Mohamed Benkhemassa

Mohamed Benkhemassa
Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Benkhemassa
Date of birth	28 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Oran, Algeria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	MC Alger
Number	6
Youth career
2008–2011	MC Oran
2011–2012	FAF Academy
2012–2013	USM Alger
2013–2014	USM El Harrach
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2019	USM Alger
2019–2021	Málaga
2022–2023	Ismaily SC
2023–	MC Alger
International career‡
2013–2014	Algeria U20
2014–2016	Algeria U23
2018	Algeria A
2018–	Algeria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2020

Mohamed Benkhemassa (Arabic: محمد بن خماسة; born 28 June 1993) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for MC Alger and the Algeria national team.

Club career

Benkhemassa started his career with USM Alger. On 2 September 2019, he signed a three-year deal with Spanish Segunda División side Málaga CF.^[2] In 2023, he joined MC Alger.^[3]

In 2015, Benkhemassa was part of the Algeria under-23 national team at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal.^[4] 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, Benkhemassa was named in the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Participate in two matches first as a substitute for Rachid Aït-Atmane, against Argentina and second against Portugal as a starter. On 7 June 2018, Benkhemassa made his international debut for Algeria In a friendly match against Portugal in 3–0 loss.^[5]

As of 31 October 2019 ^[6]

Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
USM Alger	2014–15	Ligue 1	13	1	2	0	3^[b]	0	0^[c]	0	18	1
	2015–16		20	0	—		8^[b]	0	—		28	0
	2016–17		17	1	3	0	0^[b]	0	1^[c]	0	21	1
	2017–18		22	1	2	0	13^[d]	1	—		37	2
	2018–19		22	0	1	0	3^[e]	0	4^[f]	0	30	0
	2019–20		1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		95	3	8	0	27	1	5	0	135	4
Málaga	2019–20	Segunda División	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
Career total			99	3	8	0	27	1	5	0	139	4

^ Includes the Algerian Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c All appearance(s) in Champions League
^ ^a ^b All appearances in Algerian Super Cup
^ seven appearances in CAF Champions League, six appearances and one goal in CAF Confederation Cup
^ All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
^ All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup

Algeria U23

^ "Mohamed Benkhemassa". Málaga CF. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
^ "El internacional argelino Benkhemassa refuerza la medular" [Algerian international Benkhemassa bolsters the midfield] (in Spanish). Málaga CF. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
^ "Mercato : Benkhemassa s'engage avec le Mouloudia d'Alger". dzfoot.com. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^ M-A-D (18 November 2015). "CAN U23 : Pas de "pro" dans les 21 algériens" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ "Le Portugal domine une très faible Algérie (3-0) avec notamment un doublé de Guedes". francefootball.fr. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
^ "Mohamed Benkhemassa". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^ "CAN U23 : Pas de 'pro' dans les 21 algériens".
^ "2015 U23 Africa Cup of Nations matches".

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