Mohamed Ait El Hadj
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 March 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Beni Messous, Algeria | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | USM Alger | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | USM Alger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | USM Alger | 44 | (4) |
| International career | |||
| 2022 | Algeria U23 | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | Algeria A' | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024 | |||
Mohamed Ait El Hadj (Arabic: محمد آيت الحاج; born 22 March 2002) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Career
[edit]On 16 January 2022, Mohamed Ait El Hadj made his first league appearance with USM Alger against MC Alger.[1] Aït El Hadj was going to be free in the summer 2022, because his old contract was to expire on July 7, 2022, making it necessary for him to extend it as soon as possible, at the risk of seeing him join another club. Aït El Hadj and Abderraouf Othmani represent the future of the club, and it is therefore logical that they have been extended underlined the Usmist management.[2] On 1 April, Ait El Hadj scored his first league goal against JS Kabylie.[3] On June 3, 2023, Ait El Hadj won the first title in his football career by winning the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup after defeating Young Africans of Tanzania.[4][5]
On August 16, 2023, Ait El Hadj renewed his contract for two seasons until 2026, although he was not in the plans of his coach Abdelhak Benchikha.[6][7] On 15 September 2023, Ait El Hadj won the CAF Super Cup title after winning against Al Ahly, it is the second African title with USM Alger in three months.[8] After a complicated season, Ait El Hadj having been patient for a long time ended up demanding his release. Ait El Hadj rejected the idea of loaning him to another club and insisted on changing his direction, and chose another club that would give him the opportunity to play regularly. Ait El Hadj accompanied by his agent, conducted an interview with the club's sporting director Taoufik Korichi who convinced him to stay.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 14 June 2024 [10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| USM Alger | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Total | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 56 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 56 | 4 | |||
- ^ a b All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
International career
[edit]In December 2022, Mohamed Ait El Hadj was called up by Madjid Bougherra for the first time to the Algeria A' National Team for a week-long training camp in Algiers.[11] On January 2, 2023, Ait El Hadj was selected for the 28-man squad to participate in the 2022 African Nations Championship.[12] Where he played one match in the semi-finals and reached the final, where they lost the title against Senegal.[13]
Honours
[edit]USM Alger
References
[edit]- ^ "USM ALGER VS. MC ALGER 1 - 1".
- ^ "USM Alger : Othmani et Aït El Hadj rempilent". footalgerien.com. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "KABYLIE VS. USM ALGER 1 - 1".
- ^ a b "USM Alger Lift CAF Cup Despite Home Loss To Young Africans". barrons.com. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "CAF CC : L'USMA REMPORTE LA COUPE!". dzfoot.com. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "USM Alger: dix cadres prolongés d'un seul coup". lescore.dz. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Football: USMA: Dix joueurs prolongés d'un coup". rivalite.dz. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ a b "L'USMA remporte la Supercoupe de la CAF face au Ahly". mediafootdz.dz. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "USMA : Korichi convainc Aït-El-Hadj de rester". Competition. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Mohamed Ait El Hadj". Soccerway.
- ^ "CHAN 2023 : Les 28 de Bougherra pour le stage de décembre". dzfoot.com. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "CHAN 2022 : La liste des 28 algériens dévoilée". dzfoot.com. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Senegal win penalty shootout against Algeria to become CHAN champions". Cafonline.com. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
External links
[edit]- Mohamed Ait El Hadj at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Algerian men's footballers
- USM Alger players
- Men's association football wingers
- Footballers from Algiers
- Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- Algeria men's under-23 international footballers
- 2022 African Nations Championship players
- Algeria men's A' international footballers
- 21st-century Algerian sportsmen