Abderrahmane Meziane

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Abderrahmane Meziane
Personal information
Full name Abderrahmane Meziane Bentahar
Date of birth (1994-03-07) March 7, 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Médéa, Algeria
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 USM Alger
Youth career
2007–2009 Olympique de Médéa
2009–2011 AC FAF
2011–2014 USM Alger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 USM Alger 74 (18)
2015–2016 → RC Arbaâ (loan) 25 (2)
2019 Al Ain 4 (1)
2020–2021 ES Tunis 25 (1)
2021– USM Alger 0 (0)
National team
2014–2016 Algeria U23 16 (4)
2017 Algeria A' 2 (0)
2018– Algeria 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2021

Abderrahmane Meziane Bentahar (Arabic: عبد الرحمن مزيان‎) (born March 7, 1994) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a striker for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[1]

Club career[]

USM Alger[]

In 2011 Abderrahmane Meziane joined the USM Alger Academy, coming from the FAF Academy. Where he achieved with them two titles for the Ligue Professionnelle 1Meziane U21 season 2012–13 and 2013–14 and one in the cup with U17 in 2011 against USM Blida and scored a goal in a match.[2] the first official game with the first team was in the 2013-14 season in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 against JSM Béjaïa and participated in just one minute as a substitute in the place of Mokhtar Benmoussa, In the following season, Meziane was promoted to the first team and played eight games and scored a single goal against JS Saoura in the Ligue ProfessionnelMezianele 1. On July 8, 2015, Meziane moved on loan for one season to RC Arbaâ in order to get a chance to play more, and he greatly excelled, which made him return to USM Alger strongly, and in the first season after his return Meziane won his first title in his football career by winning the Super Cup. As for the Ligue Professionnelle 1 Meziane was the second best scorer with eight goals equal with Oussama Darfalou. On June 21, 2017, Meziane scored his first goal in The CAF Champions League against Zamalek in 2–0 victory. In his last season Meziane won the Ligue Professionnelle 1 title for the first time and in the final round against CS Constantine where he scored a goal in 3–1 victory to guarantee the title.

The first foreign experiment[]

On June 13, 2019, Meziane signed his first foreign contract for four seasons with the Emiratis of Al Ain.[3] and his first match was in the UAE League Cup against Shabab Al Ahli which ended in a 2–2 draw. after which Meziane suffered a knee injury that kept him out for more than a month.[4] On December 15, Meziane scored his first goal against Ajman in 4–1 victory.[5] On January 18, 2020, Meziane signed three and a half seasons in Espérance de Tunis for a million and a half dollars.[6][7][8] and the first match was in the Ligue 1 against CS Hammam-Lif, after a stop for five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia football competitions are back again, On August 22, 2020, Meziane scored his first goal against Stade Tunisien to end the season with two titles the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Super Cup.[9][10] In the second season it was expected that Meziane would have exploded all his capabilities, but due to injuries and the coach's lack of confidence in him, Espérance de Tunis administration decided to offer him for sale, but no club submitted to contract with him and at the end of the season Meziane was officially dismissed.[11]

USM Alger back again[]

On August 21, 2021, Meziane signed a two-year contract with USM Alger and after great negotiations about the salary, they agreed for 260 million per month.[12]

International career[]

In 2015, Meziane was part of the Algeria under-23 national team at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal.[13] where he participated in all matches and lead the National team to the Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the first time in 36 years, Meziane was named in the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the first match against Honduras, he took part as a substitute for Mohamed Benkablia, and in the following matches against Argentina he participated as a substitute again, and this time in the place of Zakaria Haddouche, in the last game against Portugal and after the national team was eliminated, Meziane participated in the entire 90 minutes. in 2017 Meziane calls for the first time for the Algeria A' national team in the 2018 CHAN qualification against Libya.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 26 June 2021[14]
Club Season League Cup Other Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
USM Alger 2013–14 Algerian Ligue 1 1 0 — — — 1 0
2014–15 5 1 2 0 — 1[a] 0 8 1
2016–17 26 8 3 0 1[b] 0 8[a] 1 38 9
2017–18 18 2 2 0 — 8[c] 1 28 3
2018–19 24 7 3 0 3[d] 0 6[e] 1 36 8
2021–22 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 74 18 10 0 4 0 23 3 111 21
→ RC Arbaâ (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 1 25 2 3 0 — — 28 2
Al Ain FC 2019–20 UAE Pro-League 4 1 — 2[f] 0 — 6 0
Espérance ST 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue 1 10 1 2 0 — 2[a] 0 14 1
2020–21 15 0 0 0 — 3[a] 0 18 0
Total 25 1 2 0 — 5 0 32 1
Career total 130 22 15 0 6 0 28 3 178 25
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d All appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in Super Cup
  3. ^ four appearances in CAF Champions League, four appearances and one goal in CAF Confederation Cup
  4. ^ All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup
  5. ^ All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  6. ^ All appearance(s) in UAE League Cup

Honours[]

Club[]

USM Alger
Espérance de Tunis

References[]

  1. ^ "USMA : Meziane signe finalement".
  2. ^ "L'USM Alger remporte le trophée". depechedekabylie.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Mercato : Meziane signe à Al Ain". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  4. ^ "مزيان يخضع لجراحة ناجحة ويعود لتدريبات العين بعد أسبوعين". al-ain.com. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. ^ "UAE : Belle reprise de volée Meziane". DZFoot.com. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Abderrahmane Meziane nouvelle recrue de l'EST". mosaiquefm.net. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Mercato : Meziane débarque à l'Espérance de Tunis". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Mercato : Meziane a coûté 1,5 million de dollars à l'EST". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Tunisie : L'EST champion, Bedrane buteur". DZFoot.com. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Tunisie : L'Esperance remporte la Supercoupe". DZFoot.com. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. ^ "mercato ES Tunis Resiliation a l'amiable du contrat d'Abderrahmane Meziane". lagazettedufennec.com. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  12. ^ "USMA : Meziane signe finalement". competition.dz. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  13. ^ M-A-D (November 18, 2015). "CAN U23 : Pas de "pro" dans les 21 algériens" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  14. ^ Abderrahmane Meziane at Soccerway
  15. ^ "Ligue 1 : l'USMA sacrée championne d'Algérie". TSA-Algerie. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Super Coupe : MC Alger 0-2 USM Alger". DZFoot.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  17. ^ "L'ES Tunis champion de Tunisie pour la 30e fois". rfi.fr. 30 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Football : L'Espérance Sportive de Tunis sacré champion de Tunisie pour la 31e fois". aa.com.tr. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  19. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Penalty joy as Esperance wins fifth Tunisian Super Cup". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-09-25.

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