Achraf_Bencharki
Achraf Bencharki
Moroccan footballer (born 1994)
Achraf Bencharki (Arabic: أشرف بن شرقي; born 24 September 1994) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays for Al-Rayyan. He can be deployed as a left winger or as a forward.
 Bencharki playing for Zamalek in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Achraf Bencharki[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1994-09-24) 24 September 1994 (age 29)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oulad Zbair, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left winger, forward[3] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Rayyan | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Maghreb de Fès | 48 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Wydad Casablanca | 30 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Hilal | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Lens (loan) | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Zamalek | 73 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Al Jazira | 24 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Al-Rayyan | 19 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Morocco U23 | 4 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Morocco A | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Morocco | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:17, 7 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Born in Oulad Zbair, Morocco, Bencharki began his career at Maghreb de Fès where he joined the first team for the 2014–15 season.[4] In the 2015–16 season, he scored 9 goals in 27 matches.[4]
In 2016, he moved to Wydad Casablanca for a reported transfer fee of 300 million Moroccan dirham.[4] He helped the club win the 2017 CAF Champions League and qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup.[5] He was praised for his performances in the CAF Champions League and was widely considered the best player of the competitions's final.[6][7][8]
In January 2018, Bencharki joined Saudi Professional League club Al-Hilal[5] for a $9 million transfer fee.[9]
In August 2018, he joined Ligue 2 club RC Lens on loan for the 2018–19 season.[9][10]
In July 2019, Bencharki joined Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek SC on a three-year contract.[11] On 18 October 2020, he scored the only goal in 1–0 away win for Zamalek SC over Raja Casablanca in the 2019–20 CAF Champions League semi-finals.[12]
Bencharki played for the Morocco national under-23 team and under 21 team[13] having previously played for their under-20 team.[14]
Bencharki represented Morocco in the 2018 African Nations Championship, helping his country to achieve the first chan title for Morocco. He scored his first goal for Morocco against Mauritania in a 4–0 victory.[15]
- As of match played 2 May 2024[16]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Maghreb de Fès | 2014–15 | Botola | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 25 | 4 | |||
| 2015–16 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 28 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 52 | 13 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 53 | 14 | |||||
| Wydad | 2016–17 | Botola | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | – | 32 | 9 | ||
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 3 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 13 | 4 | |||
| Total | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 13 | |||
| Al Hilal | 2017–18 | SPL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Lens (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| Zamalek | 2019–20 | EPL | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | – | 11[lower-alpha 7] | 6 | 3[lower-alpha 8] | 2 | 40 | 15 | |
| 2020–21 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 1 | – | 7[lower-alpha 9] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 16 | |||
| 2021–22 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | 8[lower-alpha 10] | 2 | – | 30 | 11 | ||||
| Total | 73 | 26 | 9 | 6 | – | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 111 | 42 | |||
| Al Jazira | 2022–23 | UPL | 24 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 33 | 9 | |
| Al-Rayyan | 2023–24 | QSL | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 14 |
| Career total | 228 | 64 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 305 | 99 | ||
- Includes Moroccan Throne Cup, UAE President's Cup
- Includes UAE League Cup
- Appearances in CAF Champions League
- Appearances in CAF Champions League
- Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
- Appearances in AFC Champions League
- Appearances in CAF Champions League
- One appearance in CAF Super Cup, two appearances in Egyptian Super Cup
- Appearances in CAF Champions League
- Appearances in CAF Champions League
Wydad Casablanca
Al Hilal
Zamalek
- Egyptian Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–22
- Egypt Cup: 2018–19, 2020–21
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2019
- CAF Super Cup: 2020
- CAF Champions League runner-up: 2020
Morocco A
Individual
- Toulon Tournament Golden Boot: 2015
- CAF Team of the Year: 2017
- Zamalek Player of the Year: 2020
- "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Morocco" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 8. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- "Achraf Bencharki". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- "مواهب من المغرب: بنشرقي القوة الهادئة". sport360.com (in Arabic). 9 February 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- Fayad, Mohammed (23 January 2018). "Al Hilal sign Achraf Bencharki". Goal. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- Er-rafay, Oumeïma (28 October 2017). "Vidéo. WAC-Ahly: Achraf Bencharki, une étoile est née" [Video. WAC-Ahly: Achraf Bencharki, a star is born]. le360.ma (in French). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- Mansour, Adel (4 November 2017). "رجل رائع – رجل مخيب | الوداد × الأهلي". goal.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- "African Team of the Month: October 2017". Goal. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- Senoussi, Zoubida (29 August 2018). "Morocco's Achraf Bencharki Joins France's RC Lens on Loan". Morocco World News. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- "Mercato : Kyei et Bencharki prêtés à Lens". La Voix Du Nord (in French). 28 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- El Ghit Boussif, Oum (16 July 2019). "Achraf Bencherki atterrit au Zamalek". Hespress (in French). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- "VIDEO: Zamalek earn valuable away win over Raja in CAF CL semi-finals". kingfut.com. 18 October 2020.
- "Achraf Bencharki of Morocco U21 News Photo". Getty Images. Stade Leo Lagrange, Toulon, France. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- "England U20 3 Morocco U20 3: Mixed fortunes for Birmingham City and Wolves representatives in Toulon". Birmingham Mail. 29 May 2015.
- "Morocco vs. Mauritania – Football Match Summary – January 13, 2018 – ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- "achraf bencharki/". Soccerway.
- Achraf Bencharki – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Achraf Bencharki at FootballDatabase.eu
