Hamza Bencherif

Hamza Bencherif ( born February 9, 1988 in Paris) is an Algerian football player who is since 2011 at Notts County under contract.

Club career

Beginnings in France and first experiences in League football

The versatile Algerian who acts as a preferred center-back and in midfield, began his career in France at EA Guingamp. In January 2007, the English tradition Nottingham Forest took him under contract. For the Reds, he was sent into the reserve team and used in his debut season there. In October 2007, an initial change followed on loan to the fourth division Lincoln City FC, which was scheduled initially limited for a month. On 2 October 2007 Bencherif completed his first game in a professional league, as he stood at FC Bury in the starting lineup of the imps in the away game and was in the 68th minute, replaced by Adie Moses. By the end of October, followed by three more appearances in the Football League Two and a use of the Algerian in the FA Trophy. Lincoln City then agreed with Nottingham Forest to park Bencherif for another month on loan at Lincoln. On November 6, at his sixth fourth-highest use in the English league, the Algerians managed in the home game against Chesterfield FC its first score. In the 67th minute he scored the 2:4 final score, before Jack Lester scored a hat trick for Chesterfield.

Return to Nottingham and signature for Macclesfield Town

After his re- return to Nottingham Forest, which now after the 2007/ 08 season as runners-up of the Football League One realized a return to the Football League Championship, Bencherif was appointed to the professional cadre of Garibaldi Reds for 2008/ 09. Since the back four of the team with Luke Chambers, Wes Morgan, James Perch and Kelvin Wilson was busy appealing, but he was not taken in the plans of head coach Colin Calderwood and his successor Billy Davies. In May 2009, Nottingham Forest decided not to renew his contract. Two months later Bencherif agreed with the fourth division Macclesfield Town on cooperation and signed a temporary one-year contract with the Silkmen.

Subsequently, in the operation of the League League Two at Macclesfield Town

Together with the previously also under contract at Nottingham Forest attacker Emile Sinclair, who has already played in the spring of 2009 Players out on loan at Macclesfield Town, Bencherif was 8 August 2009 goalless away draw at Northampton Town for the first time in the starting lineup. Ten days later the broken botene this time as a midfielder Algerians achieved in the home game against Port Vale his first goal for his new employers. His goal in the 68th minute led to a 2-0 win for Macclesfield Town. On 26 September he scored at home to Torquay United for the first time in his career two goals in a game and led his team to a 2-1 victory. Until December 5, he completed a total of 19 league appearances for Macclesfield Town and met five times into the opposing goal before him sat a lengthy injury to the end of the season out of action. In May 2010, he agreed with the club on an extension of his expiring contract until the end of June 2011. The team ended the season 2009/10 on the 19th place in the Football League Two and secured with 54 points and ten points ahead of the first relegated Grimsby Town in the league.

Change to the third division Notts County

On June 23, 2011, he moved to the third division Notts County and thus returned to Nottingham.

National

Bencherif occurred internationally for his native Algeria in appearance, for which he competed in the U -20 team.

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