| Achraf Bencharki | |
| Full Name: | Achraf Bencharki[1] |
| Birth Date: | 24 September 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Oulad Zbair, Morocco |
| Height: | 1.76 m[2] |
| Position: | Left winger, forward[3] |
| Years1: | 2014–2016 |
| Clubs1: | Maghreb de Fès |
| Caps1: | 48 |
| Goals1: | 13 |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Wydad Casablanca |
| Caps2: | 30 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs3: | Al-Hilal |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs4: | → Lens (loan) |
| Caps4: | 23 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Zamalek |
| Caps5: | 73 |
| Goals5: | 26 |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Al Jazira |
| Caps6: | 24 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Years7: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs7: | Al-Rayyan |
| Caps7: | 19 |
| Goals7: | 10 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Morocco U23 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018–2021 |
| Nationalteam2: | Morocco A |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2018– |
| Nationalteam3: | Morocco |
| Nationalcaps3: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 10:17, 7 March 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 12 December 2021 |
Achraf Bencharki (Arabic: أشرف بن شرقي; born 24 September 1994) is a Moroccan professional footballer. He can be deployed as a left winger or as a forward.
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]
In January 2018, Bencharki joined Saudi Professional League club Al-Hilal for a $9 million transfer fee.[8]
In August 2018, he joined Ligue 2 club RC Lens on loan for the 2018–19 season.[9]
In July 2019, Bencharki joined Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek SC on a three-year contract.[10] 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.[11]
Bencharki played for the Morocco national under-23 team and under 21 team[12] having previously played for their under-20 team.[13]
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.[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | – | 32 | 9 | |||
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | 1 | 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 | 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 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 15 | ||
| 2020–21 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 1 | – | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 16 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | 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 | |||
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