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Algerian footballer (born 1985)
Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif
Personal information
Full name Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif
Date of birth (1985-01-04) January 4, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Hydra, Algiers, Algeria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team RC Kouba
Number 27
Youth career
ES Kouba
ES Ben Aknoun
2003–2005 RC Kouba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 RC Kouba 95 (27)
2009–2011 JS Kabylie 68 (13)
2011–2013 Istres 77 (16)
2013–2014 MC Alger 32 (2)
2014–2015 JSM Béjaïa 16 (10)
2015–2017 CR Belouizdad 63 (10)
2017–2021 JS Saoura 98 (25)
2021– RC Kouba 0 (0)
International career
2008–2011 Algeria A' 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, September 24, 2013 (EST)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, September 24, 2013 (EST)

Sid Ali «Alilou» Yahia-Chérif, (born January 4, 1985) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing for RC Kouba.

Club career

Growing up in Algiers, Yahia-Chérif began playing on the streets and in neighborhood tournaments. He played briefly for two local sides: ES Kouba and ES Ben Aknoun. In 2003, at age 18, he signed with the RC Kouba junior team, quickly making his mark at the club, and just two years later, he was promoted to the senior side. In the 2007/2008 season, Yahia-Chérif helped the club win promotion to the top flight. However, they would be relegated the following season with Yahia-Chérif leaving the club at the end of the 2008/2009 season.

JS Kabylie

In the summer of 2009, he was linked with a move to a number of French clubs including AS Monaco, FC Metz, FC Istres and Stade Reims. However, Yahia-Chérif chose to stay close to home, signing a three-year contract with JS Kabylie.

In his first season with the club, he made 31 league appearances, scoring 10 goals, as JS Kabylie finished third in the domestic league. He also played a role in the teams run to the semi-finals of the 2010 CAF Champions League. In the first round of the competition, he scored the only goal in the return leg against Tunisian side Club Africain as JS Kabylie won 1-0 and advanced 2–1 on aggregate.

In his second season, he made just 10 league appearances and failed to find the back of the net. However, on May 1, 2011, he started in the 2011 Algerian Cup Final, as JS Kabylie went on to win 1–0 against USM El Harrach, to win its first Algerian Cup since 1994.

FC Istres

On 6 July 2011, Yahia-Chérif signed a three-year contract with French Ligue 2 side Istres.

International career

On April 17, 2008, he was called up to the Algerian A' National Team for a qualifier against Morocco for the 2009 African Championship of Nations. He was the only player in the squad playing in the second division. He has also been capped for Algeria at the Under-23 level.

Honours

References

  1. "Ligue 2 : 12 ans après, Yahia Chérif de retour au RC Kouba". dzfoot.com. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. "Sid Ali YAHIA CHERIF est un jeune joueur algérien de 22 ans évoluant au sein du RC Kouba en 2ème division" (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  3. "Transferts - Yahia Cherif à l'essai ? - Toute l'actualité de l'AS Monaco - ASM FC - Planete-ASM". www.planete-asm.fr. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02.
  4. "Club : M". Archived from the original on 2008-12-27. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  5. JS Kabylie 1-0 Club Africain
  6. USMH 0-1 JSK
  7. Istres : Officiel pour Yahia Cherif
  8. Sélection féminine 2006
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