Achraf Bencharki
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 Bencharki with Zamalek at CAF Champions League in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Achraf Bencharki[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 September 1994[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oulad Zbair, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al Ahly | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Maghreb de Fès | 48 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Wydad Casablanca | 30 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Hilal | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Lens (loan) | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Zamalek | 73 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Al Jazira | 24 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Al-Rayyan | 27 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Al Ahly | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Morocco U23 | 4 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Morocco A | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Morocco | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:17, 29 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Achraf Bencharki (Arabic: أَشْرَف بْن شَرْقِيّ; born 24 September 1994) is a Moroccan professional footballer who is currently playing for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly. He can be deployed as a left winger or as a forward.
Born in Oulad Zbair, Morocco, Bencharki began his career at Maghreb de Fès where he joined the first team for the 2014–15 season.[3] In the 2015–16 season, he scored 9 goals in 27 matches.[3]
In 2016, he moved to Wydad Casablanca for a reported transfer fee of 300 million Moroccan dirham.[3] He helped the club win the 2017 CAF Champions League and qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup.[4] He was praised for his performances in the CAF Champions League and was widely considered the best player of the competitions's final.[5][6][7]
In January 2018, Bencharki joined Saudi Professional League club Al-Hilal[4] for a $9 million transfer fee.[8]
In August 2018, he joined Ligue 2 club RC Lens on loan for the 2018–19 season.[8][9]
In July 2019, Bencharki joined Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek SC on a three-year contract.[10] On 18 October 2020, he scored the only goal in 1–0 away win for Zamalek SC over Raja Casablanca in the 2019–20 CAF Champions League semi-finals.[11]
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Bencharki signed with Qatari side Al-Rayyan in 2023, before returning to Egypt to join Al-Ahly in January 2025.[12]
International career
Bencharki played for the Morocco national under-23 team and under 21 team[13] having previously played for their under-20 team.[14]
Bencharki represented Morocco in the 2018 African Nations Championship, helping his country to achieve the first chan title for Morocco. He scored his first goal for Morocco against Mauritania in a 4–0 victory.[15]
