| Mohamed Benkhemassa | |
| Fullname: | Mohamed Benkhemassa |
| Birth Date: | 28 June 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Oran, Algeria |
| Height: | 1.72 m[1] |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | MC Alger |
| Clubnumber: | 6 |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | MC Oran |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2012 |
| Youthclubs2: | FAF Academy |
| Youthyears3: | 2012–2013 |
| Youthclubs3: | USM Alger |
| Youthyears4: | 2013–2014 |
| Youthclubs4: | USM El Harrach |
| Years1: | 2014–2019 |
| Caps1: | 95 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2019–2021 |
| Caps2: | 39 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022–2023 |
| Caps3: | 8 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2023– |
| Caps4: | 32 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | Algeria U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | – |
| Nationalgoals1: | – |
| Nationalyears2: | 2014–2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | Algeria U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 21 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam3: | Algeria A |
| Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2018– |
| Nationalteam4: | Algeria |
| Nationalcaps4: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 14 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 4 March 2020 |
Mohamed Benkhemassa (Arabic: محمد بن خماسة; born 28 June 1993) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for MC Alger and the Algeria national team.
Benkhemassa started his career with USM Alger. On 2 September 2019, he signed a three-year deal with Spanish Segunda División side Málaga CF.[2] In 2023, he joined MC Alger.[3]
In 2015, Benkhemassa was part of the Algeria under-23 national team at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal.[4] where he participated in all matches and lead the National team to the Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the first time in 36 years, Benkhemassa was named in the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Participate in two matches first as a substitute for Rachid Aït-Atmane, against Argentina and second against Portugal as a starter. On 7 June 2018, Benkhemassa made his international debut for Algeria In a friendly match against Portugal in 3–0 loss.[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[7] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| USM Alger | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3[8] | 0 | 0[9] | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | 20 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13[10] | 1 | — | 37 | 2 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[11] | 0 | 4[12] | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 95 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 135 | 4 | |||
| Málaga | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 99 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 139 | 4 | |||
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