List of Algeria international footballers born outside Algeria
This is a list of foreign players who have played international football for the Algerian national football team.
The following players:
- have played at least one game for the full Algeria international team.
- have not been born inside Algeria and qualify through the FIFA grand parent rules,
16 of the Algeria players selected for the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad had been born in France.[1] This followed rule changes by FIFA which allowed players to switch nationality, so long as they had not played in a competitive senior international match.[2] Eight players in the 2014 Algeria squad had played for France youth teams.[2]
Key
| * | Current internationals. Statistics are correct as of 19 July 2019. |
| Caps | Appearances |
| Pos | Positions |
|---|---|
| GK | Goalkeeper |
| DF | Defender |
| MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward |
List of players
- As of 19 July 2019
| Place of birth | Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | First cap | Last cap | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Noureddine Kourichi | DF | 30 | 2 | 1980 | 1986 | |
|
Fathi Chebal | MF | 1 | 0 | 1981 | 1981 | |
|
Rachid Maâtar | MF | 9 | 1 | 1985 | 1988 | |
|
Halim Benmabrouk | MF | 3 | 0 | 1986 | 1986 | |
|
Chérif Oudjani | FW | 21 | 2 | 1986 | 1992 | |
 |
Rachid Harkouk | FW | 4 | 0 | 1986 | 1986 | Born to an English mother |
|
Ali Bouafia | MF | 7 | 0 | 1987 | 1992 | |
|
Liazid Sandjak | MF | 1 | 0 | 1992 | 1992 | |
|
Youssef Salimi | DF | 1 | 0 | 1997 | 1997 | |
|
Salem Harchèche | DF | 13 | 0 | 1997 | 2001 | |
|
Karim Kerkar | MF | 4 | 0 | 1998 | 2004 | |
|
Nasreddine Kraouche | MF | 37 | 3 | 1999 | 2005 | |
|
Maamar Mamouni | MF | 29 | 2 | 1999 | 2005 | |
|
Djamel Belmadi | MF | 20 | 5 | 2000 | 2004 | |
|
Mehdi Méniri | DF | 22 | 2 | 2000 | 2008 | |
|
Hakim Saci | FW | 2 | 0 | 2000 | 2002 | |
|
Yazid Mansouri | MF | 67 | 0 | 2001 | 2010 | |
|
Rachid Djebaili | FW | 2 | 0 | 2001 | 2001 | |
|
Mohamed Bradja | DF | 5 | 0 | 2001 | 2002 | |
|
Sabri Tabet | FW | 2 | 0 | 2002 | 2002 | |
|
Malek Aït Alia | DF | 2 | 0 | 2003 | 2004 | |
|
Salim Arrache | MF | 13 | 1 | 2003 | 2008 | |
|
Karim Ziani | MF | 62 | 5 | 2003 | 2011 | Born to a French mother |
|
Fadel Brahami | MF | 16 | 0 | 2003 | 2006 | |
|
Mansour Boutabout | FW | 22 | 6 | 2003 | 2008 | |
|
Abdelmalek Cherrad | FW | 18 | 7 | 2003 | 2007 | |
|
Mohamed Benhamou | GK | 7 | 0 | 2004 | 2004 | |
|
Abdelnasser Ouadah | DF | 1 | 0 | 2004 | 2004 | |
|
Karim Benounes | MF | 1 | 0 | 2004 | 2004 | |
|
Salah Bakour | DF | 1 | 0 | 2004 | 2004 | |
|
Antar Yahia | DF | 53 | 6 | 2004 | 2012 | |
|
Nadir Belhadj | DF | 55 | 4 | 2004 | 2012 | |
|
Madjid Bougherra | DF | 70 | 4 | 2004 | 2015 | |
|
Samir Beloufa | DF | 9 | 0 | 2004 | 2006 | |
 |
Ahmed Reda Madouni | DF | 2 | 0 | 2005 | 2005 | |
 |
Karim Bridji | MF | 1 | 0 | 2006 | 2006 | |
|
Yacine Hima | MF | 2 | 0 | 2006 | 2006 | |
|
Khaled Kharroubi | MF | 1 | 0 | 2006 | 2006 | |
|
Kamel Larbi | MF | 1 | 0 | 2006 | 2006 | |
|
Chadli Amri | FW | 10 | 0 | 2006 | 2010 | |
|
Rafik Djebbour | FW | 33 | 5 | 2006 | 2014 | |
|
Karim Matmour | MF | 31 | 2 | 2007 | 2012 | |
|
Hameur Bouazza | MF | 21 | 3 | 2007 | 2013 | |
|
Ismaël Bouzid | DF | 12 | 0 | 2007 | 2012 | |
|
Kamel Ghilas | FW | 19 | 3 | 2007 | 2012 | |
|
Féthi Harek | DF | 1 | 0 | 2008 | 2008 | |
|
Brahim Hemdani | MF | 2 | 0 | 2008 | 2009 | |
|
Abdelkader Ghezzal | FW | 28 | 3 | 2008 | 2012 | |
|
Khaled Lemmouchia | MF | 27 | 0 | 2008 | 2013 | |
|
Hassan Yebda | MF | 26 | 2 | 2009 | 2014 | |
|
Mourad Meghni | MF | 9 | 0 | 2009 | 2010 | Born to an Algerian father and a Portuguese mother |
|
Carl Medjani | DF | 62 | 4 | 2010 | 2018 | Born to a French mother |
|
Medhi Lacen | MF | 46 | 0 | 2010 | 2015 | Born to an Italian mother |
|
Mehdi Mostefa | MF | 25 | 0 | 2010 | 2014 | Born to a French mother |
|
Foued Kadir | MF | 25 | 2 | 2010 | 2015 | |
|
Habib Bellaïd | DF | 1 | 0 | 2010 | 2010 | Born to a Tunisian father and an Algerian mother |
|
Ryad Boudebouz | MF | 25 | 2 | 2010 | 2018 | |
|
Walid Mesloub | MF | 7 | 0 | 2010 | 2016 | |
|
Zahir Zerdab | MF | 1 | 0 | 2010 | 2010 | |
 |
Karim Benyamina | FW | 2 | 0 | 2010 | 2010 | Born to a German mother |
|
Djamel Abdoun | MF | 11 | 0 | 2010 | 2010 | |
|
Mohamed Chalali | FW | 1 | 0 | 2012 | 2012 | |
|
Cédric Si Mohamed | GK | 1 | 0 | 2012 | 2012 | Born to a French mother |
|
Liassine Cadamuro | DF | 15 | 1 | 2012 | 2017 | Born to Italian father and an Algerian mother |
|
Nabil Ghilas | FW | 8 | 2 | 2013 | 2014 | |
|
Amir Karaoui | MF | 1 | 0 | 2013 | 2013 | |
|
Saphir Taïder | MF | 46 | 5 | 2013 | 2018 | Born to a Tunisian father and an Algerian mother |
|
Faouzi Ghoulam | DF | 37 | 5 | 2013 | 2018 | |
|
Laurent Agouazi | MF | 2 | 0 | 2013 | 2013 | Born to a French mother |
|
Nabil Bentaleb | MF | 35 | 5 | 2014 | 2018 | |
|
Rachid Ghezzal | MF | 13 | 1 | 2015 | 2017 | |
|
Ahmed Kashi | MF | 1 | 0 | 2015 | 2015 | |
|
Sofiane Hanni | MF | 12 | 4 | 2016 | 2018 | |
|
Yassine Benzia | FW | 4 | 1 | 2016 | 2018 | |
|
Idriss Saadi | FW | 2 | 0 | 2017 | 2017 | |
|
Ilias Hassani | DF | 2 | 0 | 2017 | 2019* | |
|
Adam Ounas | MF | 9 | 2 | 2017 | 2019* | |
|
Mehdi Tahrat | MF | 8 | 0 | 2015 | 2019* | |
|
Mehdi Zeffane | DF | 15 | 0 | 2014 | 2019* | |
|
Yacine Brahimi | MF | 49 | 11 | 2013 | 2019* | |
|
Adlène Guedioura | MF | 50 | 2 | 2010 | 2019* | Born to a Spanish mother |
|
Raïs M'Bolhi | GK | 68 | 0 | 2010 | 2019* | Born to a Congolese father and an Algerian mother |
|
Sofiane Feghouli | MF | 58 | 12 | 2012 | 2019* | |
|
Aïssa Mandi | DF | 51 | 1 | 2014 | 2019* | |
|
Riyad Mahrez | MF | 53 | 12 | 2014 | 2019* | |
|
Mehdi Abeid | MF | 11 | 1 | 2015 | 2019* | |
|
Ismaël Bennacer | MF | 16 | 0 | 2016 | 2019* | Born to a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother |
|
Alexandre Oukidja | GK | 1 | 0 | 2019 | 2019* | Born to a French mother |
|
Mohamed Fares | DF | 9 | 0 | 2017 | 2019* | |
|
Andy Delort | FW | 6 | 1 | 2019 | 2019* | Born to a French father and an Algerian mother |
By country of birth
| Country | Total |
|---|---|
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84 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
See also
- List of Algerian international footballers
References
- "At the World Cup, there are more French-born players playing against France than for it". www.pri.org. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- Ross, Tony (6 June 2014). "'The other French team': Soccer and independence in Algeria". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
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