Reda Benchaa

Reda Benchaa
Personal information
Full name Reda Mohamed Amine Benchaa
Date of birth (2002-03-12) 12 March 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Le Blanc-Mesnil, France
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Dijon
Number 4
Youth career
Red Star
2017–2021 Dijon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Dijon B 30 (6)
2022– Dijon 4 (0)
International career‡
2020 Algeria U20 2 (0)
2022– Algeria U23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:47, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Reda Mohamed Amine Benchaa (born 12 March 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Dijon. Born in France, he is a youth international for Algeria.

Career

Benchaa is a youth product of the academy of Red Star, and moved to Dijon's youth sides in May 2017. He debuted with their reserves in 2021. He made his professional and Ligue 2 debut with Dijon in a 2–1 loss to Nîmes on 8 January 2022.[1] On 16 March 2022, Benchaa signed his first professional contract with Dijon for 3 years.[2]

International career

Benchaa holds French and Algerian nationalities.[3] He captained the Algeria U23s at the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament.[4]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Ligue 2 (J20) - Le DFCO très amoindri pour recevoir Nîmes". ici, par France Bleu et France 3. 7 January 2022.
  2. ^ "DFCO - Reda Benchaa signe son premier contrat professionnel". ici, par France Bleu et France 3. 16 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Entre la France et l'Algérie : le très talentueux Reda Benchaa a tranché". fennecfootball.com.
  4. ^ "Reda Benchaa (U21) : " On a baissé de régime en fin de rencontre "". DZfoot.com.