Baghdad Bounedjah
Baghdad Bounedjah (Arabic: بغداد بونجاح, born 24 November 1991) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and the Algeria national team.
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Bounedjah with Al Sadd in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Baghdad Bounedjah | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 November 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oran, Algeria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al Sadd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| RCG Oran | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | RCG Oran | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | USM El Harrach | 48 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | ES Sahel | 49 | (26) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Al Sadd | 155 | (150) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Algeria U23 | 11 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2021 | Algeria A' | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Algeria | 69 | (30) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Throughout his club career until 2015, Bounedjah played for Algerian sides RCG Oran and USM El Harrach, and Tunisian side Étoile du Sahel, before joining Qatari club Al Sadd in 2015. In the 2018–19 Qatar Stars League season, he scored a league record of 39 goals in one season, and was the world's leading goalscorer during the 2018 calendar year with 58 goals overall.
Bounedjah made his senior debut for Algeria in 2014 and has represented his nation at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and four editions of the Africa Cup of Nations; he was a member of the squad that won the 2019 tournament, scoring the winning goal in the final.