Ilyas Cherchar

Ilyas Cherchar

Personal information
Full name	Mohammed Ilyas Cherchar
Date of birth	(1992-01-18) 18 January 1992
Place of birth	Chlef, Algeria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	RC Arbaâ
Youth career
2005–2007	ASO Chlef
2007–2010	AC FAF
2010	Épinal
2010–2013	Nancy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2015	ASO Chlef	23	(0)
2015–2016	RC Arbaâ	22	(0)
International career‡
2007–2009	Algeria U17	33	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 23 May 2020 (EST) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 16 June 2015 (EST)

Mohammed Ilyas Cherchar (born 18 January 1992) is an Algerian football player who plays for RC Arbaâ in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Club career

A product of the ASO Chlef youth ranks, Cherchar joined the AC FAF Academy in 2007 in preparation for the 2009 African U-17 Championship that Algeria was hosting. In January 2010, Cherchar joined French club SAS Épinal before signing for AS Nancy six months later. After spending three seasons with Nancy's reserve team, Cherchar returned to Algeria and signed a two-year contract with his boyhood club ASO Chlef.

International career

Cherchar was a member of the Algeria national under-17 football team that finished as runners-up at the 2009 African U-17 Championship and subsequently played at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. Cherchar started all three of Algeria's games in the competition, captaining the squad in the opener against Italy.

External links

• Ilyas Cherchar at DZFoot.com (in French)