Rahma Benaichouche (; born 22 November 1991) is an Algerian

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who plays as a

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for

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club Phoenix and the Algeria national team.

Early life

Benaichouche was born in

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in the Algerian Sahara. developed an early interest in football. Growing up in Touggourt, she engaged in casual street games with friends. Supported by her family, she transitioned to professional football by joining the ESF Oued Righ Touggourt, marking the start of her formal involvement in the sport.

Club career

Ben Aichouche began her career with amateur club ESF Oued Righ Touggourt. After she got her first call-up to the national team, Rahima later joined MZ Biskra seeing it as the team where a real breakthrough could happen. The team had a structure, a system, and a working program. After three successful seasons with MZ Biskra, she received an offer from Algiers-based team AS Sûreté Nationale for a one-season time, and she ultimately made the move.

JF Khroub

On 28 October 2020, Rahima Ben Aichouche announced her departure from AS Sûreté Nationale to join Algerian Women's Elite Championship defending champions JK Khroub. Benaichouche's first maiden title was with JF Khroub when they lifted the 2022–23 Algerian Women's Cup for the first time in the club's history.

CF Akbou

On 25 August 2023, CF Akbou announced the signing of Benaichouche to compete in the 2023–24 Algerian Women's Championship.

Phoenix

On 18 September 2024, Phoenix announced the signing of Benaichouche, making this her first professional contract abroad.

International career

In 2014, Benaichouche got her first call-up to the Algerian national team to face Senegal in double friendly matches, She didn't get called up again till 2018. when she got her second call-up to the Algerian national team to face

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in the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations qualification, in the second leg she scored the winning goal that sent Algeria to the second round. Benaichouche played at

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sarr goal.''

Honours

JF Khroub *

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: 2022–23 CF Akbou *

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: 2023–24 *

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: 2023–24

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Benaichouche, Rahma 1991 births Living people Algerian women's footballers Algeria women's international footballers 21st-century Algerian sportswomen Women's association football forwards People from Touggourt Algerian Women's Championship players Algerian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Saudi Arabia Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia