Hamza Bencherif

	Bencherif playing for York City in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Hamza Bencherif
Date of birth	9 February 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Worksop Town
Youth career
0000–2006	Guingamp
2006–2007	Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2009	Nottingham Forest
2007	→ Lincoln City (loan)
2009–2011	Macclesfield Town
2011–2013	Notts County
2013–2014	Plymouth Argyle
2014	JS Kabylie
2014–2015	Lincoln City
2015–2016	F.C. Halifax Town
2016–2017	Wrexham
2017	→ York City (loan)
2017–2019	York City
2019–2022	Guiseley
2022–	Worksop Town
International career
2005–2006	Algeria U20
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:30, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
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Hamza Bencherif (Arabic: حمزة بن شريف; born 9 February 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Northern Premier League club Worksop Town where he is club captain. Born in Paris, he has played in the Football League for several clubs and represented Algeria at youth international level.

Club career

Bencherif was born in Paris^[5] and started his career with Guingamp^[1] before joining Nottingham Forest's youth system in August 2006.^[6] He joined League Two club Lincoln City on 2 October 2007 on a one-month loan,^[7] which was extended for a second month.^[8] He made 12 appearances and scored 1 goal against Chesterfield.^[9] He was released by Forest at the end of the 2008–09 season and signed a one-year contract with League Two club Macclesfield Town on 6 July 2009.^[10] He became a first-team regular in the first half of the season at Moss Rose, but a broken ankle he sustained in December 2009 ended his season.^[11]^[12] Bencherif signed a one-year extension to his contract in May 2010,^[11] and scored 11 goals in 46 appearances in 2010–11.^[13]

He rejected a new contract offer from Macclesfield to sign a two-year contract with League One club Notts County on 23 June 2011.^[14] He was released when his contract expired in the summer of 2013.^[15] Bencherif signed a short-term contract with League Two club Plymouth Argyle in September 2013,^[16] and scored on his debut the next day against Cheltenham Town.^[17] He was released in January 2014, having made nine appearances for the club,^[18] before signing for Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club JS Kabylie on a one-and-a-half-year contract.^[19]

Bencherif joined Conference Premier club Lincoln City on 1 August 2014 on a one-year contract.^[20] After one season with Lincoln, he turned down a new contract to join National League club F.C. Halifax Town.^[21] He started as F.C. Halifax beat Grimsby Town 1–0 on 22 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium in the 2016 FA Trophy Final.^[22]

Bencherif signed for National League club Wrexham on 24 May 2016^[23] on a one-year contract.^[24] On 17 January 2017, Bencherif joined Wrexham's National League rivals York City on loan until the end of 2016–17.^[25] On 21 May 2017, he started as York beat Macclesfield Town 3–2 at Wembley Stadium in the 2017 FA Trophy Final.^[26] Bencherif signed for York permanently on 16 June 2017 on a one-year contract.^[27] He was released at the end of the 2018–19 season.^[28]

Bencherif signed for National League North club Guiseley on 24 June 2019.^[29] On 9 January 2021 he was appointed Club Captain.^[30]

On 9 June 2022, Bencherif signed for Northern Premier League club Worksop Town.^[31]

International career

Bencherif made seven appearances, scoring one goal, for the Algeria national under-20 team from 2005 to 2006.^[32] A call-up to the senior team was talked about in 2009 due to his form at Macclesfield Town before a broken ankle ended his season.^[33]

Career statistics

As of 24 June 2019

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup^[a]		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nottingham Forest	2006–07^[34]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2007–08^[9]	League One	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2008–09^[35]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lincoln City (loan)	2007–08^[9]	League Two	12	1	—		—		1^[b]	0	13	1
Macclesfield Town	2009–10^[36]	League Two	19	5	1	0	1	0	1^[b]	0	22	5
	2010–11^[13]	League Two	41	11	2	0	1	0	2^[b]	0	46	11
	Total		60	16	3	0	2	0	3	0	68	16
Notts County	2011–12^[37]	League One	20	2	3	0	1	0	1^[b]	0	25	2
	2012–13^[38]	League One	11	0	1	0	1	0	2^[b]	0	15	0
	Total		31	2	4	0	2	0	3	0	40	2
Plymouth Argyle	2013–14^[39]	League Two	7	0	0	0	0	0	2^[b]	1	9	1
JS Kabylie	2013–14^[40]^[41]	Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1	6	0	1	0	—		—		7	0
Lincoln City	2014–15^[40]	Conference Premier	41	6	2	0	—		1^[c]	0	44	6
F.C. Halifax Town	2015–16^[40]	National League	41	0	1	0	—		8^[c]	0	50	0
Wrexham	2016–17^[40]	National League	27	2	2	0	—		0	0	29	2
York City (loan)	2016–17^[40]	National League	17	0	—		—		5^[c]	0	22	0
York City	2017–18^[40]^[42]	National League North	40	0	2	0	—		2^[c]	0	44	0
	2018–19^[40]^[43]	National League North	24	3	2	0	—		0	0	26	3
	Total		81	3	4	0	—		7	0	92	3
Guiseley	2019–20^[40]	National League North	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Career total			306	30	17	0	4	0	25	1	352	31

^ Includes FA Cup, Algerian Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

Honours

Halifax Town

FA Trophy: 2015–16^[22]

York City

FA Trophy: 2016–17^[26]

References

^ ^a ^b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
^ "Hamza Bencherif". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ "Hamza Bencherif". ESPN FC. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ "Worksop Town – Appearances – Hamza Bencherif". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
^ "Hamza Bencherif". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ "Academy players at Forest". Vital Forest. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ "Lincoln sign Forest's Bencherif". BBC Sport. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Lincoln extend Bencherif's loan". BBC Sport. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Bencherif signs for Macclesfield". BBC Sport. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Hamza Bencherif signs new Macclesfield contract". BBC Sport. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^ "Macclesfield Town expect test from young Man City side". BBC Sport. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Notts County sign Algerian midfielder Hamza Bencherif". BBC Sport. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Notts County: Yoann Arquin one of eight offered new contracts". BBC Sport. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Plymouth Argyle sign Jamie Reckord and Hamza Bencherif". BBC Sport. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
^ "Cheltenham bow out on penalties". Western Daily Press. Bristol. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.
^ Errington, Chris (8 January 2014). "Striker Nick Chadwick leaves Plymouth Argyle by mutual agreement". Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.
^ Haouchine, Mohamed (6 January 2014). "Il est la troisième et dernière recrue du mercato de la JS Kabylie" [He is the third and last recruit of the transfer window for JS Kabylie]. Liberté (in French). Algiers. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014.
^ "Lincoln City sign Hamza Bencherif on one-year contract". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.
^ "Hamza Bencherif says goodbye to Lincoln City after joining FC Halifax Town". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "FC Halifax Town 1–0 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ Griffiths, Rob (24 May 2016). "Hamza Bencherif says Wrexham AFC is a club which sells itself after signing up". Daily Post. Colwyn Bay. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ "FC Halifax Town: Bencherif leaves to join Wrexham". Halifax Courier. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ Appleyard, Ian (17 January 2017). "Gary Mills on York City's double loan swoop for Wrexham's Hamza Bencherif and Hull City's Johan Ter Horst". The Press. York. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b Flett, Dave (21 May 2017). "York City lift FA Trophy to win at Wembley for a fourth time in their history". The Press. York. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
^ Flett, Dave (16 June 2017). "Hamza Bencherif puts pen to paper on new deal at York City". The Press. York. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ Appleyard, Ian (1 May 2019). "Club announces retained list". York City F.C. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ "Bencherif signs". Guiseley A.F.C. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ "Bencherif Confirmed as New Lions Captain". Guiseley A.F.C. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "Tigers Sign Hamza Bencherif". Guiseley A.F.C. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ "Hamza Bencherif". Angelfire. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ Galea, Chris (9 November 2010). "Bencherif eyes Algeria call". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017.
^ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "H. Bencherif: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
^ For Algerian Cup round of 16: "MCS 0–1 JSK". DZfoot (in French). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
^ For FA Cup second qualifying round: Flett, Dave (17 September 2017). "York City dig deep to progress in FA Cup amid the Salford rubble". The Press. York. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
For FA Cup third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (1 October 2017). "Poor Shaftesbury Avenue show sees curtain come down on Gary Mills' second spell as York City manager". The Press. York. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
For FA Trophy third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (26 November 2017). "York City have last laugh following Coalville taunts in 3–1 Trophy triumph". The Press. York. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ For FA Cup second qualifying round: Flett, Dave (23 September 2018). "York City 5 Ashton Athletic 0 report, match stats and player ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
For FA Cup third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (7 October 2018). "York City 3 St Ives Town 0 report, match stats and player ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
For FA Trophy third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (25 November 2018). "Kidderminster 1 York City 3 report, match stats and ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

External links

Profile at the Guiseley A.F.C. website

[34] Includes FA Cup, Algerian Cup

[FLT-37] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

[FAT-44] Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

[Hugman1011-1] Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.

[2] "Hamza Bencherif". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[3] "Hamza Bencherif". ESPN FC. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[4] "Worksop Town – Appearances – Hamza Bencherif". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 25 November 2024.

[5] "Hamza Bencherif". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[6] "Academy players at Forest". Vital Forest. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[7] "Lincoln sign Forest's Bencherif". BBC Sport. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[8] "Lincoln extend Bencherif's loan". BBC Sport. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[sb0708-9] "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[10] "Bencherif signs for Macclesfield". BBC Sport. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[bbc1-11] "Hamza Bencherif signs new Macclesfield contract". BBC Sport. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[12] "Macclesfield Town expect test from young Man City side". BBC Sport. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[sb1011-13] "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[14] "Notts County sign Algerian midfielder Hamza Bencherif". BBC Sport. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[15] "Notts County: Yoann Arquin one of eight offered new contracts". BBC Sport. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[16] "Plymouth Argyle sign Jamie Reckord and Hamza Bencherif". BBC Sport. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

[17] "Cheltenham bow out on penalties". Western Daily Press. Bristol. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.

[18] Errington, Chris (8 January 2014). "Striker Nick Chadwick leaves Plymouth Argyle by mutual agreement". Plymouth Herald. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.

[19] Haouchine, Mohamed (6 January 2014). "Il est la troisième et dernière recrue du mercato de la JS Kabylie" [He is the third and last recruit of the transfer window for JS Kabylie]. Liberté (in French). Algiers. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014.

[20] "Lincoln City sign Hamza Bencherif on one-year contract". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 1 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.

[21] "Hamza Bencherif says goodbye to Lincoln City after joining FC Halifax Town". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 1 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017.

[2016FAT-22] "FC Halifax Town 1–0 Grimsby Town". BBC Sport. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[23] Griffiths, Rob (24 May 2016). "Hamza Bencherif says Wrexham AFC is a club which sells itself after signing up". Daily Post. Colwyn Bay. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[24] "FC Halifax Town: Bencherif leaves to join Wrexham". Halifax Courier. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[25] Appleyard, Ian (17 January 2017). "Gary Mills on York City's double loan swoop for Wrexham's Hamza Bencherif and Hull City's Johan Ter Horst". The Press. York. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[FAT2017-26] Flett, Dave (21 May 2017). "York City lift FA Trophy to win at Wembley for a fourth time in their history". The Press. York. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

[27] Flett, Dave (16 June 2017). "Hamza Bencherif puts pen to paper on new deal at York City". The Press. York. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[28] Appleyard, Ian (1 May 2019). "Club announces retained list". York City F.C. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

[29] "Bencherif signs". Guiseley A.F.C. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

[30] "Bencherif Confirmed as New Lions Captain". Guiseley A.F.C. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[31] "Tigers Sign Hamza Bencherif". Guiseley A.F.C. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[32] "Hamza Bencherif". Angelfire. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[33] Galea, Chris (9 November 2010). "Bencherif eyes Algeria call". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017.

[sb0607-35] "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[sb0809-36] "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[sb0910-38] "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[sb1112-39] "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[sb1213-40] "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[sb1314-41] "Games played by Hamza Bencherif in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[Soccerway-42] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "H. Bencherif: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

[43] For Algerian Cup round of 16: "MCS 0–1 JSK". DZfoot (in French). Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

[45] For FA Cup second qualifying round: Flett, Dave (17 September 2017). "York City dig deep to progress in FA Cup amid the Salford rubble". The Press. York. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
For FA Cup third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (1 October 2017). "Poor Shaftesbury Avenue show sees curtain come down on Gary Mills' second spell as York City manager". The Press. York. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
For FA Trophy third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (26 November 2017). "York City have last laugh following Coalville taunts in 3–1 Trophy triumph". The Press. York. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[46] For FA Cup second qualifying round: Flett, Dave (23 September 2018). "York City 5 Ashton Athletic 0 report, match stats and player ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
For FA Cup third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (7 October 2018). "York City 3 St Ives Town 0 report, match stats and player ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
For FA Trophy third qualifying round: Flett, Dave (25 November 2018). "Kidderminster 1 York City 3 report, match stats and ratings". The Press. York. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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Bencherif playing for York City in 2018
Full name	Hamza Bencherif^[1]
Date of birth	(1988-02-09) 9 February 1988 (age 37)^[2]
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)^[3]
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Worksop Town
Youth career
–2006	Guingamp
2006–2007	Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2009	Nottingham Forest	0	(0)
2007	→ Lincoln City (loan)	12	(1)
2009–2011	Macclesfield Town	60	(16)
2011–2013	Notts County	31	(2)
2013–2014	Plymouth Argyle	7	(0)
2014	JS Kabylie	6	(0)
2014–2015	Lincoln City	41	(6)
2015–2016	F.C. Halifax Town	41	(0)
2016–2017	Wrexham	27	(2)
2017	→ York City (loan)	17	(0)
2017–2019	York City	64	(3)
2019–2022	Guiseley	46	(5)
2022–	Worksop Town^[4]	88	(9)
International career
2005–2006	Algeria U20	7	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:30, 25 November 2024 (UTC)