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footballers A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who have played for
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 ...
. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more league matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; this includes players that have had considerable success either at other clubs or at international level, as well as players who are well remembered by the supporters for particular reasons. ''Players are listed in alphabetical order according to the date of their first-team official debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only. Substitute appearances included. Statistics accurate as of 17 June 2022.''


List of USM Alger players

Nationalities are indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code.


List of All-time appearances

This List of All-time appearances for USM Alger contains
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 ...
players who have played for USM Alger and have managed to accrue 100 or more appearances. Bold Still playing competitive football in USM Alger. 1 Includes the Super Cup and
League Cup In several sports, most prominently association football, a league cup or secondary cup generally signifies a cup competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league. The first national association football tournament t ...
.
2 Includes the
Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...
,
CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs. History The tou ...
, Confederation Cup and Champions League.
3 Includes the Champions League and
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 ...
.


Clean sheets

Bold Still playing competitive football in USM Alger.
''Statistics correct as of game against ES Sétif on June 17, 2022.''


Players from USM Alger to Europe


Award winners

(Whilst playing for USM Alger) ;
Algerian Footballer of the Year The Algerian Footballer of the Year is an annual football award for the best Algerian player presented by El Heddaf-Le Buteur since 2001. The first winner of the award was Olympique de Marseille midfielder Djamel Belmadi. As of 2015, only Karim Z ...
*
Amar Ammour Amar Ammour (born 10 September 1976) is am Algerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made three appearances for the Algeria national team. Club career Ammour was born in Aïn El Hadjel. On 30 January 2011, Ammour ...
– 2003 *
Billel Dziri Billel Dziri (born 21 January 1972) is an Algerian football manager and former player. After starting off with NA Hussein Dey, Dziri played most of his career with USM Alger and had spells with Étoile Sportive du Sahel in Tunisia, CS Sedan Arde ...
– 2005 ; Top goalscorers in CAF Champions League *
Tarek Hadj Adlane Tarek Hadj Adlane (born December 11, 1965) is a retired Algerian football player who played as a striker. Hadj Adlane played in his career with USM Alger and JS Kabylie as well as in Saudi Arabia with Al-Wehda. Club career International car ...
(8 goals) – 1997 * Mamadou Diallo (10 goals) – 2004 ; Top goalscorers in Algerian Ligue 1 *
Moncef Ouichaoui Moncef Ouichaoui ( ar, منصف ويشاوي, born April 5, 1977, in Annaba, Algeria) is an Algerian international football player who last played as a forward for CA Bordj Bou Arreridj in the Algerian Championnat National. National team stati ...
(18 goals) – 2002–03 * Oussama Darfalou (18 goals) – 2017–18 ;
Algerian professional football awards The Algerian professional football awards is a collection of football awards given at the end of each season since 2008. Back then, the only award was the Manager of the Year. There are now 3 awards: Footballer, Goalkeeper and Manager. The previous ...
Goalkeeper of the Year * Lamine Zemmamouche – 2012–13, 2013–14 ;
Algerian professional football awards The Algerian professional football awards is a collection of football awards given at the end of each season since 2008. Back then, the only award was the Manager of the Year. There are now 3 awards: Footballer, Goalkeeper and Manager. The previous ...
Young Player of the Year *
Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia Islam Adel Aït Ali Yahia (born April 13, 1987 in Kouba ( Alger), Algeria) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing as a midfielder for RC Arbaâ in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2. On April 5, 2008 he was called up by the A ...
– 2008–09 *
Farouk Chafaï Farouk Chafaï (born June 23, 1990, in Algiers) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays at Damac. Because of the low-wage he receives from his club. He gets help benefits from the Saudi governments and has seen working a part-time job a ...
– 2011–12 *
Zinedine Ferhat Zinedine Ferhat (born 1 March 1993) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Alanyaspor and the Algeria national team. Club career USM Alger On 19 November 2011, with the new coach Didier Ollé-Nicoll ...
– 2012–13 * Mohammed Benkhemassa – 2015–16 ;
Algerian professional football awards The Algerian professional football awards is a collection of football awards given at the end of each season since 2008. Back then, the only award was the Manager of the Year. There are now 3 awards: Footballer, Goalkeeper and Manager. The previous ...
Manager of the Year * Hubert Velud – 2013–14


List of foreign USM Alger football players

This is a list of all foreign players of
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 ...
, including statistics.
Freddy Zemmour Freddy Zemmour (born 21 February 1942) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Freddy Zemmour began playing football at the age of nine with Gallia Sports Algérois and was Algiers Department Champion in t ...
's from
Pied-Noir The ''Pieds-Noirs'' (; ; ''Pied-Noir''), are the people of French people, French and other White Africans of European ancestry, European descent who were born in Algeria during the French Algeria, period of French rule from 1830 to 1962; the v ...
one of the few French players who have decided to stay in Algeria first foreign to play with
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 ...
immediately after Independence for 6 seasons in which he won one title in
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
. On 1998 USM Alger signed with the first foreigner after 30 years, the Nigerian Mohamed Manga, 5 years after that joined to
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 ...
international Malian Mamadou Diallo, who became one of the most important players in the Algerian league and in one year scored 18 goals, including 10 goals in the 2004 CAF Champions League Was behind his victory over the top scorer. immediately after that, he went to the
Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...
club
FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, a ...
for 700,000 euros. On 18 January 2009, USM Alger signed the first South American player Wuiwel Isea from Venezuela. And it's considered a failed deal, he scored only one goal from 14 matches. On 28 May 2012, Malagasy international
Carolus Andriamatsinoro Charles Carolus Andriamatsinoro (born 6 July 1989), simply known as Andria, is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi club Najran and the Madagascar national team. Club career WA Tlemcen On 31 January 2011, Carolu ...
joined USM Alger from
Paradou AC Paradou Athletic Club ( ar, نادي أتليتيك بارادو), known as Paradou AC or simply PAC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1994 by members of the Hydra AC junior team, the club colours ...
and spent five seasons with them, during which he won six titles to be the most foreigner to achieve titles with USM Alger and in Algeria, also played 132 games and scored 20 goals to be the most appearances and the most goalscorer. He left USMA in 2017 after the end of his contract. In the 2020–21 season, USM Alger contracted with Burkinabe international Hamed Belem from Rahimo FC and Ghanaian Kwame Opoku from
Asante Kotoko Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the ''Porcupine Warriors'', they compete in the Ghana Premier Lea ...
in a historic deal amounting to 350 thousand euros.


List of foreign players

*Bold International players.


Foreign players of All-time appearances

''Competitive matches only, includes appearances as used substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored.''


Notes


References

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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 ...
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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