Hicham Benkaid (born 26 April 1990) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...

Professional career

A former futsal player, Benkaid began his career with SR Colmar, before transferring to

RC Strasbourg Alsace Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a French association football club founded in 1906, based in the c ...

. He made his professional debut for

in a 4–3

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

loss to

Amiens SC Amiens Sporting Club (; commonly referred to as Amiens SC or simply Amiens) is a French association football club based in the northern city of Amiens in the Hauts-de-France region. The club was formed in 1901 and play in Ligue 2, the second d ...

on 14 January 2017. He signed for Ligue 2 side

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Stade Briochin Stade Briochin, founded in 1904, are a French association football team based in Saint-Brieuc, France. As from the 2020–21 season they play in the Championnat National, the third tier in the French football league system. They play at the Stad ...

International career

Benkaid represented the

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in qualifiers for the

2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup The 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the seventh FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It took place from 1 to 18 November 2012 in Thailand ...

Personal life

Benkaid is of Moroccan descent.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Benkaid, Hicham Living people 1990 births Footballers from Strasbourg Men's association football forwards French men's footballers French men's futsal players French sportspeople of Moroccan descent SR Colmar players RC Strasbourg Alsace players US Orléans players Stade Briochin players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 3 players