Biography

Madjid Bougherra

by Sahra Mishra,

Madjid Bougherra is an Algerian Footballer who plays in the Current Team of Algeria National Football Team as a Defender. Madjid Bougherra was born in 1982 October 7 at Longvic, France. He is 31 years old and has the Height of 190 cm and Weight of 89 Kg. He is a married man. He is married to a Lady from Algerian descent and has a baby named Ilya. There is no other information available on Madjid Bougherra regarding his education and family life. There is no confirmed salary mentions on Madjid Bougherra but his market value of net worth 500 thousands Euros. Also, there is no information on the agent of this player.

Madjid Bougherra started his youth career from AS Quetigny in the year 1999. He spent a season in this club andmade his move to the local club AS Longvic in 2000. He spent two seasons of his career at this club and joined at French side Gueugnon in 2002 to start his professional career. He spent four years at this club appearing in 49 matches with a goal in this team. In 2006, he was loaned to English first division club by Gueugnon. He appeared in 11 matches with a goal score from this team. His performance at Crewe attracted the interests of number of English Clubs. After the end of contract with Gueugnon, he joined with English club Sheffield Wednesday for a season in 2006. He appeared in 28 matches with 2 goal scores in the season.

Madjid Bougherra was transferred to Charlton Athletic in the year 2007. He spent a season in this club appearing in 34 matches with 2 goal scores. In 2008, Madjid Bougherra signed the four year contract with Rangers. He was appreciated for the play from Rangers. He spent three years at rangers appearing in the 81 matches with three goal scores. His last match for the club happened to be against Malmo in a Champions League where he was shown direct a red card for elbowing an opponent. Some news reports he revealed he quit Rangers because of their offer to extend his contract which made him sick as he did not like the terms and conditions. Afterwards, he went to join the Qatar side Lekhwiya for 1.7 million pounds. He joined the team in 2011 and has recently left the team in 2014 May. He appeared from the team of Lekhwiya as a Defender from squad No.25. There is no any further information on which is his Current Team/Club.

Madjid Bougherra has achieved several honors from club side whilst playing from Rangers and Qatar side Lekhwiya. Madjid Bougherra is in the team of Algeria National Football since 2004. He has appeared in 61 cap matches bagging 4 goal scores from the team so far. He also has the experience of playing in 3 matches from Algeria under-23 National Football Team in the year 2004.

Madjid Bougherra is a talented footballer who plays from the main position of Central Defense but he can also play well as a midfielder. He has strong right foot. He has good pace in the game. He is good at headers and tackling. His standing tackles are praise worthy than his sliding tackles. He dives into tackles and often commits fouls. He has excellent heading accuracy and marking skills. He likes to play the ball in the ground avoiding the long shots. He needs to improve on his pa s sing and shooting skills. Madjid Bougherra is physically very fit and active with speed, strength and balance in the game.