Hocine Achiou
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hocine Achiou | ||
| Date of birth | April 27, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Algiers, Algeria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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WA Boufarik | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1996 | ES Ben Aknoun | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2006 | USM Alger | 95 | (17) |
| 2006–2007 | FC Aarau | 28 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | USM Alger | 23 | (3) |
| 2009 | JS Kabylie | 18 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | USM Alger | 46 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | ASO Chlef | 23 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | MC Oran | 10 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | USM Bel-Abbès | 23 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | RC Arbaâ | 11 | (0) |
| 2017– | WA Boufarik | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2009 | Algeria | 26 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, May 17, 2012 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, April 28, 2012 (UTC) |
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Hocine Achiou (born April 27, 1979) is an Algerian footballer. He is currently playing for WA Boufarik in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.
Achiou started his playing career with ES Ben Aknoun before joining the junior ranks of USM Alger. He would eventually sign his first professional contract with the club. Achiou was an important member of the team's African Champions League run in 2003 and 2004. USM Alger made the final eight (group stage) in both those years and even made it to the semi-final in 2003 when they lost 3-2 on aggregate to eventual champions Enyimba FC.
He had numerous opportunities to join European clubs but the player could not agree on financial terms with the clubs. He had trials with Premiership-sides Fulham FC and Portsmouth FC and French clubs CS Sedan and FC Lorient. Hocine finally signed a one-year deal with Swiss club FC Aarau in the summer of 2006. He scored a goal in his first league game against FC St. Gallen. In the summer of 2007, he left FC Aarau after just one season and immediately joined his former team USM Alger. In January 2009, he joined JS Kabylie. َAfter six successful months, he returned to his former team USM Alger. In the summer of 2011, he left USM Alger definitively to join ASO Chlef. In January 2013, he joined MC Oran. In the summer of 20013, he joined USM Bel-Abbès and he led him to return to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. In January 2016, he joined RC Arbaâ. In January 2017, he joined WA Boufarik.
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