Reda Benchaa

Reda Mohamed Amine Benchaa (Arabic: رضا محمد أمين بن شاعة; Tamazight: ⵔⴻⴷⴰ ⵎⵓⵀⴰⵎⴻⴷ ⴰⵎⵉⵏⴻ ⴱⴻⵏⵙⵀⴰ; born 12 March 2002) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for JS Kabylie.

Reda Benchaa

Personal information
Full name	Reda Mohamed Amine Benchaa
Date of birth	(2002-03-12) 12 March 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth	Le Blanc-Mesnil, France
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	JS Kabylie
Number	28
Youth career
0000–2017	Red Star
2017–2020	Dijon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2022	Dijon B	30	(6)
2022–2023	Dijon	4	(0)
2024–2025	Kazma SC
2025–	JS Kabylie	11	(1)
International career‡
2020–2022	Algeria U20	2	(0)
2022–2025	Algeria U23	2	(0)
2025–	Algeria A'	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:10, 19 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 October 2025

Career

Benchaa is a youth product of the academy of Red Star, and moved to Dijon's youth sides in May 2017. He debuted with their reserves in 2020. He made his professional and Ligue 2 debut with Dijon in a 2–1 loss to Nîmes on 8 January 2022.^[1] On 16 March 2022, Benchaa signed his first professional contract with Dijon for 3 years.^[2]

On 5 February 2025, Benchaa signed with JS Kabylie, until the end of the 2026–27 season.^[3] On 21 June 2025, Benchaa scored a decisive goal for JSK, on the last day of the 2024–25 Algerian Ligue 1, at the Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium of Tizi Ouzou, in a 1–0 victory, against ASO Chlef. With this winning goal in the 16th minute of the match, he secured the Kabyle club a spot in the 2025–26 CAF Champions League.^[4]

International career

Benchaa holds French and Algerian nationalities.^[5] He captained the Algeria U23s at the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament.^[6]

Honours

Kazma SC

• Kuwait Super Cup runner-up: 2023–24