Chakib Nazim Hocine (born 8 August 1991) is an Algerian

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who plays as a

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for CS Lanaudière-Nord in

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Early life

Hocine was born in Algeria and moved to Canada with his parents as a baby.

Playing career

Brossard

Hocine made his senior debut in 2012 with FC Brossard in the inaugural season of the

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, making 17 league appearances over the course of the season.

Mont-Royal Outremont

In 2013, Hocine signed with expansion side Mont-Royal Outremont, making 17 league appearances and scoring 3 goals.

Montreal Impact

Hocine spent the 2014 season in the

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(PDL) with Montreal Impact U23.

FC Montreal

In March 2015, Hocine made his USL debut as a starter in

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's inaugural match, a 2–0 loss to Toronto FC II.

Return to Mont-Royal

After being released by FC Montreal, Hocine returned to the PLSQ, signing with his former club Mont-Royal Outremont, making 9 league appearances and scoring one goal.

Lanaudière

In 2017, Hocine signed with

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, but only made one league appearance for the club.

Mississippi Brilla

Hocine played the 2017 PDL season with Mississippi Brilla, helping the club reach the National semi-finals.

Ekenäs

In January 2018, Hocine signed abroad for the first time with Finnish

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club

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HFX Wanderers

On 16 January 2019, it was announced that Hocine had signed with the HFX Wanderers ahead of the inaugural

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season. He made his debut for the Wanderers on May 16 in a

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match against

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. On 14 December 2019, the club announced that Hocine would not be returning for the 2020 season.

Valour FC

Hocine joined fellow

club

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on July 20, 2020. On January 15, 2021, Valour announced that Hocine would not return for the 2021 season.

Third spell at Mont-Royal

In July 2021, Hocine rejoined Mont-Royal Outremont.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hocine, Chakib 1991 births Living people Men's association football defenders Algerian men's footballers Canadian men's soccer players Footballers from Algiers Soccer players from Montreal Algerian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Algerian expatriate men's footballers Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Algerian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Finland CF Montréal U23 players FC Montreal players Mississippi Brilla FC players Ekenäs IF players HFX Wanderers FC players Valour FC players Ligue1 Québec players USL League Two players USL Championship players Ykkönen players Canadian Premier League players AS Brossard players AS St-Léonard players FC Lanaudière players CS Mont-Royal Outremont players A.S. Blainville players CS Lanaudière-Nord players Canadian people of Algerian descent 21st-century Canadian sportsmen