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Rabie Meftah

Mohamed Rabie Meftah (born May 5, 1985) is an Algerian football coach and former professional footballer.

Rabie Meftah
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-05-05) May 5, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
0000–2004 JS Kabylie
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 JS Kabylie- 127 (13)
2010–2011 JSM Béjaïa 24 (6)
2011–2020 USM Alger 188 (38)
2020–2021 NA Hussein Dey 28 (10)
2021–2022 AS Aïn M'lila
International career‡
2006–2017 Algeria 24 (0)
2007 Algeria U23 4 (0)
Managerial career
2023–2024 JSM Béjaïa
2024- USMA (U21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 13, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, February 13, 2017 (UTC)

Personal

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Meftah comes from a family of footballers. His cousin Mahieddine Meftah was a former Algerian international and played for JS Kabylie and USM Alger. Another cousin, Rahim Meftah, was also a former player who played for the two clubs, as well as MO Constantine. Two other cousins, Chaâbane Meftah and Jugurtha Meftah are also footballers and currently play for JS Kabylie.

Club career

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JS Kabylie

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A product of the JS Kabylie junior ranks, Meftah was promoted to the first team in 2004. After a couple of seasons, he became a regular starter, forcing Algerian international Slimane Raho to the bench, and eventually out the door. In 2008, he was made captain of the club, replacing midfielder Chérif Abdeslam.[1]

Meftah was chosen as the top player in the Algerian Championnat National for the 2008–09 season in a vote conducted by sports daily newspaper Maracana.[2]

At the end of the 2009–10 season, and despite the club qualifying for the group stage of the 2010 CAF Champions League, Meftah announced that was he leaving the club.

JSM Béjaïa

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On June 20, 2010, Meftah signed a one-year contract with JSM Béjaïa.[3]

USM Alger

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Mohamed Rabie Meftah in 2016 against Stade Rennais.

On July 12, 2010, Mohamed Rabie Meftah signed a two-year contract with USM Alger.[4] He made his debut for the team in the Ligue 1 as a starter during a win against CA Batna 1–0, Meftah's first goal was against WA Tlemcen in 1–1 draw away from home, In the following 2012–13 season Meftah achieved his first title with USM Alger where he won the first Algerian Cup in its history after beating MC Alger 1–0.[5] two weeks After that Meftah achieved the second title in the UAFA Club Cup against Al-Arabi SC, where he scored the goal of winning the title from a penalty kick.[6] Next season Meftah Scored four goals first was against his former club JS Kabylie from a penalty kick in a 3–2 home win. and the last goal was against MC Oran in a match that ended with 5–2 victory, Meftah he eventually won the 2013–14 Ligue 1 title for the third time in its history.[7]

In the 2015 CAF Champions League, Meftah made the best continental achievement in his career when he reached the final and defeated his team against TP Mazembe, Meftah missed the two matches due to suspension.[8] in the same season he won the league title for the second time and scored in this season nine goals.[9] On June 7, 2016, Mohamed Rabie Meftah renewed his contract for three seasons until 2020, On 2016–17 season Meftah won his second Super Cup title against MC Alger and scored the second goal.[10] On March 30, 2018, against CR Belouizdad Meftah played his 300th match in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 also Meftah was USM Alger's top scorer this season with 11 goals the best in his football career. In the 2018–19 season Meftah achieved his last title with USM Alger by winning the championship, where is the decisive match against CS Constantine He scored the third goal in the last minutes.[11]

On January 16, 2020, in the summit match against JS Kabylie Meftah assaulted Hamza Banouh.[12] After that meftah apologized to the player and all the fans later LFP punished him with three games.[13][14] On July 25, 2020, Meftah stated that he will leave USM Alger after Sporting director Antar Yahia told him that the new coach of USM Alger does not want him. Meftah, said he spent nine wonderful years with the club from his heart played 258 matches and scored 49 goals most scoring defender in the club's history and achieving seven titles.

NA Hussein Dey

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On September 7, 2020, Meftah signed a two-year contract with NA Hussein Dey.[15]

AS Aïn M'lila

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In October, he signed for AS Aïn M'lila in the Algerian Ligue 2.[16]

He retired at the end of the 2021–22 season.

International career

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On August 15, 2006, Meftah made his debut for the Algerian National Team in a friendly against Gabon.[17] Meftah has made five appearances in total for the Algerian National Team since his debut in 2006.[18] He was selected as a reserve player by Rabah Saadane for the 2010 African Cup of Nations and 2010 FIFA World Cup but did not make the final squad both times.[19][20]

Meftah has also made four appearances for the Algeria A' team, the local team which participates in the African Championship of Nations.

Managerial career

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On April 18, 2023, he was appointed as manager of Algerian Inter-Régions Division side JSM Béjaïa, with the club in 8th position.[21] His contract was terminated in February 2024 following a poor run of results.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of August 24, 2021 [22]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
JS Kabylie 2005–06 National 1 18 2 5 0 10[a] 0 — 33 2
2006–07 24 1 3 0 8[a] 0 1[b] 0 36 1
2007–08 24 1 1 0 11[c] 0 — 36 1
2008–09 27 6 1 0 — — 28 6
2009–10 28 2 5 0 5[a] 1 — 38 3
Total 121 12 15 0 34 1 1 0 171 13
JSM Béjaïa 2010–11 Ligue 1 24 6 2 0 — — 26 6
USM Alger 2011–12 Ligue 1 23 3 2 0 — — 25 3
2012–13 16 1 3 0 1[d] 0 4[e] 1 24 2
2013–14 25 4 2 0 — 1[b] 0 28 4
2014–15 27 5 3 0 4[a] 2 1[b] 0 35 7
2015–16 19 8 1 0 6[a] 1 — 26 9
2016–17 29 9 2 1 3[a] 0 1[b] 1 35 11
2017–18 19 1 2 1 12[f] 0 — 33 2
2018–19 14 2 2 0 6[d] 0 4[g] 1 26 3
2019–20 16 5 1 0 9[a] 3 — 26 8
Total 188 38 18 2 41 6 11 3 258 49
NA Hussein Dey 2020–21 Ligue 1 28 10 — — 2[h] 0 30 10
Career total 361 66 35 2 75 7 14 3 487 78
  1. ^ a b c d e f g All appearance(s) in Champions League
  2. ^ a b c d All appearances in Algerian Super Cup
  3. ^ four appearances in CAF Champions League, seven appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  4. ^ a b All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  5. ^ All appearance(s) in UAFA Club Cup
  6. ^ seven appearances in CAF Champions League, five appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  7. ^ All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup
  8. ^ All appearances in Algerian League Cup

Honours

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Club

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JS Kabylie
USM Alger

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Rabie Meftah capitaine de la JS Kabylie". www.algerie-dz.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Les Oscars de Maracana : Mohamed Rabie Meftah (JSK) élu meilleur joueur algérien de l'année
  3. ^ "Meftah officiellement à la JSMB pour 1 année". Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  4. ^ "USMA : Meftah pour deux ans à l'USMA". algerie360.com. July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Coupe d'Algérie : l'USM Alger de Courbis sacré !" (in French). TF1. May 2, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  6. ^ Toufik O. (May 14, 2013). "l'USM Alger s'empare de son premier trophée international" (in French). DZFoot.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  7. ^ "اتحاد الجزائر يتوّج باللّقب على حساب وفاق سطيف" (in Arabic). El Heddaf. January 11, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  8. ^ Zineb, Abbès (October 4, 2015). "Meftah et Andrea suspendus pour la finale aller". algerie1.com. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  9. ^ "L1 : L'USM Alger fête finalement son 7e titre". DZFoot.com. May 22, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  10. ^ "Supercoupe d'algérie :USMA 2 - MCA 0 La revanche des rouge et noir". sudhorizons.dz. November 1, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  11. ^ "Ligue 1 : l'USMA sacrée championne d'Algérie". TSA-Algerie. May 27, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  12. ^ "اعتداء مفتاح على لاعب الشبيبة تثير حفيظة الأنصار". sabqpress.net. January 17, 2020. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  13. ^ "لجنة الانضباط أنصفت بانوح وتعاقب مفتاح بثلاث مباريات". echoroukonline.com. January 21, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  14. ^ "LFP : Meftah sanctionné par la commission de discipline". DZFoot.com. January 20, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  15. ^ "Rafie Meftah signe au NAHD". lescore.info. September 7, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  16. ^ "Ligue 2 : Meftah File À L'AS Aïn-M'lila". October 9, 2021.
  17. ^ "La Fiche de Mohamed Rabie MEFTAH". Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  18. ^ "La Fiche de Mohmamed Rabie MEFTAH". DZ Foot. Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2009.
  19. ^ "CAN : Les 23 (+4 de réserve) pour l'Angola". Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  20. ^ "CM 2010 : Les noms des 5 réservistes révélés". Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  21. ^ "ربيع مفتاح يدخل عالم التدريب من بوابة شبيبة بجاية" (in Arabic). April 18, 2023. Event occurs at djazairess.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  22. ^ "Mohamed Rabie Meftah". Soccerway. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
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