| Oussama Chita | |
| Fullname: | Oussama Chita |
| Birth Date: | 31 October 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Khemis Miliana, Algeria |
| Height: | 1.85m |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | USM Alger |
| Clubnumber: | 6 |
| Youthclubs1: | SKAF Khemis Miliana |
| Youthyears2: | 2012–2013 |
| Youthclubs2: | MC Alger |
| Years1: | 2013–2017 |
| Caps1: | 38 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2017– |
| Caps2: | 119 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014–15 |
| Nationalteam1: | Algeria U23 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018– |
| Nationalteam2: | Algeria |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 3 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 18 November 2018 |
Oussama Chita (Arabic: أسامة شيتة; born 31 October 1996) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Algeria national team.[1]
In 2012, Oussama Chita joined the youth team of MC Alger coming from SKAF Khemis Miliana, in December 2013 Chita signed his first professional contract. On March 1, 2014, Chita played his first professional match against ASO Chlef as a substitute, Despite playing only one match in the Algerian Cup, Chita won the first title in his football career after winning against JS Kabylie.[2] On January 30, 2016, Chita scored the first goal in his football career against JS Saoura in a match that ended in a 1–2 loss. On March 12, in the match against DRB Tadjenanet, Oussama Chita suffered a serious injury which required him to be taken out on a stretcher. MRI results revealed a cruciate ligament tear of the left knee requiring an average of more than six months of recovery. As a result, the young international midfielder will not play again this season.[3]
On July 4, 2017, Oussama Chita joined USM Alger from neighboring MC Alger on a four-year contract, Chita explains that he left the club "because of certain people", with the feeling of not having been "considered" enough.[4] On November 3, 2017, Chita played his first match with his new club in the Ligue 1 against Olympique de Médéa where he participated as a substitute. A week later, Chita participated in the first match as a starter against CS Constantine. In his second season, Chita scored his first goal against USM Bel-Abbès away from home in a match that ended in a 2–2 draw. On March 2, 2019, Chita left the match in the Ligue 1 against Paradou AC due to injury and after undergoing an MRI scan, it was found that he had a cut in the cruciate ligament.[5] However at the end of the season, Chita achieved the first league title in its history, after winning the last round match against CS Constantine.[6]
On 22 October 2019, Oussama Chita resumed training with his teammates after a long absence due to a serious injury contracted last season at the knee.[7] On November 5, 2020, Chita renewed his contract for three seasons until 2023, Victim of a serious knee injury, Chita had to wait many months before returning to competition at the start of the year.[8] On June 3, 2023, Chita won the first international title in his football career by winning the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup after defeating Young Africans of Tanzania.[9] [10] With the end of his contract Chita started talking about his new destination abroad. The Swiss club FC Lugano became interested in including him, especially the current situation of the player that encourages club leaders to sign him.[11] However, on August 16, 2023, Oussama Chita renewed his contract for two seasons until 2026 along with nine other players.[12] [13] On 15 September 2023, Chita won the CAF Super Cup title after winning against Al Ahly, it is the second African title with USM Alger in three months.[14]
In 2015, Pierre-André Schürmann the Algeria national under-23 football team coach called up Oussama Chita to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations that qualifies for the Summer Olympic Games.[15] And in the first match against Egypt, Chita scored the equalizing goal and participated in all the matches and they were defeated in the final against Nigeria. Despite this, the Algerian team qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time in 36 years.[16] However a few months before the start of the tournament, Chita suffered a serious injury which was a cut in the cruciate ligament, will keep him out of action for at least six months, which means his official absence from the Olympic Games. On November 18, 2018, Oussama Chita was called up by Djamel Belmadi for the first time to the Algeria national football team for the African Cup qualifiers match against Togo.[17]
On January 2, 2023, Chita was selected for the 28-man squad to participate in the 2022 African Nations Championship.[18] Where he played only one match in the group stage and reached the final, where they lost the title against Senegal.[19] On May 30, 2023, the FAF publish the list of Djamel Belmadi for the two matches of the month of June, Where was Oussama Chita summoned for the first time in four years. This time due to a possible injury to Victor Lekhal, Chita has already come a long way. He had been on the very first lists of Belmadi at the end of 2018, Belmadi stated that he admires his player profile and that had it not been for the serious knee injury, he would have been present at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[20] [21]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| MC Alger | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 13 | 0 | — | 2[23] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 6 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 46 | 1 | ||||
| USM Alger | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3[24] | 1 | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[25] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 18 | 0 | — | — | 3[26] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022–23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[27] | 1 | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 121 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 169 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 159 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 215 | 5 | |||
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