Isâad Bourahli

Isâad Bourahli
Personal information
Full name	Isâad Bourahli
Date of birth	23 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Setif, Algeria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1987–1992	ES Setif
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1995	ES Setif
1995–1996	MC Alger
1996–1998	CS Constantine
1998–2001	ES Setif
2001–2003	USM Alger
2003–2004	ES Setif
2004–2005	USM Alger
2005–2007	ES Setif
2007–2009	USM Alger
International career‡
2000–2005	Algeria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 2018

Isâad Bourahli (born 23 March 1974) is an Algerian former

ES Setif and USM Alger and won the league's top scorer in the 2000–01 season

with ES Setif.

Personal life

Isâad Bourahli was born and raised in Boumerchi neighborhood in

ES Setif

from his home city.

Club career

Isâad Bourahli his first vacation was with the University of Setif and then to

ES Setif player since the 1975–76 season. During a friendly match in Tunisia Bourahli held negotiations with Slim Chiboub president of Espérance de Tunis, but due to the lack of agreement on the financial aspect Bourahli decided to return to Algeria where he signed with USM Alger. In his second season Bourahli starred and led USM Alger to win the league and cup double for the first time, in the Algerian Cup of the same season Bourahli scored his first hat-trick with Al-Ittihad in the semi-final against MC Oran, and at the end of the year in the struggle for the Ballon d'or, Bourahli lost it to his former club teammate Amar Ammour.^[2]

On July 22, 2004, Bourahli signed for USM Alger for two seasons after announcing his departure from

Les Aigles Noirs won the title for the first time in its history and received the cup from the hand of the brother of the King of Jordan, the first international title in his career.^[5] To conclude the season by winning the Division 1 title, which is the fifth league title in his career and his last. On July 22, 2007, Bourahli returned again to USM Alger for one season according to information confirmed by the club's president Allik, He said of him that he is an experienced player who can still give a lot to the team and that he has always made a good impression on us.^[6]

International career

Isâad Bourahli’s career with the national team was not great despite the great potential he had, and his first match was against Cape Verde in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, where he scored his first goals with the Algeria in a match that ended in a 2–0 victory. In one of the matches in the African Cup qualifiers against Angola, Bourahli stated that he participated strongly in that match and that his level is better than some of the players they called up. During one of the stages a misunderstanding occurred with Rabah Madjer the coach of the national team at the time, because Bourahli and Hichem Mezaïr arrived two minutes late for breakfast which made him ask him to dismiss him, the reason for this anger is that the day before the players of JS Kabylie arrived an hour late and he did not reprimand them. His last match with the national team was on February 9, 2005 in a friendly match against Burkina Faso which ended in a 3–0 victory, Bourahli finished his career with 16 matches and scored 4 goals.

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
ES Sétif	1992–93	Division 1	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	1993–94	Division 1	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	1994–95	Division 2	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
MC Alger	1995–96	Division 1	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
CS Constantine	1996–97		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	1997–98		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
ES Sétif	1998–99	Super Division	20	11	1	0	—		—		21	11
	1999–2000		12	5	1	0	—		—		13	5
	2000–01		22	16	1	0	—		—		23	16
	Total		54	32	3	0	—		—		57	32
USM Alger	2001–02	Super Division	21	9	2	1	3^[a]	1	—		26	11
	2002–03	Division 1	22	9	4	4	6^[b]	6	—		32	19
	Total		43	18	6	5	9	7	—		58	30
ES Sétif	2003–04	Division 1	21	11	1	0	—		—		22	11
USM Alger	2004–05		13	2	1	0	4^[c]	2	—		18	4
ES Sétif	2005–06		24	14	2	2	—		—		26	16
	2006–07		16	5	2	1	—		0^[d]	0	18	6
	Total		40	19	4	3	—		0	0	44	23
USM Alger	2007–08	Division 1	5	2	—		—		4^[d]	0	9	2
	2008–09		10	5	—		—		2^[d]	1	12	6
	2009–10		3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	Total		18	7	—		—		6	1	24	8
Career total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

^ All appearance(s) in African Cup Winners' Cup
^ three appearances and two goals in CAF Champions League, three appearances and four goals in African Cup Winners' Cup
^ All appearance(s) in Champions League
^
Arab Champions League

International

Algeria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	8	1
2001	5	2
2004	2	1
2005	1	0
Total	16	4

International goals

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.^[7]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 April 2000	19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria	Cape Verde	1–0	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	27 February 2001	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria	Slovakia	1–0	1–1	Friendly
3	25 March 2001	Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura , Burundi	Burundi	1–0	1–0	2002 African Cup of Nations qualification
4	9 October 2004	Stade Amahoro, Kigali , Rwanda	Rwanda	1–1	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification