Boukhalfa Branci (born 18 June 1952) was a professional

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

Life and career

On March 22, 2013, Boukhalfa Branci former

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger (); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a Association football, football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their home sta ...

and

JSM Béjaïa Jeunesse Sportive Madinet de Béjaïa (; Kabyle language, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n temdint n Vgayet; Berber languages, Tamazight: ⵉⵍⴻⵎⵣⵉⵢⴻⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⴻⵏ ⵏ ⵜⴻⵎⴷⵉⵏⵜ ⵏ ⴱⴳⴰⵢⴻⵜ) known ...

goalkeeper coach, join the staff of the Algeria A' national team. The decision was taken after lengthy debates. Everyone at the FAF and the DTN had their candidate.

Mohamed Raouraoua Mohamed Raouraoua (; born 12 September 1947 in Casbah, Algiers, French Algeria) is the former president of the Algerian Football Federation, and the vice-president of the Union of Arab Football Associations. Biography He was first elected as presi ...

after studying all the applications ended up favoring the DTN candidate Boualem Laroum. On September 22, 2023, the former goalkeeper Branci returned to

as coach of the goalkeepers for the youth groups.

Clubs

(196?–197?)

References

External links

Profile on djazairess.com site
1952 births Algerian men's footballers Ligue 1 players Sportspeople from Béjaïa Province USM Alger players Living people Men's association football goalkeepers 21st-century Algerian people {{algeria-footy-goalkeeper-stub