Zakaria Benchaâ (; born 11 January 1997) is an Algerian professional

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who plays as a forward for

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Club career

MC Oran

Benchaâ is born in

Oran Oran () is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is w ...

. He started career with

MC Oran (), known as , commonly referred to as MC Oran for short, is an Algerian professional Association football, football club based in Oran. Founded on 1 January 1917, the club was known as Mouloudia Chaâbia Ouahrania from 1971 to 1977, Mouloudia P ...

in youth categories. In 2014, he joined the A team of the club.

USM Alger

On 23 March 2018 Zakaria Benchaâ joined to USM Alger for three seasons. He made his debut for the team in the

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during a win against

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. On August 14, He made his debut in the

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against DRB Tadjenanet as a substitute and scored his first goal in 3–1 victory. Benchaâ suffered from injuries that kept him from glowing as he finished the season early and only played seven matches. In the following season, after getting rid of the injury, Benchaâ starred greatly in the

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, where he scored five goals. including a brace against AS Sonidep and Gor Mahia. in transfers winter 2019–20 Benchaâ left for Tunisian club

CS Sfaxien Club Sportif Sfaxien (), known as CS Sfaxien or simply CSS for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Sfax. The club was founded in 1928 and its colours are black and white (Bianconero). Their home stadium, Taieb Mhiri Stadium, has a capac ...

on Loan for six months with purchase option. After a long wait due to the closure of the borders, Benchaâ returned to Algeria,

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the sporting director of USM Alger declared that Benchaâ has good capabilities and that he will train with the

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, and if his mentality does not match the team he will not be in the club's squad.

CS Sfaxien

On 30 January 2020 Benchaâ joined Tunisian club

on Loan for six months. After joining, he suffered an injury that kept him out of the field for months, and his first match was against

CA Bizertin Club Athlétique Bizertin (), known as CA Bizertin or simply CAB for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Bizerte. The club was founded 1928 and its colours are yellow and black. Their home stadium, 15 October Stadium, has a ...

on 9 August 2020. His first goal was against

US Ben Guerdane Union Sportive de Ben Guerdane (), known as US Ben Guerdane or simply USBG, is a Tunisian football club, based in the city of Ben Guerdane in southeast Tunisia. The club was founded in 1936 and its colours are yellow and black. Their home stadiu ...

when Benchaâ scored a double in 4–0 victory. Due to

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, the loan was extended to 30 September until the end of the Tunisian championship, after an agreement between the two clubs. As a reminder, the two clubs had a different in this file, last August. The Tunisians had threatened to seize the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) and FIFA for the activation of the purchase option. On 25 September 2020 Benchaâ returned to

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Cherno More

On 17 February 2022, Benchaâ joined Bulgarian club Cherno More.

CS Constantine

In 2023, Benchaâ signed a two-year contract with

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

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(1): 2018–19

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Benchaâ, Zakaria 1997 births Living people Footballers from Oran Algerian men's footballers Algeria men's international footballers Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players MC Oran players USM Alger players PFC Cherno More Varna players Algerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Men's association football forwards 21st-century Algerian sportsmen