Personal information | |||
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Full name | Baghdad Bounedjah | ||
Date of birth | 30 November 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Oran, Algeria | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Al Sadd | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2007 | RCG Oran | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2011 | RCG Oran | 19 | (9) |
2011–2013 | USM El Harrach | 48 | (16) |
2013–2015 | Étoile du Sahel | 49 | (26) |
2015– | Al Sadd | 26 | (27) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Algeria U23 | 10 | (7) |
2013 | Algeria A' | 1 | (0) |
2014– | Algeria | 9 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:30, January 7, 2017 (EST). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:02, January 23, 2017 (EST) |
Baghdad Bounedjah (Arabic: بغداد بونجاح, born 30 November 1991) is an Algerian football player. He currently plays for Qatar Stars League side Al Sadd SC and the Algeria national team.
In the summer of 2011, Bounedjah signed a two-year contract with USM El Harrach, joining them from amateur club RCG Oran. On 10 September 2011, he made his professional debut for the club as a starter in the first round game of the 2011–12 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 against MC Oran, scoring a goal in the 78th minute.
In September 2011, Bounedjah was called by Azzedine Aït Djoudi up to the Algerian Under-23 National Team. He participated with the team in a pair of friendlies against USM Blida and NA Hussein Dey.
On 4 October 2011, Bounedjah received a surprise call-up to the Algerian National Team from Vahid Halilhodžić for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Central African Republic, replacing the injured Rafik Djebbour.
On 16 November 2011, he was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco.