Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba (; born 5 March 1988) is a professional

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who plays for Berre SPC. A versatile defender, he can operate as a

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or left back. After starting out at

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(first and second teams), he went on to represent clubs (other than in Spain) in Switzerland, France, Romania and Greece. Born in France, Cadamuro featured in the Algeria national team's squads at the

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, and three

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tournaments.

Club career

Real Sociedad

At the age of 15, Cadamuro joined

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's youth system, going on to represent the reserves in three seasons. In summer 2008, he moved to Spain and signed for

. With the

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, Cadamuro played another three years with the B side, two in the third division and one in

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. He was promoted to the first team for the 2011–12 campaign, following the arrival of countryman

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as team manager. On 10 September 2011, he made his

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debut, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 70th minute of a 2–2 home draw against

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. Cadamuro finished his first season with Real with 19 league appearances (13 starts), helping to a final 12th position. He agreed to a two-year extension on 2 January 2013, extending his contract until 2016. On 8 January 2014, after having been sparingly played during the first half of the campaign, Cadamuro joined

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club

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on loan until June. On 31 August, he signed with another second-tier side,

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, also on loan.

Later career

In early February 2016, Cadamuro signed with

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of the

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for six months with an option for two further seasons, subject to a medical examination. He made his debut on 5 March against

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after replacing the injured Tibert Pont late into the first half, but only lasted 19 minutes as he was

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after receiving his second

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of the match. Cadamuro returned to France in the 2017 off-season, joining

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from

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. He scored his first professional goal in that country on 19 September, helping to a 4–0 away defeat of

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. On 16 August 2018, Cadamuro had a trial at

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. He agreed to a two-year contract with the

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six days later, returning to Spain and its second division. On 31 January 2019, Cadamuro moved to

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in the Romanian

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. A year later, he was signed by

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. Returning to France, Cadamuro played in the fifth-tier

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for

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and

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International career

On 7 January 2012, Algeria national team coach

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was in the stands to watch Cadamuro in a league match against Osasuna. The following day, in an interview with French website FootMercato.net, the player stated that his intentions had always been to represent Algeria in international competition, despite also having the option to play for

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and

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. On 10 February 2012, Real Sociedad's website announced that Cadamuro was officially called up by Halilhodžić for the

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qualifier against

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. The

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confirmed the information five days later, and he made his debut on the 29th starting in the 2–1 win. Cadamuro was selected to the Algeria's list of 23 players for the

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, but did not play any games. On 26 June, even though on the bench, he managed to receive a

for wasting time by kicking the ball away in the last group stage match against

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, as the nation held on to the 1–1 draw and reached the last-16. Cadamuro scored his only international goal on 11 January 2015, in a 1–1 friendly draw against neighbours

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. He was also called up for the continental cup in that year and

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, the former as an injury replacement for

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Personal life

Cadamuro was born in

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, France, to an Italian father and an Algerian mother, originally from

Tipaza Province Tipaza or Tipasa (, ''Tibaza'', older ''Tefessedt'') is a provinces of Algeria, province (''wilaya'') on the coast of Algeria, Its capital is Tipaza, 50 km west of Algiers, the capital of Algeria, and 70 km east of Mahelma Forest, with a pop ...

. In June 2016, he married fellow footballer

Louisa Nécib Louisa Nécib Cadamuro (; born 23 January 1987) is a French former professional footballer who played for the France national team. She spent the majority of her career at Lyon, amassing eighteen titles with the French club over a nine-year spa ...

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Score and result list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Cadamuro goal.''

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