Kabylie in northern Algeria in 1953 before the start of the Algerian War. The family, which had settled in the city's tough northern districts of Barbès and Saint-Denis, found little work in the region
• Karim Benzema was born in the city of Lyon, France, to French nationals of Algerian descent.^[21][22] As a practicing Muslim, he observes fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.^[23] His grandfather, Da Lakehal Benzema, lived in the village of Tigzirt, located in the northern town of Beni Djellil in Algeria before migrating to Lyon, where he eventually settled in the 1950s.^[24] Benzema's father, Hafid, was born in Tigzirt, while his mother, Wahida Djebbara, was born and raised in Lyon; her family originated from Oran. Benzema is the third youngest in the family and grew up with eight other siblings in Bron, an eastern suburb of Lyon.^[24] His younger brothers Gressy and Sabri are also footballers.^[25] The former currently plies his trade at the amateur level with Vaulx-le-Velin in the Division d'Honneur, the sixth division of French football, while the latter plays in the youth academy of a club in the family's hometown of Bron.^[26][27]
• Samir Nasri (Arabic: سمير نصري) was born in Septèmes-les-Vallons, a northern suburb of Marseille, to French nationals of Algerian descent.^[28][29] His mother, Ouassila Ben Saïd, and father, Abdelhafid Nasri, were both born in France; his father being born and raised in Marseille, while his mother being from nearby Salon-de-Provence.^[29][30] Nasri's grandparents emigrated to France from Algeria.^[31] His mother is a housewife and his father previously worked as a bus driver before becoming his son's personal manager. At the start of his football career, Nasri initially played under his mother's surname, Ben Saïd, before switching to Nasri, his father's surname, following his selection to the France under-16 team.^[32] He is the eldest of four children and is a non-practising Muslim.^[33]
• Nabil Fekir Having earned one cap at under-21 level for his native France, Fekir had been named in his ancestral Algeria's squad for friendlies against Oman and Qatar in March 2015. However, he withdrew to take part in the French squad for friendlies against Brazil and Denmark.^[34] He made his debut on 26 March against the former at the Stade de France, replacing Antoine Griezmann for the final 16 minutes of a 1–3 defeat.^[35] He scored his first goal on 7 June, concluding a 3–4 home friendly defeat to Belgium.^[36] On 4 September, in a 1–0 away friendly win over Portugal, he ruptured three ligaments in his right knee, putting him out for an estimated six months.^[37]
• Karim Boudiaf (Arabic: كريم بوضياف) was born in France, and is of Moroccan-Algerian descent. On December 22, 2009, Boudiaf was called up to the Algeria Under-23 national team for a training camp in Algiers.^[38] Boudiaf acquired Qatari nationality and was called up to the Qatar national football team on November 13, 2013.^[39] He was capped in an unofficial friendly exhibition match against Saudi club Al Hilal.^[40] He made his official debut for the team on 25 December in the 2014 WAFF Championship in a 1–0 win against Palestine.^[41]
• Boualem Khoukhi (Arabic: بوعلام خوخي) was born and raised in Algeria. On November 9, 2010, Khoukhi was called up for the first time to the Algeria under–23 national team for a pair of friendlies against Tunisia.^[42] The Qatar Football Association attempted to naturalize Khoukhi shortly after he arrived in Qatar, however, he refused and claimed that he would not be naturalized for any amount of money. He stated his desire was to play with the senior Algeria national team.^[43] Subsequently, he received Qatari citizenship in order to assist in his club's foreign player quota. Despite his call up to Algeria's olympic team, he was called up to the Qatar B team on November 13, 2013, by compatriot Djamel Belmadi.^[44] When questioned about Khoukhi's call-up to the squad, Belmadi claimed that Khoukhi was naturalized prior to his call-up in order for his team, Al Arabi, to overcome the foreign player quota.^[45] Belmadi stated he was surprised when the QFA revealed Khoukhi was eligible to be called up to the Qatar national team. He made his official debut for the team on December 25 in the 2014 WAFF Championship in a 1–0 win against Palestine.^[46]

• Houssem Aouar (Arabic: حسام عوار) is eligible to feature for Algeria despite playing for the French youth teams at the U17 and U21 levels. In 2018, he was reported considering to represent Algeria at international level following a talk with former Lyon and current Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.^[47] In January 2019, manager of Algeria Djamel Belmadi confirmed that he would visit Aouar and present the vision and project of the Desert Foxes in hope of convincing him to play in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations.^[48] On 26 August 2020, Aouar received his first call-up for France to prepare for 2020–21 UEFA Nations League matches against Sweden and Croatia in early September.^[49] He made his debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Ukraine.^[50] After years of back and forth rumours on his nationality change. In March 2023, Aouar switched his international allegiance from his birth country of France to the country of his parents, Algeria. In an interview with the Algerian Football Federation, he said, "the president held out his hand to me and it seemed like it was just meant to be. I had a second chance and I jumped on it." He also added that he "regretted" having played for France, saying that he felt he "hadn't made the best choice".^[51][52]

European League

List All-time top appearances in european League

List of Algerian players with 200 or more appearances in European League top leval

R.	Player	European Club(s)	Apps[a]	Ref.
1	Ryad Boudebouz	Sochaux (164) – Bastia (66) – Montpellier (71) – Saint-Étienne (68) – Betis (35) – Celta (11)	415	[54]
2	Rachid Mekhloufi	AS Saint-Étienne (274) – SC Bastia (67) – Servette FC (19)	360	[55]
3	Sofiane Feghouli	Grenoble (31) – Almería (9) – Valencia (149) – West Ham United (21) – Galatasaray (126) – Fatih Karagümrük (9)	345	[56]
4	Abdelkader Ferhaoui	Montpellier HSC (229) – AS Cannes (94) – AS Saint-Étienne (20)	343	[57]
5	Mustapha Dahleb	CS Sedan (30) – Paris SG (291)	321	[58]
6	Aïssa Mandi	Stade de Reims (123) – Real Betis (152) – Villarreal CF (38)	316	[59]
7	Mohamed Salem	CS Sedan (237) – Daring de Bruxelles (71)	308	[60]
8	Abdel Djaadaoui	FC Sochaux (307)	307	[61]
9	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City (139) – Manchester City (145)	284	[62]
10	Medhi Lacen	Deportivo Alavés (19) – Racing Santander (100) – Getafe CF (139) – Malaga CF (15)	273	[63]
11	Rafik Saïfi	Troyes AC (110) – FC Istres (35) – AC Ajaccio (26) – FC Lorient (95)	266	[64]
12	Andy Delort	Ajaccio (23) – Caen (36) – Toulouse (47) – Montpellier (95) – OGC Nice (46) – Nantes (12)	259	[65]
13	Karim Soltani	VVV-Venlo (28) – ADO Den Haag (59) – Iraklis (23) – Aris (15) – Skoda Xanthi (113) – PAS Giannina (15)	253	[66]
14	Faouzi Ghoulam	Saint-Étienne (87) – Napoli (168)} – Angers (7) – Hatayspor (0)	251	[67]
15	Yacine Brahimi	Stade rennais (39) – Granada CF (62) – FC Porto (148)	249	[68]
16	Rafik Djebbour	Louviéroise (21) – Atromitos (14) – Panionios (41) – AEK Athens (80) – Olympiacos (56) – Sivasspor (10) – APOEL (26)	248	[69]
17	Brahim Hemdani	AS Cannes (20) – RC Strasbourg (53) – Olympique de Marseille (95) – Rangers (67)	246	[70]
=	Abdelaziz Ben Tifour	OGC Nice (129) – Troyes AC (31) – AS Monaco (86)	246	[71]
19	Ali Benarbia	FC Martigues (65) – AS Monaco (90) – Girondins de Bordeaux (25) – Paris SG (42) – Manchester City (33)	245	[72]
20	Mahi Khennane	Stade Rennais (164) – Toulouse FC (61) – Nîmes Olympique (15)	240	[73]
21	Rachid Ghezzal	Olympique Lyonnais (87) – Monaco (26) – Leicester City (19) – Fiorentina (19) – Beşiktaş (77)	228	[74]
22	Ishak Belfodil	Lyon (10) – Bologna (8) – Parma (56) – Inter (8) – Livorno (17) – Liège (28) – Bremen (26) – Hoffenheim (47) – Hertha (26) – Sabah (0)	226	[75]
23	Nourredine Kourichi	US Valenciennes (109) – Girondins de Bordeaux (22) – Lille OSC (94)	225	[76]
24	Ali Bouafia	Olympique de Marseille (12) – Olympique Lyonnais (94) – RC Strasbourg (92) – FC Lorient (25)	223	[77]
25	Antar Yahia	SC Bastia (77) – OGC Nice (30) – VfL Bochum (91) – 1. FC Kaiserslautern (11) – Platanias (11)	220	[78]
26	Islam Slimani	Sporting CP (91) – Leicester City (35) – Newcastle United (4) – Fenerbahçe (15) – Monaco (18) – Olympique Lyonnais (30) – Brest (16) – Anderlecht (10)	219	[79]
=	Ramy Bensebaini	Lierse (23) – Montpellier (22) – Rennes (79) – Mönchengladbach (95) – Borussia Dortmund (0)	219	[80]
28	Chérif Oudjani	RC Lens (100) – Stade Lavallois (31) – FC Sochaux (69) – RC Paris (18)	218	[81]
29	Carl Medjani	Metz (22) – Lorient (9) – Ajaccio (54) – Valenciennes (16) – Olympiacos (4) – Trabzonspor (50) – Sivasspor (37) – Levante (14) – Leganés (8)	214	[82]
30	Ahmed Rani	Avenir Beggen (10) – Union Luxembourg (63) – Fola Esch (86) – Mondorf-les-Bains (15) – Esch (21) – Muhlenbach Blue Boys (17)	212	[83]
=	Moussa Saïb	AJ Auxerre (170) – AS Monaco (7) – FC Lorient (8) – Tottenham Hotspur (13) – Valencia CF (14)	212	[84]
32	Karim Maroc	Olympique Lyonnais (54) – Angers SCO (32) – Tours FC (32) – Stade Brestois (88)	211	[85]
33	Mehdi Mostefa	Ajaccio (101) – Lorient (24) – Bastia (56) – Pafos (26)	207	[86]
34	Djamel Mesbah	Servette (11) – Basel (11) – Aarau (60) – Luzern (6) – Lausanne (4) – Lecce (46) – Milan (9) – Parma (10) – Livorno (14) – Sampdoria (23) – Crotone (10)	204	[87]
35	Fadel Brahami	Le Havre AC (12) – Louviéroise (47) – Mons (86) – AEP Paphos FC (14) – Minyor Pernik (42)	201	[88]
=	Mehdi Abeid	St Johnstone (12) – Panathinaikos (61) – Newcastle United (13) – Dijon (73) – Nantes (43)	201	[89]
37	Aymen Tahar	Gaz Metan Mediaș (104) – Steaua București (15) – Boavista (30) – Panetolikos (51)	200	[90]
(Italics denotes players still playing professional football; Bold denotes players still playing in the European League)

Correct as of 12 June 2023 (UTC)

List All-time top goalscorers in european Leagues

List of Algerian players with 50 or more goals

R.	Player	European Leagues Club(s)	Goals	Ref.
1	Rachid Mekhloufi	AS Saint-Étienne (123) – SC Bastia (20) – Servette FC (13)	156	[55]
2	Rafik Djebbour	Louviéroise (6) – Atromitos (6) – Panionios (19) – AEK Athens (24) – Olympiacos (39) – Sivasspor (2) – APOEL (14)	110	[69]
3	Mohamed Salem	CS Sedan (83) – Daring de Bruxelles (21)	104	[60]
4	Mustapha Dahleb	CS Sedan (17) – Paris SG (85)	102	[58]
5	Mahi Khennane	Stade Rennais (61) – Toulouse FC (31) – Nîmes Olympique (6)	98	[73]
6	Ahmed Oudjani	RC Lens (94) – CS Sedan (1)	95
7	Hillel Soudani	Vitória de Guimarães (13) – Dinamo Zagreb (68) – Olympiacos (9)	90	[91]
8	Andy Delort	Ajaccio (1) – Caen (12) – Toulouse (10) – Montpellier (40) – OGC Nice (22)	85	[65]
9	Islam Slimani	Sporting CP (52) – Leicester City (8) – Fenerbahçe (1) – Monaco (9) – Lyon (4) – Brest (1) – Anderlecht (8)	83	[79]
10	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City (39) – Manchester City (43)	82	[62]
11	Chérif Oudjani	RC Lens (39) – Stade Lavallois (14) – FC Sochaux (13) – RC Paris (7)	73	[81]
12	Rabah Madjer	Racing Paris (3) – Tours FC (2) – FC Porto (50) – Valencia CF (4)	59	[92]
13	Abdelaziz Ben Tifour	OGC Nice (34) – Troyes AC (9) – AS Monaco (13)	56	[71]
14	Ryad Boudebouz	FC Sochaux (24) – SC Bastia (8) – Montpellier HSC (13) – Saint-Étienne (4) – Betis (2) – Celta (1)	52	[54]
15	Sofiane Feghouli	Almería (2) – Valencia (20) – West Ham United (3) – Galatasaray (25)	50	[56]
=	Yacine Brahimi	Stade rennais (6) – Granada CF (3) – FC Porto (41)	50	[68]
(Italics denotes players still playing professional football; Bold denotes players still playing in the European League)

As of 12 June 2023

Algerian players and European Competitions

Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe

List of Algerian players with 25 or more appearances in European competitions

#	Name	Games					Date of debut	Debut against	Date of last match	Final match against	Ref.
		C1	C21	C3	SC	TOTAL
1	Sofiane Feghouli	31	–	35	–	66	7 Dec 2010	Manchester United	10 Mar 2022	FC Barcelona	[56]
2	Riyad Mahrez	55	–	–	–	55	14 Sep 2016	Club Brugge	10 Jun 2023	Inter Milan	[62]
3	Hillel Soudani	36	–	16	–	52	25 Aug 2011	Atlético Madrid	9 Dec 2020	Porto	[91]
4	Brahim Hemdani	22	–	28	–	50	13 Aug 2003	Austria Wien	14 May 2008	Zenit Saint Petersburg	[70]
5	Faouzi Ghoulam	16	–	29	–	45	27 Feb 2014	Swansea City	24 Feb 2022	FC Barcelona	[67]
6	Yacine Brahimi	37	–	7	–	44	28 Jul 2011	Metalurgi Rustavi	17 Apr 2019	Liverpool	[68]
7	Islam Slimani	15	6	19	–	40	17 Sep 2014	NK Maribor	20 Apr 2023	AZ	[79]
8	Billel Omrani	15	4	18	–	37	23 Aug 2012	Sheriff Tiraspol	9 Dec 2021	Jablonec	[93]
9	Rafik Djebbour	18	–	17	–	35	20 Sep 2007	FC Sochaux	24 Nov 2014	FC Barcelona	[69]
10	Houssem Aouar	15	–	19	–	34	16 Feb 2017	AZ	7 Apr 2022	West Ham United	[94]
11	Rachid Ghezzal	18	–	12	–	30	4 Oct 2012	Hapoel Kiryat Shmona	7 Dec 2022	Borussia Dortmund	[74]
12	Ali Benarbia	16	–	14	–	30	24 Sep 1996	Hutnik Kraków	13 Mar 2001	Galatasaray	[72]
13	Sofiane Hanni	8	–	20	–	28	26 Jul 2016	Rostov	13 Dec 2018	Villarreal	[95]
14	Nabil Bentaleb	6	–	21	–	27	20 Feb 2014	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	12 Mar 2019	Manchester City	[96]
15	Ismaël Bennacer	16	–	9	–	25	7 Dec 2021	Liverpool	10 May 2023	Inter Milan	[97]
=	Saïd Benrahma	–	13	12	–	25	30 Sep 2021	Rapid Wien	7 Jun 2023	Fiorentina

^{1 Includes the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League.}

Correct as of 12 June 2023 (UTC)

List All-time top goalscorers for the Algerian players in european Competitions

Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe

List of Algerian players with 10 or more goals in European competitions

#	Name	Goals					Date of debut	Debut against	Date of last goal	Final goal against
		C1	C21	C3	SC	TOTAL
1	Riyad Mahrez	20	–	–	–	20	14 Sep 2016	Club Brugge	22 Feb 2023	RB Leipzig
2	Sofiane Feghouli	7	–	8	–	15	7 Nov 2012	BATE Borisov	25 Nov 2021	Marseille
3	Rabah Madjer	12	–	2	–	14	17 Sep 1986	Rabat Ajax	3 Oct 1990	Portadown
4	Hillel Soudani	7	–	6	–	13	16 Jul 2013	Fola Esch	24 Aug 2016	Red Bull Salzburg
5	Billel Omrani	8	–	4	–	12	16 Aug 2018	Alashkert	10 Aug 2021	Young Boys
=	Islam Slimani	4	1	7	–	12	5 Nov 2014	Schalke 04	16 Mar 2023	Villarreal

^{1 Includes the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Europa Conference League.}

Correct as of 12 June 2023 (UTC)

List of Algerian players hat-tricks in european League

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward; ⁴ – Player scored four goals; ⁶ – Player scored six goals; * – The home team

Player	Position	For	Against	Result	Date	League	Ref
Rachid Mekloufi	FW	AS Saint-Étienne	Girondins de Bordeaux*	3–4	1 May 1956	Ligue 1	[100]
Rachid Mekloufi	FW	AS Saint-Étienne*	Olympique de Marseille	6–3	26 August 1956	Ligue 1	[101]
Rachid Mekloufi	FW	AS Saint-Étienne	Stade de Reims*	5–4	30 September 1956	Ligue 1	[102]
Abdelhamid Bouchouk	FW	Toulouse FC*	Stade Rennais	6–0	18 November 1956	Ligue 1	[103]
Rachid Mekloufi	FW	AS Saint-Étienne*	FC Sochaux	6–0	25 November 1956	Ligue 1	[104]
Rachid Mekloufi	FW	AS Saint-Étienne	Olympique de Marseille*	3–4	17 March 1957	Ligue 1	[105]
Abdelhamid Kermali	FW	Olympique Lyonnais	RC Paris*	4–2	29 December 1957	Ligue 1	[106]
Mahi Khennane	FW	Stade Rennais*	CS Sedan	3–1	26 April 1959	Ligue 1	[107]
Ahmed Oudjani	FW	RC Lens*	Girondins de Bordeaux	3–1	7 February 1960	Ligue 1	[108]
Mohamed Salem	FW	CS Sedan*	FC Rouen	4–0	27 August 1960	Ligue 1	[109]
Mohamed Salem	FW	CS Sedan*	FC Grenoble	3–0	27 November 1960	Ligue 1	[110]
Ahmed Oudjani	FW	RC Lens	Olympique de Marseille*	3–3	14 October 1962	Ligue 1	[111]
Rachid Mekloufi	FW	AS Saint-Étienne*	US Boulogne	4–3	10 February 1963	Ligue 1	[112]
Mohamed Salem	FW	CS Sedan	RC Strasbourg*	5–1	24 March 1963	Ligue 1	[113]
Rachid Mekloufi	FW	AS Saint-Étienne	CA Paris*	4–0	7 April 1963	Ligue 1	[114]
Rachid Mekloufi	FW	AS Saint-Étienne*	SC Toulon	3–1	21 April 1963	Ligue 1	[115]
Salah Djebaïli4	MF	Nîmes Olympique*	OGC Nice	6–3	21 April 1963	Ligue 1	[116]
Ahmed Oudjani	FW	RC Lens*	Olympique de Marseille	8–1	28 April 1963	Ligue 1	[117]
Mahi Khennane	FW	Toulouse FC*	US Valenciennes	5–1	25 May 1963	Ligue 1	[118]
Ahmed Oudjani6	FW	RC Lens*	RC Paris	10–2	8 December 1963	Ligue 1	[119]
Salah Djebaïli	MF	Nîmes Olympique*	Stade rennais	3–1	15 March 1964	Ligue 1	[120]
Rachid Mekloufi	FW	AS Saint-Étienne*	Lille OSC	7–4	24 October 1965	Ligue 1	[121]
Mohamed Lekkak	FW	FC Rouen	CS Sedan*	4–4	11 November 1965	Ligue 1	[122]
Mohamed Lekkak	FW	Olympique lyonnais*	FC Nantes	3–1	12 October 1968	Ligue 1	[123]
Mustapha Dahleb	MF	CS Sedan*	AS Troyes	4–3	25 May 1974	Ligue 1	[124]
Mustapha Dahleb	MF	Paris Saint-Germain	AS Nancy*	4–2	8 November 1975	Ligue 1	[125]
Mustapha Dahleb	MF	Paris Saint-Germain*	AS Saint-Étienne	4–1	9 November 1977	Ligue 1	[126]
Karim Maroc	FW	Olympique Lyonnais*	Angers SCO	5–1	11 October 1980	Ligue 1	[127]
Chérif Oudjani	FW	RC Lens*	FC Tours	6–1	2 November 1984	Ligue 1	[128]
Chérif Oudjani	FW	Stade lavallois*	Toulouse FC	3–2	11 October 1985	Ligue 1	[129]
Rabah Madjer	MF	Porto*	Marítimo	4–2	1 December 1985	Primeira Liga	[130]
Rabah Madjer	MF	Porto*	Belenenses	7–1	26 August 1987	Primeira Liga	[131]
Rabah Madjer	FW	Porto	Feirense*	1–4	19 November 1989	Primeira Liga	[132]
Rabah Madjer	MF	Porto*	Feirense	3–0	1 April 1989	Primeira Liga	[133]
Farid Ghazi	FW	HJK Helsinki*	FC Inter	5–0	3 August 2006	Veikkausliiga	[134]
Idir Ouali	FW	Mouscron*	Gent	4–2	13 September 2008	Belgian First Division	[135]
Fouad Bouguerra	FW	Nyíregyháza*	Szombathelyi	3–3	19 May 2010	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	[136]
Fouad Bouguerra	FW	Nyíregyháza	Zalaegerszegi*	3–4	22 May 2010	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	[137]
Samir Louadj	MF	Grevenmacher	Swift Hesperange*	3–2	2 October 2010	National Division	[138]
Hillel Soudani	FW	Dinamo Zagreb*	Slaven Koprivnica	3–0	3 May 2014	Croatian First League	[139]
Islam Slimani	FW	Sporting CP*	Vitória de Guimarães	5–1	4 October 2015	Primeira Liga	[140]
Riyad Mahrez	MF	Leicester City	Swansea City*	3–0	5 December 2015	Premier League	[141]
Okacha Hamzaoui	FW	Nacional	Feirense*	3–0	24 September 2016	Primeira Liga	[142]
Nabil Ghilas	FW	Gaziantepspor	Kayserispor*	4–3	18 March 2017	Süper Lig	[143]
Hillel Soudani	FW	Dinamo Zagreb*	Rijeka	5–2	27 May 2017	Croatian First League	[144]
Hillel Soudani	FW	Dinamo Zagreb	Lokomotiva*	3–0	27 August 2017	Croatian First League	[145]
Sofiane Hanni	MF	Anderlecht	Standard Liège*	3–3	28 January 2018	Belgian First Division	[146]
Sofiane Feghouli	MF	Galatasaray	Kasımpaşa*	4–1	17 February 2019	Süper Lig	[147]
Ishak Belfodil	FW	1899 Hoffenheim	FC Augsburg*	4–0	7 April 2019	Bundesliga	[148]
Youcef Atal	DF	Nice*	Guingamp	3–0	28 April 2019	Ligue 1	[149]
Riyad Mahrez	MF	Manchester City*	Burnley	5–0	28 November 2020	Premier League	[150]
Andy Delort	FW	Nice	Reims*	3–2	21 May 2022	Ligue 1	[151]
Yassine Benzia	FW	Qarabağ FK*	Kapaz PFK	7–1	4 November 2023	Azerbaijan Premier League	[152]

List of Algerian players hat-tricks in UEFA competitions

Player	Position	For	Against	Result	Date	League	Ref
Rabah Madjer4	MF	Porto	Portadown*	8–1	3 October 1990	European Cup	[153]
Yacine Brahimi	MF	Porto*	BATE Borisov	6–0	17 September 2014	Champions League	[154]
El Arbi Hillel Soudani	FW	Dinamo Zagreb*	Astra Giurgiu	5–1	18 September 2014	Europa League	[155]
Billel Omrani	FW	CFR Cluj*	Astana	3–1	17 July 2019	Champions League	[156]

List All-time top goalscorers in All european Competitions

List of Algerian players with 100 or more goals^[a]

R.	Player	League	Cup	LC	SC	Europe	TOTAL Goals
1	Rachid Mekhloufi	156	9	–	1	4	170
2	Rafik Djebbour	110	15	–	–	7	132
3	Riyad Mahrez	82	11	10	–	20	123
4	Mustapha Dahleb	102	13	–	–	–	115
5	Mohamed Salem	103	11	–	–	–	114
6	Hillel Soudani	91	9	–	–	13	113
7	Islam Slimani	83	8	4	–	12	107
8	Mahi Khennane	98	7	–	–	–	105
9	Ahmed Oudjani	95	8	–	–	–	103

As of 12 June 2023

Algerian players Titles in European clubs

This statistics of Algerian players who won titles in Europe where the player must be Algerian whether he played for the Algeria national football team or from an Algerian father and mother. He has never been represent another country, but if he plays for another national team and then plays for the Algeria team he is considered an Algerian player, and the same thing if he played with teams Under-23, Under-20 and Under-17.

Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe

#	Name	League	Cup	Others	Europe	TOTAL
1	Riyad Mahrez	2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023	2019, 2023	2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	2023	12
2	Hillel Soudani	2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 2020	2013 2015, 2016, 2018 2020	2013		11
3	Rafik Djebbour	2011, 2012, 2013 2015	2012, 2013, 2016 2015			8
=	Rachid Mekloufi	1957, 1964, 1967, 1968 1962	1968	1957, 1967		8
5	Billel Omrani	2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022		2012 2018, 2020		8
=	Rabah Madjer	1986, 1990	1991	1986, 1990	1987, 1987[a]	7
6	Madjid Bougherra	2009, 2010, 2011	2009	2010, 2011		6
=	Moussa Saïb	1996	1994, 1996, 2002	1999		5
8	Samir Louadj	2008, 2009, 2014	2009			4
=	Djamel Abdoun	2012, 2013	2012, 2013			4
=	Sofiane Feghouli	2018, 2019	2019	2019		4
=	Brahim Hemdani	2009	2008, 2009	2008		4
=	Faouzi Ghoulam		2014, 2020	2013 2014		4
17	Abdelaziz Ben Tifour	1951, 1952	1952			3
=	Mohamed Firoud	1951, 1952	1952			3
=	Yassine Benzia	2023, 2024		2012		3
=	Ali Benarbia	1997, 1999		1997		3
=	Abdallah Liegeon	1982	1985	1985		3
=	Damien Boudjemaa	2016	2013	2016		3
23	Abdelhafid Tasfaout	1996	1996			2
=	Karim Groune	2003	2003			2
=	Rachid Ghezzal	2021	2021			2
=	Mohamed Maouche	1958	1958			2
=	Sadek Boukhalfa	1965		1965		2
#	Name	League	Cup	Others	Europe	TOTAL
=	Yacine Brahimi	2018		2018		2
=	Sofiane Hanni	2017		2017		2
=	Mohamed Amoura		2022 2024			2
=	Mustapha Dahleb		1982, 1983			2
=	Naçer Bouiche		1991, 1994			2
=	Islam Slimani		2015	2015		2
=	Jugurtha Hamroun		2009	2016		2
=	Hocine Bouchache		1959	1959		2
=	Mourad Meghni		2009	2009		2
=	Amir Sayoud		2013	2013		2
=	Kader Ferhaoui		1990	1992		2
39	Yacine Hima	2011				1
=	Ismaël Bennacer	2022				1
=	Jaouen Hadjam	2024				1
=	Walid Hamidi	2022				1
=	Abdeljalil Medioub	2023				1
=	Kevin Van Den Kerkhof	2022				1
=	Toufik Zeghdane	2023				1
=	Mehdi Terki	2023				1
=	El Hedi Belameiri	2023				1
=	Rachid Bouhenna	2022				1
=	Djamel Mesbah	2005				1
=	Ismaël Bouzid	2008				1
=	Ahmed Reda Madouni	2002				1
=	Karim Belhocine	2015				1
=	Ahmed Touba	2018				1
=	Youssef Haraoui	1992				1
=	Ahmed Rani	2013				1
=	Idir Boutrif	2021				1
=	Mehdi Boudjemaa	2023				1
=	Sofyane Cherfa		2012			1
#	Name	League	Cup	Others	Europe	TOTAL
=	Mehdi Abeid		2014			1
=	Mehdi Zeffane		2019			1
=	Ramiz Zerrouki		2024			1
=	Ramy Bensebaini		2019			1
=	Farès Chaïbi		2023			1
=	Rafik Mezriche		2001			1
=	Youssef Salimi		1997			1
=	Farid Ghazi		2006			1
=	Mohamed Medjoudj		2006			1
=	Billal Zouani		2001			1
=	Saïd Brahimi		1957			1
=	Mohamed Boumezrag		1941			1
=	Abdelhamid Bouchouk		1957			1
=	Mohamed Salem		1961			1
=	Fathi Chebel		1978			1
=	Radhouane Abbes		1990			1
=	Rachid Belaid		1954			1
=	Karim Ziani		2007			1
=	Mohamed Mezghrani		2020			1
=	Mohamed Brahimi		2024			1
=	Hassan Yebda			2009		1
=	Nabil Ghilas			2013		1
=	Salim Arrache			2005		1
=	Habib Bellaïd			2005		1
=	Nadir Belhadj			2007		1
=	Abdelmajid Bourebbou			1982		1
=	Djamel Belmadi			1995		1
=	Rachid Benayen			2000		1
=	Saïd Benrahma				2023	1

Summary UEFA

List by League UEFA

R.	League	Titles	Winning Years
1	Ligue 1	15	1951 x2, 1952 x2, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1996 x2, 1997, 1999
2	National Division	10	2003, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023 x3
3	Liga I	6	2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 x2
=	Superleague	6	2011, 2012 x2, 2013 x2, 2020
5	Premier League	5	2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
6	First League	4	2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
=	Süper Lig	4	2008, 2018, 2019, 2021
=	Premiership	4	2009 x2, 2010, 2011
9	Primeira Liga	3	1986, 1991, 2018
=	Premier League	3	2011, 2023, 2024
=	Super League	3	1962, 2005, 2024
12	Pro League	2	2017, 2018
=	Cyta Championship	2	2015, 2023
=	Serie A	2	2022, 2023
16	Czechoslovak League ¤[m]	1	1992
=	Bundesliga	1	2002
=	First League	1	2022

List by Cup UEFA

R.	Cup	Titles	Winning Years
1	Coupe de France	27	1941, 1952 x2, 1954, 1957 x2, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990 x2, 1994, 1996 x2, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2019 x2, 2023
2	Kypello Elladas	7	2012 x2, 2013 x2, 2014, 2016, 2020
3	Magyar Kupa	3	1991, 1994, 2020
=	Coppa Italia	3	2009, 2014, 2020
=	Taça de Portugal	3	1991, 2013, 2015
=	Hrvatski kup	3	2015, 2016, 2018
=	Scottish Cup	3	2008, 2009 x2
=	Finnish Cup	3	2001, 2006 x2
9	Cypriot Cup	2	2012, 2015
=	Luxembourg Cup	2	2003, 2009
=	Türkiye Kupası	2	2019, 2021
=	FA Cup	2	2019, 2023
12	Kupa na Bulgaria	1	2013
=	KNVB Cup	1	2024
=	Belgian Cup	1	2024
=	Swiss Cup	1	2022

List by League Cup UEFA

R.	League Cup	Titles	Winning Years
1	Coupe de la Ligue (defunct)	9	1965, 1982, 1992, 2000, 2005 x2, 2012 x2, 2013
2	Football League Cup	4	1999, 2019, 2020, 2021
3	Scottish League Cup	3	2008, 2010, 2011
4	Cupa Ligii (defunct)	1	2016
=	Taça da Liga	1	2009

List by Super Cup UEFA

R.	Super Cup	Titles	Winning Years
1	Trophée des Champions	8	1957, 1959, 1967, 1985, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2012
2	Supertaça	5	1986, 1990, 2013, 2015, 2018
3	Supercupa României	2	2018, 2020
=	Supercoppa Italiana	2	2009, 2014
5	Croatian Super Cup	1	2013
=	FA Community Shield	1	2018
=	Bulgarian Supercup	1	2013
=	Belgian Super Cup	1	2017
=	Turkish Super Cup	1	2019

List by intercontinental Cup UEFA

R.	Intercontinental Cup	Titles	Winning Years
1	UEFA Champions League	2	1987, 2023
2	UEFA Europa Conference League	1	2023
=	Intercontinental Cup (defunct)	1	1987

Individual Honours

Most expensive transfers in the history of Algerian players

Mustapha Dahleb arrived in Paris Saint Germain in 1974, coached by Just Fontaine, the president of the club Daniel Hechter recruited him for 1.35 million francs, record amount for a transfer to France at the time. there is also Moussa Saïb who moved from Auxerre to Valencia with 3,600,000 euros in 1997 in a historic deal for an Algerian player then. In 1998, he joined struggling English club Tottenham for £2.3 million, thus becoming the first Algerian to play in the Premier League.^[157] In 2016, Islam Slimani moved into a historic deal for English Premier League champions Leicester City for 28 million pounds to become the most expensive player in the history of Algeria.^[16] two years later Riyad Mahrez become the most expensive transfer deal for an Algerian player moved to English Premier League champions Manchester City for 60 million pounds.^[158][159] and also become the most expensive African footballer after he broke the record for Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with £56.1 in 2018 winter transfer window. in the same time most expensive transfer deal for Manchester City and a record transfer fee received by Leicester City. On 19 July 2023, it was reported by the BBC that Manchester City agreed a deal for Riyad Mahrez to join Saudi Pro League club Al Ahli for a transfer fee of £30 million, as the most expensive deal for an Algerian player who moves to a non-European club.^[160]

As of 4 August 2019; during the 2019 summer transfer window.

List of Most expensive transfers in the history of Algerian players with more than 10 Million Euro.

R.	Player	Fee (M €)	From	To	Position	Year	Ref
1	Riyad Mahrez[a]	€67.8	Leicester City	Manchester City	Midfielder	2018	[158][159]
2	Riyad Mahrez	€35	Manchester City	Al Ahli	Midfielder	2023	[161][162]
3	Saïd Benrahma	€30	Brentford	West Ham United	Forward	2021	[163]
=	Islam Slimani[b]	€30	Sporting CP	Leicester City	Forward	2016	[15][16]
5	Nabil Bentaleb	€20	Tottenham Hotspur	Schalke 04	Midfielder	2017	[164][165]
6	Ismaël Bennacer	€16	Empoli	Milan	Midfielder	2019	[166][167]
7	Rachid Ghezzal	€15	Monaco	Leicester City	Midfielder	2018	[168][169][170]
8	Adam Ounas	€12[c]	FC Bordeaux	Napoli	Midfielder	2017	[171][172][173]
9	Rayan Aït-Nouri	€11,5	Angers	Wolverhampton	Defender	2021	[174][175]
10	Ishak Belfodil	€10	Parma	Internazionale	Forward	2013	[176]
	Ramy Bensebaini	€10	Rennes	Mönchengladbach	Defender	2019	[177][178]
	Andy Delort	€10	Montpellier	Nice	Forward	2021	[179][180]
	Farès Chaïbi	€10	Toulouse	Eintracht Frankfurt	Forward	2023	[181]

• 
  Nabil Bentaleb Fee broke the record for an Algerian teenager at the time of the transfer for 20 million euros at the age of 21.
• 
  Ishak Belfodil the first Algerian to transfer more than 10 million euros from Parma to Internazionale.
• 
  Karim Ziani moved in a historic deal then for an Algerian player from FC Sochaux to Olympique de Marseille worth 8 million euros.
• 
  Islam Slimani he had the record for the highest expensive transfer deal for Algerian player until 2018 and owner of the most expensive transfer deal for Leicester City from Sporting CP for 30 million euros.
• 
  Nadir Belhadj the most expensive Algerian player has moved from a European club to a non-European club for 7,5 million euros from Portsmouth to Sadd Sports Club.
• 
  Saïd Benrahma moved from Brentford to West Ham United for 30 million euros.

History of Algerian players in the rest of the world Leagues

Algerian players have played in all continents, most of them in Arab leagues in Africa and Asia, especially in the Persian Gulf, and Nadir Belhadj is the most successful player. played 214 matches in six seasons with the Qatari club Al-Sadd, and 43 matches in two seasons with Al-Sailiya. during which he won 5 titles including the AFC Champions League and participated in the FIFA Club World Cup.^[182] the first Algerian to Participates in this competition is Moussa Saïb with Al-Nassr in 2000 and scored one goal, At the level of titles Algerian players won 90 titles in twelve countries, namely Bahrain, Canada, Egypt, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Tunisia the country where Algerian players have won the highest number of titles with 36, followed by Qatar with 23 titles. and more player won titles is Baghdad Bounedjah with seven, On the level of local league, Youcef Belaïli won with Espérance ST four league championships more than any other Algerian player. in 2010 witnessed the achievement of four Algerian players S.League and League Cup in Singapore, they are Khaled Kharroubi, Karim Boudjema, Nordine Talhi and Mansour Lakehal which has never happened before, The two brothers Mustapha and Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, first who won title outside Algeria by winning the Tunisian Cup twice in 1947 and 1948.

At the level of continental titles and start in Africa, where the Algerian players won eight titles in CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup and CAF Super Cup, mostly with Tunisian clubs and the first to win the continental title is the international goalkeeper Nacerdine Drid with Moroccan club Raja Casablanca in 1989 led by Algerian coach Rabah Saâdane. On 9 November 2018, Twenty-two years later, Youcef Belaïli won the CAF Champions League and for the first time in its new version after winning the final against Al-Ahly, he is the fourth Algerian player to win this title.^[183] On the level of Asia, Nadir Belhadj won the AFC Champions League title for the first time for an Algerian player in 2011 and scored the decisive penalty kick.^[182]

The transfers of Algerian players in the rest of the world Leagues and the most prominent, Khaled Kharroubi is the first Algerian to play in South America and exactly in Brazil with Vitória where he played for one season. Aymen Tahar is the first Algerian to play in the J1 League, but has played only one match.^[184] also Karim Matmour is the first Algerian to play in Australia A-League where he joined to Adelaide United,^[185] but he left in December 2017, terminating his contract early after playing 11 games.^[186] Raïs M'Bolhi is also the first Algerian to play in Major League Soccer with a club Philadelphia Union.^[187] After playing in only 9 matches in the 2015 season, head coach, Jim Curtin said that M'Bolhi would never play again for Philadelphia.^[188] M'Bohli is rated as one of the worst signings in club history.,^[189] On 22 January 2018, Saphir Taïder signed a three-year deal at Major League Soccer franchise Montreal Impact, starting with a two-year loan and the option of a fourth year.^[190] He joined as a Designated Player.^[191] and the first goal for an Algerian player in MLS was against Atlanta United FC in a 4–1 defeat away.^[192] in Africa, Farès Hachi is the first Algerian to play in South Africa when he joined African champion Mamelodi Sundowns.^[193] but played only 21 game in the Premier Soccer League in a season and a half and then left South Africa.^[194]

Also there is the French-born Chaher Zarour who spent the Vietnam League 1 with Sanna Khánh Hòa as the first Algerian player to play there.^[195] The first player to play in South Asia was Hamid Berguiga, when he joined Brunei DPMM in Brunei, who plays in the Singapore league and won the League Cup in 2009 first in this region for an Algerian player. In North America, Andy Delort became the first Algerian to win a title there with Mexican club Tigres UANL where Delort won Liga MX Apertura in 2016, although he did not have Algerian citizenship until 2019.^[196] Also his transfer deal was the highest for an Algerian player outside Europe where he signed a four-year contract while the transfer fee paid to Caen was reported as €8 million.^[197] Three years after Saphir Taïder achieved the Canadian Championship with Montreal Impact after winning against Toronto FC in the final first for an Algerian player.^[198][199]

On the level of statistics and awards, Algerian players won the top scorer in eight times, most notably Bounedjah four times one in Tunisia with Etoile du Sahel and three with Al-Sadd and is considered the same player the most recorded hat-tricks with thirteen. Bounedjah also won the CAF Confederation Cup top scorer with Etoile du Sahel in 2015.^[200] On 12 August 2018, Bounedjah broke the Qatar Stars League single-game goal record, scoring 7 goals in a 10–1 win against Al Arabi.,^[201] Bounedjah continued his success at the individual level by winning the top scorer of the 2018 AFC Champions League with 13 goals to become the first Algerian and the first player from a Qatari club to achieve this award, The Al-Sadd forward matched the all-time single tournament record held by Muriqui who netted the same tally by the conclusion of Guangzhou Evergrande's 2013 campaign.^[202][203] On 7 December 2018, Bounedjah beats Qatar goal record with 28 goals after just 14 matches, He broke the record held by Brazilian striker Clemerson de Araújo, who scored 27 goals in 2007–08.^[204] On 23 February 2019, Bounedjah scored in the Qatari classico against Al-Rayyan his 100 goal in all leagues competitions to become the first Algerian player to reach him With one club outside Europe.^[205] After changing the laws in Tunisia and considering the players from North Africa local a large number of Algerian players Join the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.^{[206][207][208]}

Rest of the world Leagues

League statistics rest of the world

List of Algerian players with 100 or more appearances

R.	Player	Rest of the world Club(s)	Apps
1	Nadir Belhadj	Al-Sadd (137) – Al-Sailiya (85)	222
2	Baghdad Bounedjah	Étoile du Sahel (49) – Al Sadd (157)	206
3	Mohamed Benyettou	Al-Shabab (57) – Al-Fujairah (24) – Al-Wakrah (102)	183
4	Moustapha Zeghba	Al-Wehda (11) – Damac (111)	122
5	Farouk Chafaï	Damac (121)	121
6	Sofiane Bendebka	Al-Fateh (115)	115
7	Ibrahim Chenihi	Club Africain (52) – Al-Fateh (38) – Damac (25)	115
8	Raïs M'Bolhi	Philadelphia Union (9) – Al-Ettifaq (104)	113
9	Azzedine Doukha	Ohod Club (26) – Al-Raed (82)	108
10	Amir Sayoud	Al Ahly (12) – Al Arabi (6) – Ismaily (1) – CS Sfaxien (12) – Al-Tai (48) – Al-Raed (25)	104
11	Djamel Benlamri	Al-Shabab (67) – Khaleej FC (9) – Qatar SC (16) – Al Wasl (9)	101

List of Algerian players with 50 or more goals

R.	Player	Rest of the world Club(s)	Goals
1	Baghdad Bounedjah	Étoile du Sahel (26) – Al Sadd (150)	176
2	Mohamed Benyettou	Al-Shabab (22) – Al-Fujairah (14) – Al-Wakrah (51)	87
3	Farid Kerkar	SS Dynamo (16) – USS Tamponnaise (12) – US Possession (19) – FC Avirons (9) – SS Gauloise (1)	57
4	Yacine Brahimi	Al-Rayyan (25) – Al-Gharafa (28)	53

As of 13 May 2024

Algerian players in the rest of the world intercontinental Competitions

Bold Still playing competitive football in the rest of the world

List of Algerian players with 20 or more appearances in the rest of the world intercontinental competitions

#	Name	Games				Date of debut	Debut against	Date of last match	Final match against
		C11	C32	C43	TOTAL
1	Baghdad Bounedjah	45	21	3	69	3 Aug 2013	Saint George	4 Dec 2023	Nasaf
2	Youcef Belaïli	43	–	3	46	20 Jul 2012	ASO Chlef	17 Feb 2020	Esteghlal
3	Mohamed Amine Tougai	33	2	–	44	13 Feb 2021	Teungueth	20 Apr 2024	Mamelodi Sundowns
4	Nadir Belhadj	36	–	3	39	12 Feb 2011	Al-Ittihad	28 Jan 2020	Shahr Khodro
5	Ilyes Chetti	25	–	3	28	15 Sep 2019	Elect-Sport	2 Mar 2024	ASEC Mimosas
6	Abdelkader Bedrane	26	–	2	28	15 Sep 2019	Elect-Sport	22 Apr 2022	ES Sétif
7	Raouf Benguit	24	–	3	27	15 Sep 2019	Elect-Sport	7 March 2023	Horoya AC
8	Madjid Bougherra	21	–	–	21	7 Mar 2012	Al-Ahli FC	22 Apr 2014	Tractor Sazi

List of Algerian players with 5 or more goals in the rest of the world intercontinental competitions

#	Name	Goals				Date of debut	Debut against	Date of last goal	Final goal against
		C11	C32	C43	TOTAL
1	Baghdad Bounedjah	27	13	3	43	3 Aug 2013	Saint George	4 Dec 2023	Nasaf
2	Youcef Belaïli	12	–	2	14	3 Aug 2013	Coton Sport	28 Jan 2020	Istiklol
3	Karim Aribi	11	1	–	12	23 Apr 2019	Al-Hilal	7 Mar 2020	Wydad Casablanca
4	Abdelmalek Ziaya	7	–	–	7	9 Mar 2010	Zob Ahan	24 May 2011	Al-Hilal
5	Ibrahim Chenihi	1	5	–	6	12 Mar 2016	MO Béjaïa	2 Jun 2017	FUS Rabat
5	Raouf Benguit	5	–	1	6	27 Sep 2019	Elect-Sport	22 May 2021	CR Belouizdad
7	Nadir Belhadj	5	–	–	5	26 Feb 2014	Sepahan	17 Mar 2015	Lokomotiv Tashkent
8	Billel Bensaha	2	–	3	5	6 Mar 2020	Zamalek	27 Nov 2023	Al Ahed

^{1 Includes the CAF Champions League, African Football League, CONCACAF Champions League and AFC Champions League. 2 Includes the CAF Confederation Cup and AFC Cup. 3 Includes the CAF Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.}

As of 26 April 2024

List of Algerian players hat-tricks in the rest of the world Leagues

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward; ⁴ – Player scored four goals; ⁵ – Player scored five goals; ⁷ – Player scored seven goals; * – The home team

Player	Position	For	Against	Result	Date	League	Ref
Farid Kerkar4	FW	Stade Tamponnaise*	Jeanne d'Arc	6–1	25 March 2001	Réunion Premier League	[209]
Farid Kerkar	FW	Stade Tamponnaise*	SS Dynamo	3–1	6 May 2001	Réunion Premier League	[210]
Rachid Amrane	FW	Al-Ittihad	Al-Arabi*	3–1	25 April 2002	Qatar Stars League	[211]
Hadj Bouguèche	FW	Al-Qadisiyah	Al-Fateh*	6–1	14 October 2011	Saudi Professional League	[212]
Mansour Boutabout	FW	AS Excelsior*	US Bénédictine	4–0	22 October 2011	Réunion Premier League	[213]
Ismaël Benahmed	FW	Tanjong Pagar United	Young Lions*	4–0	17 April 2013	S.League	[214]
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	EGS Gafsa*	3–0	25 September 2014	Tunisian Ligue 1	[215]
Mohamed Benyettou	FW	Al-Shabab*	Al-Ahli	3–2	18 September 2016	Saudi Professional League	[216]
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	Al Sadd	Al-Rayyan*	5–0	7 December 2016	Qatar Stars League	[217]
Baghdad Bounedjah5	FW	Al Sadd*	Al-Arabi	7–0	16 February 2017	Qatar Stars League	[218]
Baghdad Bounedjah4	FW	Al Sadd*	Al-Ahli	5–0	25 February 2018	Qatar Stars League	[219]
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	Al Sadd	Al-Kharaitiyat*	6–0	5 August 2018	Qatar Stars League	[220]
Baghdad Bounedjah7	FW	Al Sadd*	Al-Arabi	10–1	12 August 2018	Qatar Stars League	[221]
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	Al Sadd*	Al-Kharaitiyat	7–1	8 November 2018	Qatar Stars League	[222]
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	Al Sadd	Al-Gharafa*	8–1	2 December 2018	Qatar Stars League	[223]
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	Al Sadd*	Qatar	8–1	28 February 2019	Qatar Stars League	[224]
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	Al Sadd*	Al-Ahli	7–2	4 April 2019	Qatar Stars League	[225]
Mohamed Benyettou	FW	Al-Fujairah	Al Dhafra*	5–1	10 May 2019	UAE Pro-League	[226]
Baghdad Bounedjah4	FW	Al Sadd	Al-Shahania*	7–1	31 August 2019	Qatar Stars League	[227]
Yacine Brahimi	MF	Al-Rayyan	Umm Salal*	4–0	3 January 2020	Qatar Stars League	[228]
Youcef Belaïli	FW	Qatar SC	Al-Ahli*	4–1	23 December 2020	Qatar Stars League	[229]
Baghdad Bounedjah4	FW	Al Sadd*	Al-Sailiya	8–0	7 January 2021	Qatar Stars League	[230]
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	Al Sadd*	Al-Duhail	3–1	12 January 2021	Qatar Stars League	[231]
Farouk Chafaï	DF	Damac	Abha*	4–3	21 March 2021	Saudi Professional League	[232]
Tayeb Meziani	FW	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	US Tataouine*	3–1	21 March 2021	Tunisian Ligue 1	[233]
Andy Delort	FW	Umm Salal	Muaither*	3–1	2 November 2023	Qatar Stars League	[234]
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	Al Sadd*	Al-Rayyan	4–0	9 December 2023	Qatar Stars League	[235]
Yousri Bouzok	FW	Raja CA*	IR Tanger	6–1	28 December 2023	Botola	[236]
Yacine Brahimi	MF	Al-Gharafa	Al-Duhail*	4–1	1 March 2024	Qatar Stars League	[237]
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	Al Sadd	Al-Ahli*	9–1	17 April 2024	Qatar Stars League	[238]

List of Algerian players hat-tricks in intercontinental competitions

Player	Position	For	Against	Result	Date	League	Ref
Ibrahim Chenihi4	MF	Club Africain*	RSLAF FC	9–1	12 March 2017	CAF Confederation Cup	[239]
Karim Aribi4	FW	Étoile Sportive du Sahel*	Hafia	7–1	24 August 2019	CAF Champions League	[240]
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	Al Sadd*	Al-Faisaly	6–0	23 October 2023	AFC Champions League	[241]

List All-time top goalscorers in All the rest of the world Competitions

List of Algerian players with 30 or more goals

R.	Player	League	Cup	LC	SC	International	TOTAL
1	Baghdad Bounedjah	168	31	5	3	37	244
2	Mohamed Benyettou	71	3	4	–	–	78
3	Farid Kerkar	57	3	–	–	2	62
4	Youcef Belaïli	28	6	–	–	14	48
5	Yacine Brahimi	32	4	–	–	2	38
6	Ibrahim Chenihi	27	4	–	–	6	37
7	Sofiane Hanni	26	2	–	–	3	31
8	Nadir Belhadj	23	2	–	–	5	30

As of 9 May 2023

Algerian players titles in the rest of the world clubs

Bold Still playing competitive football In the rest of the world League

#	Name	League	Cup	Others	International	TOTAL
1	Baghdad Bounedjah	2019, 2021, 2022, 2024	2014, 2015 2017, 2020, 2021	2017, 2017, 2020, 2021	2015	14
2	Nadir Belhadj	2013	2014, 2015	2010 ,2014 , 2021 , 2021	2011	8
3	Youcef Belaïli	2012, 2014, 2018, 2019		2019	2018, 2019	7
4	Abdelkader Zerrar	1954, 1955, 1956	1954, 1955			5
=	Abdelkader Bedrane	2020, 2021, 2022		2020, 2021		5
=	Ilyes Chetti	2020, 2021, 2022		2020, 2021		5
=	Fodil Megharia	1990, 1992	1992		1991, 1992[a]	5
=	Mohamed Amine Tougai	2020, 2021, 2022		2020, 2021		5
9	Rachid Amrane	2002 2003	2002 2003			4
=	Ahmed Kendouci	2023	2022	2022	2023	4
=	Tarek Bouabta	2024		2022, 2022, 2023		4
11	Hicham Belkaroui	2015, 2017	2016			3
=	Samy Frioui	2023, 2024		2022		3
=	Raouf Benguit	2020, 2021		2020		3
=	Abderrahmane Meziane	2020, 2021		2020		3
=	Madjid Bougherra	2012, 2014		2013		3
=	Tayeb Meziani	2019		2019	2019	3
=	Jugurtha Hamroun		2017	2017, 2017		3
=	Billel Dziri		2007	2007	1998	3
15	Lazhar Hadj Aïssa	2012	2012			2
=	Billel Bensaha	2020		2020		2
=	Mourad Delhoum	2014		2014		2
=	Khaled Kharroubi	2010		2010		2
=	Rezki Amrouche		1998, 2000			2
=	Mokhtar Belkhiter		2017, 2018			2
=	Abdelaziz Ben Tifour		1947, 1948			2
#	Name	League	Cup	Others	International	TOTAL
=	Mustapha Ben Tifour		1947, 1948			2
=	Karim Kerkar		2010	2010		2
=	Kamel Kaci-Saïd				1996, 1997	2
=	Andy Delort	2016		2024		2
24	Amir Sayoud	2011				1
=	Ahmed Reda Madouni	2008				1
=	Abdelmoumene Djabou	2015				1
=	Zineddine Boutmène	2023				1
=	Mokhtar Arribi	1956				1
=	Karim Ghazi	2004				1
=	Samir Amirèche	2008				1
=	Djamel Belmadi	2005				1
=	Abdesslam Benabdellah		1998			1
=	Amri Boujemâa		1993			1
=	Zakaria Mansouri		2021			1
=	Sabri Cheraitia		2021			1
=	Imaddine Azzi		2022			1
=	Djamel Chettal		2022			1
=	Mansour Benothmane		2018			1
=	Mohamed Islam Bakir		2019			1
=	Saphir Taïder		2019			1
=	Abdelmalek Ziaya		2010			1
=	Ibrahim Chenihi		2017			1
=	Mohamed Farsi		2023			1
=	Karim Ziani			2013		1
=	Victor Lekhal			2024		1
=	Naïm Laidouni			2024		1
=	Lahouari Touil			2021		1
=	Abdelhakim Amokrane			2021		1
=	Otman Djellilahine			2014		1
=	Hamid Berguiga			2009		1
=	Fares Djabelkheir			2002		1
=	Hadj Bouguèche			2010		1
=	Mohamed Benyettou			2024
=	Nacerdine Drid				1989	1

Summary

List by League

R.	League	Titles	Winning Years
1	Ligue 1	30	1954, 1955, 1956 x2, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2012, 2014, 2015 x2, 2017, 2018, 2019 x2, 2020 x6, 2021 x5, 2022 x3, 2023
2	Qatar Stars League	11	2002, 2005, 2008 x2, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024
3	Premier League	2	2003, 2012
=	Bahraini Premier League	2	2023, 2024
=	Premier League	2	2011, 2023
6	S.League	1	2010
=	Saudi Professional League	1	2014
=	Liga MX	1	2016

List by Cup

R.	Cup	Titles	Winning Years
1	Tunisian Cup	20	1947 x2, 1948 x2, 1954, 1955, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 x2, 2018 x2, 2019, 2021 x2
2	Emir of Qatar Cup	8	2002, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2017 x2, 2020, 2021
3	Kuwait Emir Cup	4	2003, 2012, 2022 x2
4	UAE President's Cup	1	2010
=	King Cup of Champions	1	2010
=	Canadian Championship	1	2019
=	Coupe du Trône	1	1998
=	Egypt Cup	1	2022

List by League Cup

R.	Cups	Titles	Winning Years
1	Qatar Crown Prince Cup	6	2007, 2013, 2017 x2, 2020, 2021
2	Singapore League Cup	2	2009, 2010
=	Kuwait Crown Prince Cup	2	2022, 2023
4	Saudi Crown Prince Cup (defunct)	1	2014
=	Tunisian Coupe de la Ligue (defunct)	1	2002
=	Thai League Cup	1	2014

List by Super Cup

R.	Super Cup	Titles	Winning Years
1	Tunisian Super Cup	12	2019 x2, 2020 x6, 2021, 2021 x3
2	Qatari Super Cup	3	2014, 2017 x2
3	Arabian Gulf Super Cup	2	2010 x2
4	Iraqi Super Cup	1	2021
=	Bahraini Super Cup	1	2022
=	Kuwait Super Cup	1	2022
=	Egyptian Super Cup	1	2022

List by intercontinental Cup in rest of the world

R.	Intercontinental Cup	Titles	Winning Years
1	CAF Champions League	7	1989, 1991, 1996, 2018, 2019 x2, 2023
2	CAF Super Cup	2	1997, 1998
3	AFC Champions League	1	2011
=	CAF Confederation Cup	1	2015
=	Afro-Asian Championship (defunct)	1	1992

List Top goalscorers Algerian players In the rest of the world

Rank	player	Titles	League Top goalscorers Years
1	Baghdad Bounedjah	3	2014 (14 goals), (Etoile du Sahel), 2019 (39 goals), 2021 (21 goals), (Al Sadd)
2	Rachid Amrane	1	2002 (16 goals), (Al Ittihad Doha)
=	Farid Kerkar	1	2002 (19 goals), (US Possession)
=	Abdelmoumene Djabou	1	2013 (8 goals), (Club Africain)
=	Yacine Brahimi	1	2020 (15 goals), (Al Rayyan)
=	Rabah Madjer	1	1992 (8 goals), (Qatar)

See also

• Category:Algeria men's international footballers

Notes

References

External links

• the Algerians in Europe at fariqelwatani.unblog.fr