List of Algeria international footballers born outside Algeria

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This is a list of foreign players who have played international football for the Algerian national football team.

The following players:

  1. have played at least one game for the full Algeria international team.
  2. have not been born inside Algeria and qualify through the FIFA grand parent rules,

16 of the Algeria players selected for the 2014 FIFA World Cup squad had been born in France.[1] This followed rule changes by FIFA which allowed players to switch nationality, so long as they had not played in a competitive senior international match.[2] Eight players in the 2014 Algeria squad had played for France youth teams.[2]

Key

* Current internationals. Statistics are correct as of 11 June 2021.
Caps
Appearances
Pos Positions
GK
Goalkeeper
DF
Defender
MF Midfielder
FW
Forward

List of players

As of 11 June 2021
Place of birth Player Pos Caps Goals First cap Last cap Notes
 France (Ostricourt) Noureddine Kourichi DF 30 2 1980 1986
 France (Lyon)
Fathi Chebal
 		MF 1 0 1981 1981
 France (Nancy) Rachid Maâtar MF 9 1 1985 1988
 France (Lyon) Halim Benmabrouk MF 3 0 1986 1986
 France (Lens) Chérif Oudjani FW 21 2 1986 1992
 England (Chelsea) Rachid Harkouk FW 4 0 1986 1986 Born to an English mother
 France (Mulhouse) Ali Bouafia MF 7 0 1987 1992
 France (
Montreuil-sous-Bois
)
Liazid Sandjak
 		MF 1 0 1992 1992
 France (Arles) Youssef Salimi DF 1 0 1997 1997
 France (Marseille) Salem Harchèche DF 13 0 1997 2001
 France (Givors) Karim Kerkar MF 4 0 1998 2004
 France (Thionville) Nasreddine Kraouche MF 37 3 1999 2005
 France (Tours) Maamar Mamouni MF 29 2 1999 2005
 France (Champigny-sur-Marne) Djamel Belmadi MF 20 5 2000 2004
 France (Metz) Mehdi Méniri DF 22 2 2000 2008
 France (Saint-Denis) Hakim Saci FW 2 0 2000 2002
 France (Revin) Yazid Mansouri MF 67 0 2001 2010
 France (Besançon) Rachid Djebaili FW 2 0 2001 2001
 France (Troyes) Mohamed Bradja DF 5 0 2001 2002
 France (Rognac) Sabri Tabet FW 2 0 2002 2002
 France (Mulhouse) Malek Aït Alia DF 2 0 2003 2004
 France (Marseille) Salim Arrache MF 13 1 2003 2008
 France (Sèvres) Karim Ziani MF 62 5 2003 2011 Born to a French mother
 France (Bondy) Fadel Brahami MF 16 0 2003 2006
 France (Le Creusot) Mansour Boutabout FW 22 6 2003 2008
 France (La Tronche) Abdelmalek Cherrad FW 18 7 2003 2007
 France (Paris) Mohamed Benhamou GK 7 0 2004 2004
 France (Forbach) Abdelnasser Ouadah DF 1 0 2004 2004
 France (Lille) Karim Benounes MF 1 0 2004 2004
 France (Rouen) Salah Bakour DF 1 0 2004 2004
 France (Mulhouse) Antar Yahia DF 53 6 2004 2012
 France (Saint-Claude) Nadir Belhadj DF 55 4 2004 2012
 France (Longvic) Madjid Bougherra DF 70 4 2004 2015
 France (Melun) Samir Beloufa DF 9 0 2004 2006
 Morocco (Casablanca) Ahmed Reda Madouni DF 2 0 2005 2005
 Netherlands (Amsterdam) Karim Bridji MF 1 0 2006 2006
 France (Lyon) Yacine Hima MF 2 0 2006 2006
 France (Lyon) Khaled Kharroubi MF 1 0 2006 2006
 France (Antibes) Kamel Larbi MF 1 0 2006 2006
 France (Saint-Avold) Chadli Amri FW 10 0 2006 2010
 France (Grenoble) Rafik Djebbour FW 33 5 2006 2014
 France (Strasbourg) Karim Matmour MF 31 2 2007 2012
 France (Évry)
Hameur Bouazza
 		MF 21 3 2007 2013
 France (Nancy) Ismaël Bouzid DF 12 0 2007 2012
 France (Marseille) Kamel Ghilas FW 19 3 2007 2012
 France (Oullins) Féthi Harek DF 1 0 2008 2008
 France (Colombes) Brahim Hemdani MF 2 0 2008 2009
 France (Décines-Charpieu) Abdelkader Ghezzal FW 28 3 2008 2012
 France (Givors) Khaled Lemmouchia MF 27 0 2008 2013
 France (Saint-Maurice) Hassan Yebda MF 26 2 2009 2014
 France (Paris) Mourad Meghni MF 9 0 2009 2010 Born to an
Algerian father and a Portuguese
mother
 France (Lyon) Carl Medjani DF 62 4 2010 2018 Born to a French mother
 France (Paris) Medhi Lacen MF 46 0 2010 2015 Born to an Italian mother
 France (Dijon) Mehdi Mostefa MF 25 0 2010 2014 Born to a French mother
 France (Martigues) Foued Kadir MF 25 2 2010 2015
 France (Bobigny) Habib Bellaïd DF 1 0 2010 2010 Born to a Tunisian father and an Algerian mother
 France (Colmar) Ryad Boudebouz MF 25 2 2010 2018
 France (Trappes) Walid Mesloub MF 7 0 2010 2016
 France (Amiens) Zahir Zerdab MF 1 0 2010 2010
 East Germany (Dresden) Karim Benyamina FW 2 0 2010 2010 Born to a German mother
 France (Montreuil) Djamel Abdoun MF 11 0 2010 2010
 France (
Montreuil-sous-Bois
) 		Mohamed Chalali FW 1 0 2012 2012
 France (Roanne) Cédric Si Mohamed GK 1 0 2012 2012 Born to a French mother
 France (Toulouse) Liassine Cadamuro DF 15 1 2012 2017 Born to Italian father and an Algerian mother
 France (Marseille) Nabil Ghilas FW 8 2 2013 2014
 France (Amnéville) Amir Karaoui MF 1 0 2013 2013
 France (Castres) Saphir Taïder MF 46 5 2013 2018 Born to a Tunisian father and an Algerian mother
 France (Saint-Priest-en-Jarez) Faouzi Ghoulam DF 37 5 2013 2018
 France (Langres) Laurent Agouazi MF 2 0 2013 2013 Born to a French mother
 France (Lille) Nabil Bentaleb MF 35 5 2014 2018
 France (Aubervilliers) Ahmed Kashi MF 1 0 2015 2015
 France (Ivry-sur-Seine) Sofiane Hanni MF 12 4 2016 2018
 France (Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf) Yassine Benzia FW 4 1 2016 2018
 France (Valence) Idriss Saadi FW 2 0 2017 2017
 France (Cholet) Ilias Hassani DF 3 0 2017 2019*
 France (Décines-Charpieu) Rachid Ghezzal MF 16 2 2015 2021*
 France (Chambray-lès-Tours) Adam Ounas MF 14 3 2017 2021*
 France (Meudon) Mehdi Tahrat MF 13 0 2015 2020*
 France (Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon) Mehdi Zeffane DF 17 0 2014 2021*
 France (Paris) Yacine Brahimi MF 56 11 2013 2020*
 France (La Roche-sur-Yon) Adlène Guedioura MF 61 2 2010 2021* Born to a Spanish mother
 France (Paris) Raïs M'Bolhi GK 78 0 2010 2021* Born to a
Congolese
father and an Algerian mother
 France (Levallois-Perret) Sofiane Feghouli MF 68 16 2012 2021*
 France (Châlons-en-Champagne) Aïssa Mandi DF 62 2 2014 2021*
 France (Sarcelles) Riyad Mahrez MF 64 20 2014 2021*
 France (Montreuil) Mehdi Abeid MF 19 1 2015 2021*
 France (Arles) Ismaël Bennacer MF 25 0 2016 2021* Born to a
Moroccan father
and an Algerian mother
 France (Nevers) Alexandre Oukidja GK 5 0 2019 2021* Born to a French mother
 France (Aubervilliers)
Mohamed Fares
 		DF 10 0 2017 2020*
 France (Sète) Andy Delort FW 10 2 2019 2020* Born to a French father and an Algerian mother
 France (La Courneuve) Haris Belkebla MF 8 0 2019 2021*
 France (Vitrolles) Farid Boulaya MF 4 1 2020 2021*
 France (Marseille)
Abdel Medioub
 		DF 1 0 2020 2020*
 France (Clermont-Ferrand) Mehdi Zerkane DF 1 0 2020 2020*
 Netherlands (Amsterdam) Ramiz Zerrouki MF 4 0 2021 2021*
 France (Roubaix) Ahmed Touba DF 1 0 2021 2021*

By country of birth

Country Total
 France 89
 Netherlands 2
 Morocco 1
 England 1
 East Germany 1

See also

  • List of Algerian international footballers

References

  1. ^ "At the World Cup, there are more French-born players playing against France than for it". www.pri.org. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b Ross, Tony (6 June 2014). "'The other French team': Soccer and independence in Algeria". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
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