Hamza Bencherif
Bencherif playing for York City in 2018
Personal information
Full name Hamza Bencherif[1]
Date of birth (1988-02-09) 9 February 1988[2]
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Worksop Town
Youth career
0000–2006 Guingamp
2006–2007 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Nottingham Forest 0 (0)
2007 → Lincoln City (loan) 12 (1)
2009–2011 Macclesfield Town 60 (16)
2011–2013 Notts County 31 (2)
2013–2014 Plymouth Argyle 7 (0)
2014 JS Kabylie 6 (0)
2014–2015 Lincoln City 41 (6)
2015–2016 F.C. Halifax Town 41 (0)
2016–2017 Wrexham 27 (2)
2017 → York City (loan) 17 (0)
2017–2019 York City 64 (3)
2019–2022 Guiseley 46 (5)
2022– Worksop Town 0 (0)
International career
2005–2006 Algeria U20 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:01, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Hamza Bencherif (Arabic: حمزة بن شريف; born 9 February 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Northern Premier League club Worksop Town where he is club captain. Born in Paris, he has played in the Football League for several clubs and represented Algeria at youth international level.

Club career

Bencherif was born in Paris[4] and started his career with Guingamp[1] before joining Nottingham Forest's youth system in August 2006.[5] He joined League Two club Lincoln City on 2 October 2007 on a one-month loan,[6] which was extended for a second month.[7] He made 12 appearances and scored 1 goal against Chesterfield.[8] He was released by Forest at the end of the 2008–09 season and signed a one-year contract with League Two club Macclesfield Town on 6 July 2009.[9] He became a first-team regular in the first half of the season at Moss Rose, but a broken ankle he sustained in December 2009 ended his season.[10][11] Bencherif signed a one-year extension to his contract in May 2010,[10] and scored 11 goals in 46 appearances in 2010–11.[12]

He rejected a new contract offer from Macclesfield to sign a two-year contract with League One club Notts County on 23 June 2011.[13] He was released when his contract expired in the summer of 2013.[14] Bencherif signed a short-term contract with League Two club Plymouth Argyle in September 2013,[15] and scored on his debut the next day against Cheltenham Town.[16] He was released in January 2014, having made nine appearances for the club,[17] before signing for Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club JS Kabylie on a one-and-a-half-year contract.[18]

Bencherif joined Conference Premier club Lincoln City on 1 August 2014 on a one-year contract.[19] After one season with Lincoln, he turned down a new contract to join National League club F.C. Halifax Town.[20] He started as F.C. Halifax beat Grimsby Town 1–0 on 22 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium in the 2016 FA Trophy Final.[21]

Bencherif signed for National League club Wrexham on 24 May 2016[22] on a one-year contract.[23] On 17 January 2017, Bencherif joined Wrexham's National League rivals York City on loan until the end of 2016–17.[24] On 21 May 2017, he started as York beat Macclesfield Town 3–2 at Wembley Stadium in the 2017 FA Trophy Final.[25] Bencherif signed for York permanently on 16 June 2017 on a one-year contract.[26] He was released at the end of the 2018–19 season.[27]

Bencherif signed for National League North club Guiseley on 24 June 2019.[28] On 9 January 2021 he was appointed Club Captain.[29]

On 9 June 2022, Bencherif signed for Northern Premier League club Worksop Town.[30]

International career

Bencherif made seven appearances, scoring one goal, for the Algeria national under-20 team from 2005 to 2006.[31] A call-up to the senior team was talked about in 2009 due to his form at Macclesfield Town before a broken ankle ended his season.[32]

Career statistics

As of 24 June 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nottingham Forest 2006–07[33] League One 0000000000
2007–08[8] League One 00—000000
2008–09[34] Championship 000000—00
Total 0000000000
Lincoln City (loan) 2007–08[8] League Two 121——1[lower-alpha 2]0131
Macclesfield Town 2009–10[35] League Two 19510101[lower-alpha 2]0225
2010–11[12] League Two 411120102[lower-alpha 2]04611
Total 60163020306816
Notts County 2011–12[36] League One 20230101[lower-alpha 2]0252
2012–13[37] League One 11010102[lower-alpha 2]0150
Total 312402030402
Plymouth Argyle 2013–14[38] League Two 7000002[lower-alpha 2]191
JS Kabylie 2013–14[39][40] Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 6010——70
Lincoln City 2014–15[39] Conference Premier 41620—1[lower-alpha 3]0446
F.C. Halifax Town 2015–16[39] National League 41010—8[lower-alpha 3]0500
Wrexham 2016–17[39] National League 27220—00292
York City (loan) 2016–17[39] National League 170——5[lower-alpha 3]0220
York City 2017–18[39][41] National League North 40020—2[lower-alpha 3]0440
2018–19[39][42] National League North 24320—00263
Total 81340—70923
Guiseley 2019–20[39] National League North 0000—0000
Career total 306301704025135231

Honours

F.C. Halifax Town

York City

References

  1. 1 2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ↑ "Hamza Bencherif". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Hamza Bencherif". ESPN FC. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hamza Bencherif". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Academy players at Forest". Vital Forest. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Lincoln sign Forest's Bencherif". BBC Sport. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Lincoln extend Bencherif's loan". BBC Sport. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Bencherif signs for Macclesfield". BBC Sport. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Hamza Bencherif signs new Macclesfield contract". BBC Sport. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Macclesfield Town expect test from young Man City side". BBC Sport. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Notts County sign Algerian midfielder Hamza Bencherif". BBC Sport. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Notts County: Yoann Arquin one of eight offered new contracts". BBC Sport. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "Plymouth Argyle sign Jamie Reckord and Hamza Bencherif". BBC Sport. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Cheltenham bow out on penalties". Western Daily Press. Bristol. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.
  17. ↑ Errington, Chris (8 January 2014). "Striker Nick Chadwick leaves Plymouth Argyle by mutual agreement". Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.
  18. ↑ Haouchine, Mohamed (6 January 2014). "Il est la troisième et dernière recrue du mercato de la JS Kabylie" [He is the third and last recruit of the transfer window for JS Kabylie]. Liberté (in French). Algiers. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "Lincoln City sign Hamza Bencherif on one-year contract". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.
  20. ↑ "Hamza Bencherif says goodbye to Lincoln City after joining FC Halifax Town". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.
  21. 1 2 "FC Halifax Town 1–0 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  22. ↑ Griffiths, Rob (24 May 2016). "Hamza Bencherif says Wrexham AFC is a club which sells itself after signing up". Daily Post. Colwyn Bay. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  23. ↑ "FC Halifax Town: Bencherif leaves to join Wrexham". Halifax Courier. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  24. ↑ Appleyard, Ian (17 January 2017). "Gary Mills on York City's double loan swoop for Wrexham's Hamza Bencherif and Hull City's Johan Ter Horst". The Press. York. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  25. 1 2 Flett, Dave (21 May 2017). "York City lift FA Trophy to win at Wembley for a fourth time in their history". The Press. York. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  26. ↑ Flett, Dave (16 June 2017). "Hamza Bencherif puts pen to paper on new deal at York City". The Press. York. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  27. ↑ Appleyard, Ian (1 May 2019). "Club announces retained list". York City F.C. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  28. ↑ "Bencherif signs". Guiseley A.F.C. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  29. ↑ "Bencherif Confirmed as New Lions Captain". Guiseley A.F.C. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  30. ↑ "Tigers Sign Hamza Bencherif". Guiseley A.F.C. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  31. ↑ "Hamza Bencherif". Angelfire. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  32. ↑ Galea, Chris (9 November 2010). "Bencherif eyes Algeria call". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  34. ↑ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  36. ↑ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  37. ↑ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  38. ↑ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  39. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "H. Bencherif: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  40. ↑ For Algerian Cup round of 16: "MCS 0–1 JSK". DZfoot (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  41. ↑ For FA Cup second qualifying round: Flett, Dave (17 September 2017). "York City dig deep to progress in FA Cup amid the Salford rubble". The Press. York. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
    For FA Cup third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (1 October 2017). "Poor Shaftesbury Avenue show sees curtain come down on Gary Mills' second spell as York City manager". The Press. York. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
    For FA Trophy third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (26 November 2017). "York City have last laugh following Coalville taunts in 3–1 Trophy triumph". The Press. York. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  42. ↑ For FA Cup second qualifying round: Flett, Dave (23 September 2018). "York City 5 Ashton Athletic 0 report, match stats and player ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
    For FA Cup third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (7 October 2018). "York City 3 St Ives Town 0 report, match stats and player ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
    For FA Trophy third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (25 November 2018). "Kidderminster 1 York City 3 report, match stats and ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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