Hocine Achiou
Hocine Achiou| Personal information |
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| Full name |
Hocine Achiou |
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| Date of birth |
(1979-04-27) April 27, 1979 |
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| Place of birth |
Algiers, Algeria |
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| Height |
1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
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| Playing position |
Midfielder |
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| Club information |
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Current team |
USM Bel-Abbès |
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| Number |
8 |
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| Youth career |
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| 1990–1996 |
ES Ben Aknoun |
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| Senior career* |
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| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
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| 1996–2006 |
USM Alger |
95 |
(17) |
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| 2006–2007 |
FC Aarau |
28 |
(4) |
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| 2007–2008 |
USM Alger |
23 |
(3) |
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| 2009 |
JS Kabylie |
18 |
(3) |
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| 2009–2011 |
USM Alger |
46 |
(1) |
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| 2011–2012 |
ASO Chlef |
22 |
(0) |
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| 2012–2013 |
CS Constantine |
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| 2013 |
MC Oran |
10 |
(2) |
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| 2013- |
USM Bel-Abbès |
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| National team‡ |
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| 2003–2009 |
Algeria |
26 |
(3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, May 17, 2012 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, April 28, 2012 (UTC) |
Hocine Achiou (born April 27, 1979) is an Algerian footballer. He is currently playing for USM Bel-Abbès in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Football career
Achiou started his playing career with ES Ben Aknoun before joining the junior ranks of USM Alger. He would eventually sign his first professional contract with the club. Achiou was an important member of the team's African Champions League run in 2003 and 2004. USM Alger made the final eight (group stage) in both those years and even made it to the semi-final in 2003 when they lost 3-2 on aggregate to eventual champions Enyimba FC.
He had numerous opportunities to join European clubs but the player could not agree on financial terms with the clubs. He had trials with Premiership-sides Fulham FC and Portsmouth FC and French clubs CS Sedan and FC Lorient.[1] Hocine finally signed a one-year deal with Swiss club FC Aarau in the summer of 2006.[2] He scored a goal in his first league game against FC St. Gallen. In the summer of 2007, he left FC Aarau after just one season and immediately joined his former team USM Alger.
International career
Achiou was part of the Algerian team that finished second in their group in the first round of the 2004 African Nations Cup behind Cameroon before being defeated by Morocco in the quarter-finals. Achiou had scored an important goal against Egypt in one of the group stage matches that was instrumental in helping Algeria reach the quarterfinals. Achiou also scored a goal against Zimbabwe which would be the difference in the tie-breaker against Egypt, and ultimately qualify Algeria to the quarter-finals. Achiou has 25 caps for the Algerian national team and has scored 3 goals.
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