 Achiou wearing the uniform of the Algerian soccer team | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hocine Achiou | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-04-27)April 27, 1979 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Algiers,Algeria | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1996 | ES Ben Aknoun | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2006 | USM Alger | 95 | (17) |
| 2006–2007 | FC Aarau | 28 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | USM Alger | 23 | (3) |
| 2009 | JS Kabylie | 18 | (3) |
| 2009–2011 | USM Alger | 46 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | ASO Chlef | 23 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | MC Oran | 10 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | USM Bel-Abbès | 23 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | RC Arbaâ | 11 | (0) |
| 2017–2017 | WA Boufarik | 5 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2009 | Algeria | 26 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017– | Algeria U20 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:00, May 17, 2012 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:00, April 28, 2012 (UTC) | |||
Hocine Achiou (Arabic:حسين عشيو; born April 27, 1979) is a formerAlgerianfootballer.
Achiou was a member of theAlgeria national team at the2004 Africa Cup of Nations where he scored a wonderful individual goal against rivals Egypt.[1]
Achiou started his playing career with ES Ben Aknoun before joining the junior ranks ofUSM Alger. He would eventually sign his first professional contract with the club. Achiou was an important member of the team'sAfrican Champions League run in 2003 and 2004. USM Alger made the final eight (group stage) in both those years and even made it to the semi-final in 2003 when they lost 3–2 on aggregate to eventual championsEnyimba FC.
He had numerous opportunities to join European clubs but the player could not agree on financial terms with the clubs. He had trials with Premiership-sidesFulham FC andPortsmouth FC and French clubsCS Sedan andFC Lorient.[2] Hocine finally signed a one-year deal with Swiss clubFC Aarau in the summer of 2006.[3] He scored a goal in his first league game againstFC St. Gallen. In the summer of 2007, he leftFC Aarau after just one season and immediately joined his former team USM Alger. In January 2009, he joinedJS Kabylie. َAfter six successful months, he returned to his former team USM Alger. In the summer of 2011, he left USM Alger definitively to joinASO Chlef. In January 2013, he joinedMC Oran. In the summer of 2013, he joinedUSM Bel-Abbès and he led him to return to theAlgerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. In January 2016, he joinedRC Arbaâ. In January 2017, he joinedWA Boufarik.
Achiou was part of the Algerian team that finished second in their group in the first round of the2004 African Nations Cup behindCameroon before being defeated byMorocco in the quarter-finals. Achiou had scored an important goal againstEgypt in one of the group stage matches that was instrumental in helping Algeria reach the quarterfinals. Achiou also scored a goal against Zimbabwe which would be the difference in the tie-breaker against Egypt, and ultimately qualify Algeria to the quarter-finals. Achiou has 25 caps for the Algerian national team and has scored 3 goals.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| USM Alger | 1999–2000 | Division 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 22 | 2 | ||||
| 2001–02 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2002–03 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | — | 39 | 4 | |||
| 2003–04 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11[c] | 0 | — | 41 | 8 | |||
| 2004–05 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12[d] | 2 | — | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2005–06 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2[c] | 1 | — | 30 | 7 | |||
| Total | 142 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 31 | ||
| FC Aarau | 2006–07 | SSL | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5 | |
| USM Alger | 2007–08 | Division 1 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 8[e] | 0 | 33 | 5 | |
| JS Kabylie | 2008–09 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 21 | 3 | ||
| USM Alger | 2009–10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| Total | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 38 | 2 | ||||
| ASO Chlef | 2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |
| MC Oran | 2012–13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| USM Bel Abbès | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 12 | ||
| 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 4 | — | — | — | 24 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 16 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 55 | 16 | ||||
| RC Arbaâ | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 2 | ||||
| WA Boufarik | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 345 | 54 | 33 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 430 | 67 | ||
| Algeria national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 |
| 2004 | 13 | 2 |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 26 | 3 |
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