Personal information | |||
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Full name | Riad Benayad | ||
Date of birth | November 2, 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Relizane, Algeria | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Raja CA (on loan from Espérance de Tunis) | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
Paradou AC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2022 | Paradou AC | 75 | (14) |
2021–2022 | → ES Sétif (loan) | 31 | (12) |
2022– | Espérance de Tunis | 25 | (5) |
2024– | → Raja CA (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Algeria | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:19, 6 February 2024 (UTC) |
Riad Benayad (Arabic: رياض بن عياد; born November 2, 1996) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a forward for Botola club Raja CA, on loan from Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Espérance de Tunis.
On September 29, 2017, Benayad made his professional debut for Paradou AC, coming as a second-half substitute in a league match against JS Saoura.[1] In 2022, he joined Espérance de Tunis.[2]
Benayed was called up to the Algeria national team in May 2022.[3] He marked his debut with Algeria national football team as substitute in 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Tanzania that is ended for Algeria 2–0.