Brahim Boudebouda (; born 28 August 1990) is an Algerian

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who current plays as a

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for

Algerian Ligue 2 The Algerian Ligue 2, also called Ligue 2, formerly known as Ligue Professionnelle 2 and Championnat National 2, is the second highest division overall in the Algerian football league system. Administered by the Ligue Nationale du Football Amate ...

club

RC Kouba Raed Chabab Kouba (), known as RC Kouba or simply RCK for short, is an Algerian football club based in Kouba, a district of Algiers. The club was founded in 1945 and its colours are green and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Benhaddad Stadium ...

Club career

MC Alger

On 25 February 2008 Boudebouda, just 17 years old at the time, made his professional debut for

MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger (), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home stadium, Ali La Pointe Stadium, has a capacit ...

in the local derby against

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 ...

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, coming on as a substitute for Smaïl Chaoui in the 63rd minute. MC Alger went on to win the game 1–0. In the 2009–2010 season, Boudebouda made 16 appearances and scored 2 goals for

as they won the league title for the first time since 1999. On 3 April 2011 Boudebouda helped

qualify to the second round of the

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with two goals in a 3–0 win against

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an side

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He was decisive again in the second round, with an 89th-minute winner against Inter Luanda of

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, as MC Alger won 3–2 and advanced to the group stage. On 10 May 2011 Boudebouda went on trial with Belgian side

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Le Mans FC

On 3 July 2011 it was announced that Boudebouda would be joining

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side

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after agreeing to a three-year contract. On 6 July 2011 the move was made official. On 9 August 2011 Bedbouda made his debut for the club as a starter in a 2011–12 Coupe de la Ligue match against

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. He played the entire match as Le Mans won 2–0. On 12 June 2012 Boudebouda reached a mutual agreement with Le Mans to terminate his contract.

USM Alger

On 13 June 2012, one day after terminating his contract with Le Mans, Boudebouda signed a two-year contract with

Statistics

International career

He was member of the team at the

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, where the team finished first. Boudebouda scored a goal in the final group game against Libya.

Honours

Club

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Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (), known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat National 1, is the Algerian professional league for association football clubs. It is the co ...

(2): 2013-14, 2015-16 *

Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup () also known the Republic Cup (), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart ...

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Algerian Super Cup The Algerian Super Cup () is an Algerian football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Algerian League and the Algerian Cup. The first edition was held in 1981 and then again in 1992, 1994 and 1995 before being scrapp ...

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UAFA Club Cup The Arab Club Champions Cup (, ) is a club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by top clubs from the Arab world. The tournament is contested by a total of 37 teams from Asia and Africa. F ...

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References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudebouda, Brahim 1990 births Living people Footballers from Algiers Algerian men's footballers Algerian expatriate men's footballers Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Algeria men's under-23 international footballers Algeria men's youth international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France MC Alger players Le Mans FC players MC Oran players Ligue 2 players Algerian expatriate sportspeople in France USM Alger players Algeria men's A' international footballers Algeria men's international footballers Men's association football fullbacks 21st-century Algerian sportsmen