Mokhtar Benmoussa (born August 11, 1986) is an Algerian

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. He plays primarily as a left-winger but has also been used as a left-midfielder and a

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. Benmoussa is an Algeria youth international and has represented Algeria at the Under-17 and Under-23 level. He also has 1 cap for the Algeria A' national football team.

Club career

Born in

Tlemcen Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the p ...

, Benmoussa began his career with his hometown club of

WA Tlemcen Widad Athletic Tlemcen ( ar, وداد تلمسان), known as WA Tlemcen or WAT for short, is an Algerian football club based in Tlemcen. The club was founded in 1962 and its colours are blue and white. Their home stadium, Stade Akid Lotfi, has a ...

. On June 10, 2010, Benmoussa signed a one-year contract with

ES Sétif Entente Sportive Sétifienne ( ar, الوفاق الرياضي السطايفي), known as Entente de Sétif, commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif. The club was founded in ...

International career

On April 8, 2012, Benmoussa was called up by

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coach

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for a four-day training camp for domestic players. On May 12, 2012, Benmoussa was called up for the first time to the Algeria national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against

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and Rwanda, and the return leg of the

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qualifier against Gambia.

Honours

Club

;

* Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (1): 2011-12 * Algerian Cup (1):

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;

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 ...

* Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (3): 2013-14, 2015-16, 2018–19 * Algerian Cup (1):

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* Algerian Super Cup (2):

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Benmoussa, Mokhtar 1986 births Algerian footballers Living people Paradou AC players WA Tlemcen players ES Sétif players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Algeria A' international footballers Algeria under-23 international footballers Algeria youth international footballers People from Tlemcen Algeria international footballers USM Alger players Association football fullbacks Association football wingers 21st-century Algerian people