Chaâbane Meftah (born March 3, 1990) is an Algerian

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player. He is currently

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Personal

Meftah was born in

Tizi Ouzou Tizi Ouzou or Thizi Wezzu (, Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a city in north central Algeria, and capital of Tizi Ouzou Province and Tizi Ouzou District. It is among the largest cities in Algeria. It is the second most populous city in the Kabylia reg ...

. He comes from a long family of footballers, with three of his cousins having already played for

JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle grammar, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqvayel; Berber languages, Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ; ), known as JS Kabylie or simply JSK, is an Algerian profession ...

Mahieddine Meftah Mahieddine "Tchico" Meftah (born 25 September 1968) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a defender. With 77 caps, he is one of the most capped Algerian players. He also scored four goals for the Algeria national team. ...

, Mohamed Rabie Meftah and Rahim Meftah. Two of them, Mahieddine and Rabie, also played for the Algerian National Team. Another cousin, Jugurtha Meftah, is also a footballer and currently plays for JS Kabylie as well.

Club career

On June 14, 2011, Meftah made his professional debut for

in a league match against

WA Tlemcen Widad Athletic Tlemcen (), known as WA Tlemcen or WAT for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Tlemcen. The club was founded in 1962 and its colours are blue and white. Their home stadium, Colonel Lotfi Stadium, has a capaci ...

. In the summer of 2012, Meftah signed a two-year contract with

. However, he was released before the start of the season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meftah, Chaabane 1990 births Living people Algerian men's footballers Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players JS Kabylie players Kabyle people Footballers from Tizi Ouzou Men's association football defenders 21st-century Algerian sportsmen