Tedj Bensaoula

Tedj Bensaoula (Arabic: تاج بن سحاولة) (born 1 December 1954) is an Algerian football manager and former footballer who played as a forward. He currently manages CR Témouchent in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.

Tedj Bensaoula

Bensaoula in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Tedj Bensaoula
Date of birth	(1954-12-01) 1 December 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Oued Berkeche, Algeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	US H. Bou Hadjar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1977	US H. Bou Hadjar	210	(37)
1977–1983	MP Oran
1983–1986	Le Havre AC	73	(17)
1986–1987	USL Dunkerque	14	(2)
International career
1979–1986	Algeria	51	(19)
Managerial career
1999	Algeria
2001–2002	Algeria
2002	MC Oran
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Early years

Tedj Bensaoula was born in the farm of his grandparents in Oued Berkeche, on the heights between the massifs of Hammam Bou Hadjar and Tessala. In 1958 his family was driven out of this area prohibited during the Liberation War, the family moved to Hammam Bou Hadjar, Tedj was four years old.^[1]

Club career

Bensaoula played with MC Oran in Algeria and with Le Havre AC and USL Dunkerque in France.

International career

Bensaoula participated with the Algeria national football team at two editions of the FIFA World Cup, in 1982 (one goal scored) and 1986.^[2] He also participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Gallery

• 
  Bensaoula with MC Oran in 1978–79
• 
  Bensaoula in 1986, posting for the 1986 WC

Career statistics

International statistics

As of matches played on 6 June 1986^[4]

Algeria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1979	5	4
1980	15	5
1981	4	1
1982	3	1
1983	10	4
1984	6	2
1985	4	2
1986	4	0
Total	51	19

International goals

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.^[5]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 September 1979	Omiš Stadium, Omiš	France Am.	1–1	1–1	1979 Mediterranean Games
2.	9 December 1979	Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca	Morocco	0–1	1–5	1980 Summer Olympics qualification
3.				0–2
4.				1–3
5.	16 March 1980	Liberty Stadium, Ibadan	Guinea	1–0	3–2	1980 African Cup of Nations
6.				3–0
7.	31 May 1980	Steven Siaka Stadium, Freetown	Sierra Leone	2–1	2–2	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.	13 June 1980	Stade du 19 Juin, Oran	Sierra Leone	2–0	3–1	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	12 December 1980	Stade du 17 Juin, Constantine	Sudan	1–0	2–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	10 April 1981	Stade du 19 Juin, Oran	Mali	1–0	5–1	1982 African Cup of Nations qualification
11.	16 June 1982	Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo	Chile	3–0	3–2	1982 FIFA World Cup
12.	8 April 1983	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Benin	1–0	6–2	1984 African Cup of Nations qualification
13.				2–0
14.	10 June 1983	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Uganda	2–0	3–0	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
15.	14 August 1983	Stade Demba Diop, Dakar	Senegal	0–1	1–1	1984 African Cup of Nations qualification
16.	6 January 1984	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Egypt	1–0	1–1	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
17.	8 March 1984	Stade Bouaké, Bouaké	Ghana	2–0	2–0	1984 African Cup of Nations
18.	13 July 1985	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Zambia	1–0	2–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
19.	28 July 1985	Independence Stadium, Lusaka	Zambia	0–1	0–1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

International goals (vs clubs)

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	5 December 1980	Stade du 17 Juin, Constantine	Liaoning FC	2–0	4–1	Friendly
2.	29 May 1982	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne	Lausanne-Sport	0–?	0–4	Friendly
3.				0–?
4.	1 June 1982	Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours	Tours FC	?–5	4–5	Friendly
5.	17 January 1983	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers	Ipswich Town	1–?	1–1	Friendly

Honours

Clubs

MC Oran

• Algerian Championship: Third place 1979

Le Havre

• French Ligue 2: 1985

International

• Mediterranean Games: Bronze medal 1979
• Africa Cup of Nations: Runner-up 1980; Third place 1984
• Summer Olympics: Quarterfinal 1980
• FIFA World Cup: First round 1982, 1986