Monsef Bakrar

Monsef Bakrar
Bakrar with New York City FC in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-13) 13 January 2001
Place of birth Sétif, Algeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al Ahly
Number 10
Youth career
ES Sétif
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 ES Sétif 38 (9)
2022–2023 Istra 1961 31 (8)
2023–2025 New York City FC 59 (9)
2025–2026 Dinamo Zagreb 28 (10)
2026- Al Ahly 0 (0)
International career‡
2022 Algeria U23 4 (1)
2024– Algeria 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 December 2025

Monsef Bakrar (born 13 January 2001) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Algeria national team.

Club career

On 20 July 2022, Bakrar signed a one-year contract with Istra.[1] On 11 July 2023, Bakrar signed a 3+1⁄2-year deal with Major League Soccer side New York City FC.[2]

On 1 August 2025, Bakrar returned to Croatia, signing a multi-year contract with Dinamo Zagreb.[3][4]

On July 28, Al Ahly SC officially announced the signing of the player, who had been recommended by Amr. Following an evaluation by the club's scouting committee, there was unanimous agreement that the club should enter negotiations to secure his signing.[5]

International career

Bakrar made his debut for the senior Algeria national team on 22 March 2024, in a friendly against Bolivia.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 May 2026[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ES Sétif 2020–21 Algerian Ligue 1 173—3[b]1—204
2021–22 Algerian Ligue 1 216—9[c]0—306
Total 389—121—5010
Istra 1961 2022–23 Croatian Football League 31820——338
New York City FC 2023 MLS 103——3[d]1134
2024 MLS 28400—7[e]0354
2025 MLS 21210——222
Total 59910—1017010
Dinamo Zagreb 2025–26 Croatian Football League 2810459[f]2—4017
Career total 156367521310119445
  1. ↑ Includes Croatian Cup, U.S. Open Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Leagues Cup
  5. ↑ Four appearances in Leagues Cup, three appearances in MLS Cup playoffs
  6. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 31 December 2025[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Algeria 202440
202530
Total70

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

Individual

  • New York City FC Player of the Month: August 2023
  • HNL Team of the Season (Second Team): 2025–26


See also

References

  1. ↑ Amine B (20 July 2022). "Mercato : Bakrar (ES Sétif) signe en Croatie" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. ↑ FC, New York City. "New York City Football Club Signs Algerian Forward Mounsef Bakrar". New York City FC.
  3. ↑ and Andrew Leigh (1 August 2025). "Mounsef Bakrar departs NYCFC to join Dinamo Zagreb". Hudson River Blue. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Mounsef Bakrar novi igrač Dinama". gnkdinamo.hr (in Croatian). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Algeria v Bolivia game report". ESPN. 22 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Monsef Bakrar at Soccerway
  8. ↑ Monsef Bakrar at National-Football-Teams.com
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