Hocine Achiou

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Hocine Achiou
Achiou wearing the uniform of the Algerian soccer team
Personal information
Full name Hocine Achiou
Date of birth (1979-04-27) April 27, 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Algiers, Algeria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1996 ES Ben Aknoun
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2006 USM Alger 95 (17)
2006–2007 FC Aarau 28 (4)
2007–2008 USM Alger 23 (3)
2009 JS Kabylie 18 (3)
2009–2011 USM Alger 46 (1)
2011–2012 ASO Chlef 23 (0)
2012–2013 MC Oran 10 (2)
2013–2015
USM Bel-Abbès
 23 (4)
2016–2017 RC Arbaâ 11 (0)
2017–2017 WA Boufarik 5 (1)
International career‡
2003–2009 Algeria 26 (3)
Managerial career
2017– Algeria U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, May 17, 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, April 28, 2012 (UTC)

Hocine Achiou (

footballer
.

Achiou was a member of the

2004 Africa Cup of Nations where he scored a wonderful individual goal against rivals Egypt.[1]

Football career

Achiou started his playing career with ES Ben Aknoun before joining the junior ranks of

Enyimba FC
.

He had numerous opportunities to join European clubs but the player could not agree on financial terms with the clubs. He had trials with Premiership-sides

USM Bel-Abbès and he led him to return to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. In January 2016, he joined RC Arbaâ. In January 2017, he joined WA Boufarik
.

International career

Achiou was part of the Algerian team that finished second in their group in the first round of the

2004 African Nations Cup behind Cameroon before being defeated by Morocco in the quarter-finals. Achiou had scored an important goal against Egypt
in one of the group stage matches that was instrumental in helping Algeria reach the quarterfinals. Achiou also scored a goal against Zimbabwe which would be the difference in the tie-breaker against Egypt, and ultimately qualify Algeria to the quarter-finals. Achiou has 25 caps for the Algerian national team and has scored 3 goals.

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
USM Alger 1999–2000 Division 1 5 0 — 1[a] 0 — 6 0
2000–01 17 1 5 4 — — 22 2
2001–02 25 2 2 0 4[a] 1 — 31 3
2002–03 27 3 5 0 7[b] 1 — 39 4
2003–04 26 7 4 1 11[c] 0 — 41 8
2004–05 18 2 1 0 12[d] 2 — 31 4
2005–06 24 5 4 1 2[c] 1 — 30 7
Total 142 20 21 6 37 5 0 0 200 31
FC Aarau 2006–07 SSL 28 4 1 1 — 2 0 31 5
USM Alger 2007–08 Division 1 23 5 2 0 — 8[e] 0 33 5
JS Kabylie 2008–09 18 3 1 0 2[c] 0 — 21 3
USM Alger 2009–10 18 0 1 1 — — 19 1
2010–11 Ligue 1 28 1 1 0 — — 29 1
Total 36 1 2 1 — — 38 2
ASO Chlef 2011–12 Ligue 1 23 0 1 0 3[c] 0 — 27 0
MC Oran 2012–13 10 2 2 0 — — 12 2
USM Bel Abbès 2013–14 Ligue 2 29 12 2 0 — — 31 12
2014–15 Ligue 1 24 4 — — — 24 4
Total 53 16 2 0 — — 55 16
RC Arbaâ 2015–16 Ligue 1 11 0 1 0 — — 12 0
2016–17 Ligue 2 6 2 — — — 6 2
Total 17 2 1 0 — — 18 2
WA Boufarik 2016–17 Ligue 2 3 1 — — — 3 1
Career total 345 54 33 8 42 5 10 0 430 67
  1. ^ a b All appearance(s) in African Cup Winners' Cup
  2. ^ four appearances in CAF Champions League, three appearances and one goal in African Cup Winners' Cup
  3. ^ a b c d All appearance(s) in Champions League
  4. ^ ten appearances and one goal in CAF Champions League, two appearances and one goal in CAF Confederation Cup
  5. Arab Champions League

National team statistics

Algeria national team
Year Apps Goals
2003 5 1
2004 13 2
2005 5 0
2006 2 0
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 1 0
Total 26 3

Honours

As a player

USM Alger

References

  1. ^ Obayiuwana, Osasu (January 29, 2004). "Algeria shock Egypt". BBC. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  2. ^ http://www.dzfoot.com/news.php?hot_id=1808M. Retrieved 2008-12-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Aarau : débuts européens pour Achiou". news.maxifoot.com. Retrieved 2018-02-09.

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