Nassim Bounekdja (born October 23, 1976) is a former

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n international

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player. He has eight caps for the Algeria national team and played for the team at the

2002 African Cup of Nations The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (Confederation of African Football, CAF). It was hosted by Mali. Just like in 2000 African Cup of Nations, 2000, th ...

International career

Bounekdja made his debut for the Algeria national team on July 31, 1998, in a 2000 African Cup of Nations qualifier against

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

. Bounekdja started the game with Algeria winning 2-0.

National team statistics

Honours

Club

CR Belouizdad Chabab Riadhi de Belouizdad S.s.p.a (Classical Arabic: الشّباب الرّياضيّ لبلوزداد, English Translation: Sporting Club of Belouizdad), known as ''Chabab Belouizdad'' or ''CR Belouizdad'' or simply ''CRB'' for short, is a ...

Algerian Championnat National 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 ...

***Winner: 2000-01, 2000–02 **

Algerian League Cup The Algerian League Cup ( ar, كأس الرابطة الجزائرية) is an Algerian football competition organized by the Algerian Football Federation. The competition was launched in the first edition in 1992 and was not regular and after tha ...

***Winner: 2000

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* 1976 births 2002 African Cup of Nations players Algeria men's international footballers Algerian men's footballers CR Belouizdad players Living people People from El Biar Footballers from Algiers MC Oran players MO Constantine players MO Béjaïa players OMR El Annasser players JS El Biar players Algeria men's under-23 international footballers Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Men's association football defenders Mediterranean Games competitors for Algeria 21st-century Algerian people {{Algeria-footy-defender-stub