Saïd Bouchouk

Saïd Bouchouk
Personal information
Full name	Saïd Bouchouk
Date of birth	December 29, 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	El Eulma, Algeria
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	FC Bir El Arch
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2010	FC Bir El Arch
2010–2013	CA Batna
2012	→ Al-Qadisiyah (loan)
2013	JS Kabylie
2014–	RC Arbaâ
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:00, May 4, 2012 (UTC)

Saïd Bouchouk (born December 29, 1986) is an Algerian football player.

Club career

Born in El Eulma, Bouchouk began his career in the junior ranks FC Bir El Arch.^[1] In 2005, he was promoted to the senior side, where he spent the next five seasons. In 2010, he had a successful trial with Ligue 2 side CA Batna, signing a four-year contract with the club.

On January 29, 2012, Bouchouk was loaned by CA Batna to Saudi Professional League club Al-Qadisiyah FC until the end of the season.^[2]

International career

On October 25, 2011, Bouchouk received a surprise call up from Vahid Halilhodžić to the Algerian National Team for a pair of friendlies against Tunisia and Cameroon.^[3] He did not play in the first game against Tunisia, remaining on the bench as Algeria won 1–0. The second game against Cameroon was cancelled and replaced with an intra-squad scrimmage. Coming at half-time, Bouchouk scored a goal and had two assists as his Algeria White team won 4–1 against Algeria Green.^[4]^[5]