Brahim Boudebouda ( ar, ابراهيم بدبودة; born 28 August 1990 in

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

) is an Algerian

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who current plays as a

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for

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club

RC Kouba Raed Chabab Kouba (), known as RC Kouba or simply RCK for short, is an Algerian football club based in Kouba, a district of Algiers. The club was founded in 1945 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Benhaddad Stadi ...

Club career

MC Alger

On 25 February 2008 Boudebouda, just 17 years old at the time, made his professional debut for

MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home sta ...

in the local derby against

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its co ...

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, coming on as a substitute for Smaïl Chaoui in the 63rd minute. MC Alger went on to win the game 1–0. In the 2009–2010 season, Boudebouda made 16 appearances and scored 2 goals for

as they won the league title for the first time since 1999. On 3 April 2011 Boudebouda helped

qualify to the second round of the

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with two goals in a 3–0 win against

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an side

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He was decisive again in the second round, with an 89th-minute winner against

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, as MC Alger won 3–2 and advanced to the group stage. On 10 May 2011 Boudebouda went on trial with

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side

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Le Mans FC

On 3 July 2011 it was announced that Boudebouda would be joining

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side

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after agreeing to a three-year contract. On 6 July 2011 the move was made official. On 9 August 2011 Bedbouda made his debut for the club as a starter in a

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match against

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. He played the entire match as Le Mans won 2–0. On 12 June 2012 Boudebouda reached a mutual agreement with Le Mans to terminate his contract.

USM Alger

On 13 June 2012, one day after terminating his contract with Le Mans, Boudebouda signed a two-year contract with

Statistics

International career

He was member of the team at the

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, where the team finished first. Boudebouda scored a goal in the final group game against Libya.

Honours

Club

;

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ( ar, الرابطة الجزائرية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم); known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat Natio ...

(2): 2013-14, 2015-16 *

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup ( ar, كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after in ...

(1):

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Algerian Super Cup The Algerian Super Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر الممتازة), is an Algerian football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Algerian League and the Algerian Cup. The first edition was held in 1973 and then agai ...

(1):

UAFA Club Cup The Arab Club Champions Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال, french: Ligue des Champions Arabe) is an annual regional club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by eli ...

(1):

;

(1): 2009-10 *

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References

External links

DZFoot Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudebouda, Brahim 1990 births Living people Footballers from Algiers Algerian men's footballers Algerian expatriate men's footballers Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Algeria men's under-23 international footballers Algeria men's youth international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France MC Alger players Le Mans FC players MC Oran players Ligue 2 players Algerian expatriate sportspeople in France USM Alger players Algeria men's A' international footballers Algeria men's international footballers Men's association football fullbacks 21st-century Algerian people