Jugurtha Meftah (born July 28, 1990) is an Algerian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player. He currently plays 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 ...

in the

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 ...

Personal

Meftah was born on July 28, 1990, 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

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,

Chaâbane Meftah Chaâbane Meftah (born March 3, 1990) is an Algerian football player. He is currently unattached. Personal Meftah was born in Tizi Ouzou. He comes from a long family of footballers, with three of his cousins having already played for JS Kabylie: ...

, is also a footballer and currently plays for JS Kabylie as well.

Club career

On May 24, 2011, Meftah made his professional debut for

in a league match against

ASO Chlef Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef (), known as ASO Chlef or simply ASO for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Chlef, founded in 1947. The club colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium, ...

as a 49th-minute substitute for

Ibrahim Amada Ibrahim Samuel Amada (born 28 February 1990) is a Malagasy professional footballer who last played for Ratchaburi and the Madagascar national football team as a midfielder. Club career Amada was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar. On 30 January 2 ...

References

External links

DZFoot Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meftah, Jugurtha 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