Reda Benchaa
Algerian footballer (born 2002)
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Reda Mohamed Amine Benchaa (Arabic: رضا محمد أمين بن شاعة; Tamazight: ⵔⴻⴷⴰ ⵎⵓⵀⴰⵎⴻⴷ ⴰⵎⵉⵏⴻ ⴱⴻⵏⵙⵀⴰ; born 12 March 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for JS Kabylie. Born in France, he represents Algeria internationally.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Reda Mohamed Amine Benchaa | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 2002 | ||
| 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 | |||
| –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 | 15 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020–2022 | Algeria U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Algeria U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Algeria A' | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:10, 18 March 2026 (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