Abdelraouf Benguit

Abdelraouf Benguit (Arabic: عبد الرؤوف بن غيث; born 5 April 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for CR Belouizdad.

Abdelraouf Benguit

Personal information
Full name	Abdelraouf Benguit[1]
Date of birth	(1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth	Laghouat, Algeria
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	CR Belouizdad
Number	6
Youth career
2008–2013	Paradou AC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2019	Paradou AC	25	(0)
2016–2019	→ USM Alger (loan)	102	(11)
2019–2021	ES Tunis	74	(15)
2022	MC Alger	9	(1)
2022–2023	Raja CA	13	(0)
2023–	CR Belouizdad	28	(1)
International career‡
2015–2016	Algeria Olympic	21	(0)
2017–	Algeria A'	2	(0)
2017–	Algeria	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 April 2023

Club career

A product of the Paradou AC youth academy, Benguit made his professional debut for the club on 14 August 2015, as a starter in the opening match of the 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 season against USM Bel-Abbès.^[2]

USM Alger

Espérance de Tunis

On 2 July 2019 Raouf Benguit joined Espérance de Tunis for four seasons coming from Paradou AC for 742,000 US$.^[3] He made his debut for Espérance in the Ligue 1 during a win against US Tataouine, later in the Champions League Benguit scored the winning goal against Elect-Sport his first goal with the club. On 15 March 2020 Benguit scored his first brace in Tunisian Cup against AS Marsa. In his first season, he won two titles, the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Super Cup And the most player who played matches this season with 42 and scored 7 goals.

MC Alger

In February 2022, he joined MC Alger.^[4]

Raja CA

In August 2022, he joined Raja CA.^[5]

CR Belouizdad

In July 2023, he joined CR Belouizdad.^[6]

International career

In November 2015 Benguit was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations in Senegal.^[7]

On 1 June 2017 Benguit was called up to the Algeria national football team for the first time for a friendly match against Guinea and a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 May 2021 ^[9]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
USM Alger	2016–17	Algerian Ligue 1	26	1	3	0	7[a]	0	0[b]	0	36	1
	2017–18		15	0	2	0	9[c]	0	—		26	0
	2018–19		28	4	3	1	6[d]	1	3[e]	0	40	6
	Total		69	5	8	1	22	1	3	0	102	7
Espérance ST	2019–20	Tunisian Ligue 1	21	1	5	2	11[f]	4	5[g]	0	42	7
	2020–21		20	2	1	0	11[a]	2	—		32	4
	Total		41	3	6	2	22	6	5	0	74	11
Career total			110	8	14	3	44	7	8	0	176	18

1. All appearance(s) in Champions League
2. Appearance in Algerian Super Cup
3. three appearances in CAF Champions League, six appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
4. All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
5. All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup
6. eight appearances and three goals in CAF Champions League, one appearance and one goal in CAF Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
7. one appearance in Tunisian Super Cup, four appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

Honours

Club

USM Alger

• Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (1): 2018–19
• Algerian Super Cup (1): 2016

Espérance de Tunis

• Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (2): 2019–20,^[10] 2020–21^[11]
• Tunisian Super Cup (1): 2020^[12]