Salim Boukhanchouche

Salim Boukhanchouche
Boukhanchouche with ES Sahel in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991
Place of birth Merouana, Algeria
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
CR Belouizdad
Number 18
Youth career
–2011 AB Mérouana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 AB Mérouana
2014–2016 NA Hussein Dey 22 (1)
2015–2016 → CA Batna (loan) 8 (1)
2016–2017 O Médéa 26 (4)
2017–2019 JS Kabylie 27 (2)
2018–2019 → MO Béjaïa (loan) 8 (0)
2019–2021 ES Sahel 16 (1)
2020 → Abha Club (loan) 6 (0)
2022–2024 JS Kabylie 48 (10)
2024–2025 USM Alger 39 (2)
2025– CR Belouizdad 11 (2)
International career‡
2017 Algeria A' 1 (0)
2018 Algeria 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2018

Salim Boukhanchouche (Arabic: سليم بوخنشوش; born 6 October 1991) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for CR Belouizdad.

Career

In November 2018, Boukhanchouche joined MO Béjaïa. At the end of April 2019, he got his contract terminated.[1] In July 2019, he signed a contract with ES Sahel.[2]

On 31 January 2024, after terminating his contract with JS Kabylie, Boukhanchouche has signed up for a period of two years with USM Alger.[3] On 30 November 2025, he left USM Alger.[4] On 10 December 2025, he joined CR Belouizdad.[5]

International career

Boukhanchouche made his international debut for the Algeria A' team in a 2–1 2018 African Nations Championship qualification loss to Libya on 12 August 2017.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 June 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NA Hussein Dey 2014–15 Algerian Ligue 1 14100——141
2015–16 80———80
Total 221000000221
Olympique de Médéa 2016–17 Algerian Ligue 1 26420——284
JS Kabylie 2017–18 Algerian Ligue 1 21240——252
2018–19 60———60
Total 272400000312
MO Béjaïa (loan) 2018–19 Algerian Ligue 1 8021——101
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2019–20 Tunisian Ligue 1 70006[a]0—130
Abha Club (loan) 2019–20 Saudi Pro League 60———60
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2020–21 Tunisian Ligue 1 61—3[a]0—91
2021–22 30—1[a]0—00
Total 9100400000
JS Kabylie 2021–22 Algerian Ligue 1 144———144
2022–23 214108[b]1—305
2023–24 132———132
Total 48101081005712
USM Alger 2023–24 Algerian Ligue 1 121402[a]0—181
Career total 165191312010019821
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Confederation Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Champions League

Honours

USM Alger

References

  1. ↑ MOB : Boukhanchouche, Bentiba et Soltani, Les raisons d’une résiliation de contrats Archived 11 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine, competition.dz, 29 April 2019
  2. ↑ "Salim Boukhenchouche, nouvelle recrue algérienne de l'ESS".
  3. ↑ "USM Alger : Salim Boukhanchouch signe deux ans". mediafootdz.dz. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "USMA : Boukhanchouche, c'est bel et bien fini !". competition.dz. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "CRB : Boukhanchouche première recrue du Chabab". competition.dz. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Algeria vs Libya". African Football.
  7. ↑ "Salim Boukhanchouche". Soccerway.
  8. ↑ "USMA 2 – CRB 0 : une USMA 9 étoiles". Competition. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.