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Full name
  
Abdelhak Benchikha

Name
  
Abdelhak Benchikha

Current team
  
Ittihad Kalba

Role
  
Football manager

Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.78 m

1991–1994
  
ES Zarzis


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Date of birth
  
(1963-11-22) November 22, 1963 (age 52)

Place of birth
  
Soustara, Algiers, Algeria

Team coached
  
Al-Ittihad Kalba SC (Manager, since 2014)

Manages
  
IR Tanger, Al-Ittihad Kalba SC

Similar People
  
Rabah Saadane, Hassan Yebda, Faouzi Chaouchi, Rafik Halliche, Rais M'Bolhi

Ittihad tanger le coup de pied de abdelhak benchikha a un de ses joueurs


Abdelhak Benchikha (born November 22, 1963) is an Algerian football manager who lastly was the manager of Raja Casablanca.

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Personal

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Benchikha was born on November 22, 1963, in the Soustara neighborhood of Algiers. His father died when he was still young, and Benchikha was sent to live with a foster family in Bordj Bou Arreridj because his mother could not afford to support him.

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His family is originally from the village of Sidi Abderrahmane in the commune of Timezrit, Boumerdès Province.

Managerial career

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Benchikha began his managerial career coach with CR Belouizdad, where he helped win the league title two years in a row, in 2000 and 2001. He then briefly coached MC Alger and the Algerian Under-23 national team before returning to CR Belouizdad in the later part of the 2004-2005 season. Benchikha then moved to Qatar and joined Umm-Salal Sports Club, which was playing in the second division. In his only season with the club, he helped it gain promotion to the top flight. The following season, he joined the Tunisian side ES Zarzis.

Club Africain

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On June 13, 2007, Benchikha signed a one-year contract with Tunisian side Club Africain. In his first season with the club, he led them to the league title for the first time in 12 years, beating out Etoile du Sahel by just 2 points in the final standings. Just a few months later, he followed that up with a triumph in the 2008 North African Cup of Champions beating Moroccan club FAR Rabat in the final. In March 2009, the club offered him an extension but Benchikha chose to leave the club.

Algeria A'

On June 10, 2009, Benchikha was appointed as coach of the Algeria A' national football team and the Algerian Under-23 national team. He qualified the A' national team to the 2011 African Nations Championship, after beating Libya 2-2 on the away goals rule.

Algeria National Team

On September 13, 2010, Benchikha was appointed as coach of the Algerian national team on a permanent basis, following the resignation Rabah Saâdane. On June 5, 2011, a day after losing 4-0 in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Morocco, Benchikha resigned from his position.

On October 5, 2011, Benchikha resigned from his position as manager of MC Alger.

On December 17, 2011, Benchikha signed an 18-month contract with Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 side Club Africain, returning to the club which he led to the 2008 league title. However, on April 20, 2012, a mutual agreement was reached by the club and Benchikha to terminate his contract.

Honours

  • Won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 twice with CR Belouizdad in 2000 and 2001
  • Won the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 once with Club Africain in 2008
  • Won the North African Cup of Champions once with Club Africain in 2008
  • Won the Qatar 2nd Division once with Umm-Salal SC in 2006
  • Coupe du Trône:
  • Winners (1): 2013
  • References

    Abdelhak Benchikha Wikipedia