Zakaria Benchaa

Zakaria Benchaa (born January 11, 1997 in Oran) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Club Career

MC Oran

Benchaa is born in Oran. He started career with MC Oran in youth categories. In 2014, he joined the A team of the club.

USM Alger

On March 23, 2018 Zakaria Benchaa joined to USM Alger for three seasons. He made his debut for the team in the Arab Club Champions Cup during a win against Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. On August 14, He made his debut in the Ligue 1 against DRB Tadjenanet as a substitute and scored his first goal in 3–1 victory. Benchaa suffered from injuries that kept him from glowing as he finished the season early and only played seven matches. In the following season, after getting rid of the injury, Benchaa starred greatly in the CAF Champions League, where he scored five goals. including a brace against AS Sonidep and Gor Mahia. in transfers winter 2019–20 Benchaa left for Tunisian club CS Sfaxien on Loan for six months with purchase option. After a long wait due to the closure of the borders, Benchaa returned to Algeria, Antar Yahia the sporting director of USM Alger declared that Benchaa has good capabilities and that he will train with the Reserve team, and if his mentality does not match the team he will not be in the club's squad.

CS Sfaxien

On January 30, 2020, Benchaa joined Tunisian club CS Sfaxien on Loan for six months. After joining, he suffered an injury that kept him out of the field for months, and his first match was against CA Bizertin On August 9, 2020. His first goal was against US Ben Guerdane when Benchaa scored a double in 4–0 victory. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the loan was extended to September 30 until the end of the Tunisian championship, after an agreement between the two clubs. As a reminder, the two clubs had a different in this file, last August. The Tunisians had threatened to seize the Tunisian Football