Madjid Bougherra

Madjid Bougherra

Bougherra in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Madjid Bougherra
Date of birth	(1982-10-07) 7 October 1982 (age 34)
Place of birth	Longvic, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Youth career
1999–2000	AS Quetigny
2000–2002	AS Longvic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2006	Gueugnon	49	(1)
2006	→ Crewe Alexandra (loan)	11	(1)
2006–2007	Sheffield Wednesday	28	(2)
2007–2008	Charlton Athletic	34	(2)
2008–2011	Rangers	81	(3)
2011–2014	Lekhwiya	44	(3)
2014–2016	Al-Fujairah	39	(2)
2016	Aris	1	(0)
National team‡
2004	Algeria U23	3	(0)
2004–2015	Algeria	70	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 January 2015

Madjid Bougherra (Arabic: مجيد بوغرة‎‎; born 7 October 1982) is a retired Algerian professional footballer who most recently played for Football League (Greece) side Aris. He was a central defender, who could also play as a midfielder.

Bougherra began his professional football career with French club Gueugnon before having spells with English sides Crewe Alexandra, Sheffield Wednesday and Charlton Athletic. Bougherra moved to Rangers in the summer of 2008 for a fee of £2.5 million, he made his debut against Falkirk in August of that year. Bougherra made 113 appearances for Rangers and was a key part of the team that won the Scottish Premier League championship in seasons 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2010–11. In August 2011 Rangers sold Bougherra to Lekhwiya for £1.7 million.

An Algerian international since 2004, Bougherra has won 64 international caps and scored 4 goals for the Algeria national football team, participating in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, where Algeria finished fourth, and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He served as the team's captain for the 2014 World Cup.