Houcine Benayada

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Houcine Benayada

| fullname = Houcine Benayada{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Wydad AC |publisher=FIFA |page=7 |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212205323/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2023 |url-status=live}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|8|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Oran, Algeria

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Centre-back

| currentclub = CR Belouizdad

| clubnumber = 3

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = ASM Oran

| years1 = 2010–2015 | clubs1 = ASM Oran | caps1 = 101 | goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2015–2016 | clubs2 = USM Alger | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2016–2020 | clubs3 = CS Constantine | caps3 = 98 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2021 | clubs4 = ES Sahel | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2022–2023 | clubs5 = Wydad AC | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2023– | clubs6 = CR Belouizdad | caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2019–

| nationalteam1 = Algeria A'

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2021–

| nationalteam2 = Algeria

| nationalcaps2 = 9

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 14 June 2024

| nationalteam-update = 15 December 2021

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

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Houcine Benayada ({{Langx|ar|حسين بن عيادة}}; born 8 August 1992) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for CR Belouizdad and the Algeria national team. He plays primarily as a centre-back but can also play as a right-back.

Club career

On 16 June 2015 Benayada signed a two-year contract with USM Alger.{{cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/2015/06/16/hocine-benayada-signe-pour-deux-ans-a-lusm-alger-70656.php|title=Hocine Benayada signe pour deux ans à l’USM Alger|author=HMF|publisher=DZfoot|date=June 16, 2015|accessdate=June 16, 2015|language=French}} In 2016 he signed with CS Constantine, and in 2020 he joined the Tunisian team Club Africain.{{cite web|url=https://www.footalgerien.com/mercato-hocine-benayada-sengage-trois-ans-club-africain/|title=Hocine Benayada s’engage pour trois ans avec le Club Africain|author=|publisher=footalgerien.com|date=11 September 2020|accessdate=|language=French}}

= Wydad AC =

On 3 September 2022, Benayada joined African champions Wydad AC as a free agent.{{Cite web |last=B |first=Amine |date=2022-09-03 |title=Mercato : Benayada s'engage avec le WAC |url=https://www.dzfoot.com/verts-deurope/mercato-benayada-sengage-avec-le-wac-230750.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=Football Algérien - DZFOOT.COM |language=fr-FR}}

= CR Belouizdad =

On 22 August 2023, he joined CR Belouizdad.{{cite web |url=https://www.dzfoot.com/football-en-algerie/crb-benayada-signe-pour-deux-saisons-avec-le-chabab-246397.html |title=CRB : Benayada signe pour deux saisons avec le Chabab |website=dzfoot.com |date=22 August 2023 |access-date=22 August 2023}}

International career

In June 2015, after an impressive first season in the top flight with ASM Oran, Benayada was handed his first call up to Algeria national team for a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles.{{cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/2015/06/04/algerie-seychelles-la-liste-definitve-des-23-joueurs-retenus-69957.php|title=Algérie-Seychelles : La liste définitive des 23 joueurs retenus

|author=HMF|publisher=DZfoot|language=French|date=June 4, 2015|accessdate=June 16, 2015}} He was named on the substitute's bench for the match but did not participate.

He was a part in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup winning team.{{Cite web|title=Algeria beat Tunisia to win FIFA Arab Cup 2021|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2021/12/18/algeria-beat-tunisia-to-win-fifa-arab-cup-2021|access-date=2021-12-18|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}