Hamza Yacef

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Hamza Yacef
Personal information
Full name Hamza Yacef
Date of birth (1979-08-25) 25 August 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Sidi M'Hamed, Algiers, Algeria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
NA Hussein Dey ? (?)
1997–2001 USM Alger ? (11)
2001–2005 NA Hussein Dey 73 (26)
2005–2007 JS Kabylie 53 (9)
2007–2008 Wydad Casablanca 9 (1)
2008–2009 MC Alger 14 (1)
2009–2010 MSP Batna 17 (3)
2010–2012 CS Constantine - (-)
International career
2005–2008 Algeria 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 2009

Hamza Yacef (Arabic: حمزة ياسف; born 25 August 1979 in Sidi M'Hamed Algiers), is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for CS Constantine in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.

Club career[edit]

Yacef started his playing career with USM Alger, where he signed his first contract in 1997. He would play with the club for four seasons, winning the Algerian Cup twice in 1997 and 1999, and finishing twice as runner-up in the league in 1998 and 2001. In the summer of 2001, he signed a contract with NA Hussein Dey, who were playing in the second division. After just one season, he would help the team return to the top flight. He played three more seasons with NA Hussein Dey, scoring 26 goals in 73 appearances. In the summer of 2005, he signed with JS Kabylie.

In 2007, he signed a two-year contract with Moroccan club Wydad Casablanca worth $300,000.[1]

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