Naïma Bouhenni
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Naïma Bouhenni-Benziane | ||
Date of birth | 23 October 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Oran, Algeria | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Amal | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2001 | AS Intissar Oran | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2005 | AS Intissar Oran | ||
2005–2006 | ASE Alger Centre | ||
2006–2007 | ASJ Canastel | ||
2007–2008 | Sadaka SC | ||
2008–2009 | AS Intissar Oran | ||
2009–2011 | Afak Relizane | ||
2011–2012 | FC Vendenheim | ||
2012–2017 | Afak Relizane | ||
2017–2018 | FC Constantine | ||
2019–2023 | Afak Relizane | ||
2023– | Al-Amal | ||
International career‡ | |||
2002– | Algeria | 60 | (35) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 April 2024 |
Naïma Bouhenni-Benziane (Arabic: نعيمة بوهني بن زيان; born 23 October 1985), known as Naïma Bouhenni, is an Algerian footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi club Al-Amal in Saudi Women's First Division League and the Algeria women's national team.
Early life
[edit]Bouhenni was born in Oran.
Club career
[edit]Bouhenni played for many clubs, but essentially for AS Intissar Oran and for Afak Relizane. In 2011, she went to France and played for FC Vendenheim in France.[1] She returned to Afak Relizane until 2012.[2] In 2023, she moved to the Saudi Women’s First Division League to play with Al-Amal to contribute to its qualification to the Saudi Women’s Premier League.[3]
International career
[edit]Bouhenni capped for Algeria at senior level Africa Women Cup of Nations in 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2014. On 5 September 2022, Bouhenni announced her retirement from international football.[4] She returned playing for the national team in September 2023.
International goals
[edit]Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first
- As of match played 4 April 2024
References
[edit]- ^ "D1, une troisième Algérienne à Vendenheim". footofeminin.fr. 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Naïma Bouhenni-Benziane". fdocplayer.fr. 5 November 2015.
- ^ "الخبرة الجزائرية تحقق الإنجاز التاريخي للأمل السعودي" [The Algerian experience achieves the historical achievement of Al-Amal Saudi.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). Riyan Al-Jidani. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ أسطورة الكرة الجزائرية "نعيمة بوهني" تعلن إعتزال اللعب الدولي بعد 22 عام في الملاعب [Algerian football legend "Naima Bouhni" announces her retirement from international football after 22 years in the stadiums]. KoraPlus (in Arabic). 5 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "FIFA WWC 2007 Prel. Comp. CAF – Equatorial Guinea - Algeria". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Player's profile - FAF official website
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Oran
- Algerian women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Algeria women's international footballers
- Algerian expatriate women's footballers
- Algerian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon
- Expatriate women's footballers in France
- Expatriate women's footballers in Lebanon
- 21st-century Algerian people
- Sadaka SC women's footballers
- Lebanese Women's Football League players
- Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate women's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Algerian football biography stubs
- North African women's football biography stubs