Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani (born 1 January 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder. On January 31, 2019, Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani was suspended for 4 years by the Algerian League's Discipline Commission due to doping affair.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Oran, Algeria | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | MC Alger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2012 | MC Oran | ||
| 2012–2013 | USM Oran | ||
| 2014–2015 | MC Alger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | MC Alger | 59 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Algeria | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:09, 20 May 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2018 | |||
Professional career
editChérif El-Ouazzani made his professional debut with MC Alger in a 2-1 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 loss to RC Arbaâ 29 May 2015.[2]
On 31 January 2019, El-Ouazzani was sentenced to a four-year suspension and a big fine after being tested positive for doping substances, including cocaine. However, he said that he did not intend to become doped when he smoked waterpipe with his friends on the eve of the match against the CR Belouizdad on 17 January. The player also assured that he did not know that the substances in question were mixed with tobacco. The test showed positive on methylergometrine and benzoylecgonine, which is the main metabolite of cocaine.[3]
International career
editChérif El-Ouazzani made his debut for the Algeria national football team in a 1-1 2018 African Nations Championship qualification tie with Libya on 18 August 2017.[4]
Personal life
editChérif El-Ouazzani is the son of the manager and former footballer Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani.[5]
References
edit- ^ "DISCIPLINE : LE JOUEUR DU MCA HICHEM CHÉRIF EL OUAZANI SUSPENDU POUR 4 ANS".
- ^ "Algeria - H. Cherif El Ouazani - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ^ Dopage : 4 ans de suspension pour le milieu du MCA Cherif El Ouazzani[permanent dead link], observalgerie.com, 1 February 2019
- ^ "Libya see off Algeria to progress to CHAN 2018 - 2018 CHAN Qualifiers". African Football.
- ^ liberte-algerie.com. "Et si Chérif El-Ouazzani affrontait Chérif El-Ouazzani: Toute l'actualité sur liberte-algerie.com". Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
External links
edit- Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani at Soccerway
- Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani at National-Football-Teams.com
- Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani at DZFoot.com (in French)
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