Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani

Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani
Personal information
Full name	Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani
Date of birth	1 January 1996 (age 30)
Place of birth	Oran, Algeria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	IRB El Kerma
Youth career
2005–2012	MC Oran
2012–2013	USM Oran
2014–2015	MC Alger
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2019	MC Alger
2021–2022	Club Africain
2021	→ AS Rejiche (loan)
2021–2022	→ ES Métlaoui (loan)
2022–2023	ASM Oran
2024–	IRB El Kerma
International career‡
2017–	Algeria
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05 February 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2018

Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani (born 1 January 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for IRB El Kerma.

Professional career

Chérif El-Ouazzani made his professional debut with MC Alger in a 2-1 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 loss to RC Arbaâ 29 May 2015.^[1]

On 31 January 2019, El-Ouazzani was sentenced to a four-year suspension and a big fine after being tested positive for doping substances, including cocaine. However, he said that he did not intend to become doped when he smoked waterpipe with his friends on the eve of the match against the CR Belouizdad on 17 January. The player also assured that he did not know that the substances in question were mixed with tobacco. The test showed positive on methylergometrine and benzoylecgonine, which is the main metabolite of cocaine.^[2]

International career

Chérif El-Ouazzani made his debut for the Algeria national football team in a 1-1 2018 African Nations Championship qualification tie with Libya on 18 August 2017.^[3]

Personal life

Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani is the son of the manager and former international footballer Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani.^[4]

Controversy

On January 31, 2019, Hichem Chérif El-Ouazzani was suspended for 4 years by the Algerian League's Discipline Commission due to doping affair.^[5] However the suspension was reduced to 2 years.