France: Another Algerian right-back makes his debut in Ligue 1! (video)

Sep 20, 2026

While the Algerian team needs to find a right-back in the absence of Belghali, a 17-year-old is making waves with Le Havre!

Indeed, while we are scrutinizing the players performing in this position and questioning Saadi Radouani's selection, while also wondering about the absence of Mohamed Farsi, here comes young Djibril Ouziad!

This young player from Le Havre played last season with the club's U17 team, before moving up to the U19s in March as a left-back. With 16 matches and three goals at the youth level, without passing through the reserve team, it was hard to anticipate such a quick transition to senior football.

Indeed, this summer, Le Havre signed promising left-back Thimothé Pembélé from Sunderland, but Didier Digard opted to play him on the left following the move of another Algerian, Yanis Zouaoui to Montpellier. This opened up a vacant position on the right...

By the second matchday of the league, Ouziad was named starter on the right flank in Lyon. He was on the bench the following week against Brest, but returned to the starting lineup against Angers, this time on the left, right next to Ahmed Touba, in a four-man defense.

Yesterday, during an away match in Toulouse, they reverted to a three-man defense and Ouziad was again a starter on the right flank. Selected for the France U18 team after this impressive start to the season, he is not the only young Algerian highlighted by the Le Havre staff, which includes former Algerian U20 coach Rezzik Nedder.

Indeed, there is also Ismail Bouneb, a 20-year-old attacking midfielder and key player for the France U19 team. He has only played 11 minutes so far.

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