Rayane Boukemia (born 11 October 1992) is a French

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who currently plays for

USM Annaba Union Sportive Médinat d'Annaba (), known as USM Annaba or simply USMAN for short, is an Algerian football club based in Annaba. It was founded in 1983 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, 19 May 1956 Stadium has a capacity of ...

in the

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 The Algerian Ligue 2, also called Ligue 2, formerly known as Ligue Professionnelle 2 and Championnat National 2, is the second highest division overall in the Algerian football league system. Administered by the Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur ...

Career

After nine years in France with

SC Schiltigheim Sporting Club de Schiltigheim is a French association football club from Schiltigheim, Alsace. It plays in Régional 1, the sixth tier of football in France. It plays at the Stade de l'Aar in Schiltigheim, which has a capacity of 2,500. The ...

and having graduated from the

University of Strasbourg The University of Strasbourg (, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers. Founded in the 16th century by Johannes Sturm, it was a center of intellectual life during ...

in 2015, Boukemia moved to the United States to attend

Southern New Hampshire University Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is a private university between Manchester, New Hampshire, Manchester and Hooksett, New Hampshire, United States. The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education, along with ...

. While playing at SNHU, Boukemia played with

Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

side

Reading United AC Reading United AC is an American soccer team based in Reading, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The club plays its home games at Alvernia University. The club's col ...

in 2016. Boukemia signed with

United Soccer League The United Soccer League (USL) is an organizer of various professional and amateur soccer leagues in the United States league system. It currently organizes its Championship, League One, and League Two for men, its Super League and W Leag ...

side

Rochester Rhinos Rochester Rhinos, formerly known as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, was an American soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. The club won the 1999 U.S. Open Cup, marking the only time a non-MLS team has won the U.S. Open Cup sinc ...

on 16 February 2017.

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* 1992 births Living people French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers SC Schiltigheim players Southern New Hampshire Penmen men's soccer players Reading United AC players Rochester Rhinos players Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States USL League Two players USL Championship players French sportspeople of Algerian descent Bahlinger SC players 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-forward-1990s-stub