Amine "Zenga" Touahri (born 12 February 1989 in
Hussein Dey
Hussein Dey (real name Hüseyin bin Hüseyin; 1765 – 1838; ar, حسين داي) was the last Dey of the Deylik of Algiers.
Early life
He was born either in İzmir or Urla in the Ottoman Empire. He went to Istanbul and joined the Canoneers ...
,
Algiers Province
Algiers Province ( ar, ولاية الجزائر, ', ; french: wilaya d'Alger or ) is a province ( wilayah) in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is adopted from the old French department of Algie ...
) is an Algerian
footballer
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who is currently playing as a forward for
WA Boufarik
Widad Adabi Boufarik ( ar, وداد أدبي بوفاريك), known as WA Boufarik or simply WAB for short, is an Algerian football club based in the town of Boufarik. The club was founded in 1945 and its colours are black and orange. Their ho ...
.
International career
Touahri was called up to participate in the
2010 UNAF U-23 Tournament
The 2010 UNAF U-23 Tournament is an association football tournament open to the Under-23 national teams of UNAF member countries. The tournament took place between 13 December and 18 December 2010 in Morocco with matches held in the cities of El ...
. On 13 December 2010, he scored the sixth goal against the
Cameroonian under 23 side. On November 16, 2011, he was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the
2011 CAF U-23 Championship
The 2011 African U-23 Championship was the first edition of the football tournament for players under 23 years. It was originally scheduled to be hosted by Egypt from 26 November to 10 December 2011. However, less than two months prior to the sta ...
in
Morocco
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.
EN U23 : Les 21 joueurs sélectionnés
DZFoot, November 16, 2011.
Honours
* Finalist of the Algerian Cup
The Algerian Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup ( ar, كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after i ...
once with USM El Harrach
Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الحراش), known as USM El Harrach or simply USMH for short, is an Algerian football club based in El Harrach, Algiers. The club was founded in 193 ...
in 2011
References
1989 births
Living people
People from Hussein Dey (commune)
Algerian men's footballers
USM El Harrach players
ES Sétif players
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
Algeria men's under-23 international footballers
Algeria men's youth international footballers
Men's association football forwards
21st-century Algerian people
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