Si-Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani (born 18 March 1986) is an Algerian football player. He currently plays for

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in the

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Playing career

MC Oran

Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani began his career as a youngster at

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, where he was coached by his older brother, the former Algerian international Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani, whom he names as his favourite player. He made his senior debut at the age of 18, playing a quarter of an hour as a substitute in a 1–0 win in the

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against

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JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle grammar, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqvayel; Berber languages, Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ; ), known as JS Kabylie or simply JSK, is an Algerian profession ...

, then Algerian First Division champions, attempted to sign Cherif El Ouazzani in the January 2009

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, but his club refused to sell, considering the player to be a key part of their promotion drive. His performances during the 2008–09 season alongside Abdelmadjid Benatia in defensive midfield made a significant contribution to his club gaining

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back to the first division.

JS Kabylie

With promotion achieved, Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani was free to leave MC Oran. He signed a two-year contract with JS Kabylie, 2008–09 First Division runners-up, for a total fee of 7.5 million DA (£63,000), of which 4.5 million DA (£38,000) was paid in cash.Conversions at rate current on date of player transfer, June 6, 2009, using . Despite having received several other offers, the player stated that JSK were a big club that you didn't say no to, who would give him the chance to win titles, to play in the

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and give another dimension to his career. The player made his debut for JSK in the opening game of the season, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 defeat against

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Personal life

Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani has seven brothers and two sisters. In a 2009 interview, he said that he intended to become a physical trainer after he finished playing, and that in his spare time he enjoyed going

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with his brothers.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cherif El-Ouazzani, Abdennour 1986 births Living people Footballers from Oran Algerian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders JS Kabylie players MC Oran players Algeria men's A' international footballers CA Bordj Bou Arréridj players Algerian Ligue 2 players 21st-century Algerian sportsmen