Farouk Chafaï

Farouk Chafaï
Chafaï with USM Alger in 2012
Personal information
Full name Farouk Chafaï
Date of birth (1990-06-23) June 23, 1990 (age 36)
Place of birth Bologhine, Algeria
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Al-Wehda
Number 5
Youth career
2005–2010 MC Alger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2019 USM Alger 189 (27)
2019–2020 MC Alger 10 (1)
2020–2025 Damac 155 (21)
2026– Al-Wehda 0 (0)
International career‡
2011–2019 Algeria U23 5 (0)
2015– Algeria 9 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 October 2019

Farouk Chafaï (Arabic: فاروق شافعي; born June 23, 1990) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Al-Wehda as a defender.

Club career

In the summer of 2010, Chafaï left the junior ranks of MC Alger to join city rivals USM Alger, signing a four-year contract with the club.

On December 25, 2010, Chafaï made his professional debut for USM Alger in a league game against JS Kabylie. He started and played the whole game, as USMA lost 1–0.

International career

On November 16, 2011, Chafaï was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco. On August 8, 2012, Chafaï was called up by Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodžić for a 10-day training camp for local players. A few weeks later, he was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 May 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
USM Alger 2010–11 Ligue 1 18010——190
2011–12 14041——181
2012–13 172512051294
2013–14 25520—10285
2014–15 220314210303
2015–16 2331070—313
2016–17 253207311357
2017–18 24320111—374
2018–19 211106130302
Total 1891721337711225829
MC Alger 2019–20 Ligue 1 101——30131
Damac 2019–20 Saudi Professional League 173———173
2020–21 29610——306
2021–22 23110——241
2022–23 27310——283
2023–24 28520——305
2024–25 31310——323
Total 1552160——16121
Career total 3543927337714243251
  1. 1 2 All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup
  2. ↑ All appearance(s) in UAFA Club Cup
  3. 1 2 3 All appearances in Algerian Super Cup
  4. 1 2 3 All appearance(s) in Champions League
  5. ↑ five appearances in CAF Champions League, six appearances and one goal in CAF Confederation Cup
  6. 1 2 All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup

International

As of match played 19 October 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Algeria 201200
201510
201720
201841
201920
Total91
Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 March 2018Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria Iran1–21–2Friendly

Honours

USM Alger

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Arabie S. : Farouk Chafai signe au Damac FC". 24 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Chafai prend le chemin de Soustara". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  3. ↑ "USM Alger Profile on LNF.dz". Archived from the original on 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  4. ↑ "Fiche de Match". www.dzfoot.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  5. ↑ EN U23 : Les 21 joueurs sélectionnés Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine; DZFoot, November 16, 2011.
  6. ↑ Walid Z. (August 7, 2012). "Les locaux en stage du 22 au 31 août" (in French). DZFoot. Archived from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  7. ↑ Walid Z. (August 25, 2012). "La liste des 24 pour le match contre la Libye" (in French). DZFoot. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Farouk Chafaï". Soccerway.
  9. 1 2 "Chafaï, Farouk". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  10. ↑ الرياض, اليوم- (25 March 2021). "ميكالي وشافعي ومبولحي والعمري نجوم مارس". alyaum.