Tedj Bensaoula

Tedj Bensaoula

Personal information
Full name	Tedj Bensaoula
Date of birth	1 December 1954 (1954-12-01)
Place of birth	Hammam Bouhadjar, Algeria
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Stricker
Youth career
	US Hammam Bouhadjar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1970–1977	US Hammam Bouhadjar
1977–1983	MC Oran
1983–1986	Le Havre AC
1986–1987	USL Dunkerque
National team
1979–1986	Algeria	51	(20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Tedj Bensaoula (Arabic: تاج بن سحاولة‎) (born 1 December 1954 in Hammam Bouhadjar) is an Algerian football manager and former player. He currently manages CR Témouchent in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.

Club career

Bensaoula played with MC Oran in Algeria and with Le Havre AC and USL Dunkerque in France.

International career

Bensaoula participated with the Algeria national football team at two editions of the FIFA World Cup, in 1982 (one goal scored) and 1986. He also participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Honours

With clubs

• Champion in the French Ligue 2 with Le Havre AC in 1985

With Algeria national team

• Bronze medal in the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split
• Runner-up in Africa Cup of Nations in Nigeria 1980
• 3rd place in Africa Cup of Nations in Nigeria 1984 in Cote d'Ivoire
• Bronze medal in the 1985 Pan Arab Games in Rabat
• 1 participation in the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow 1980
• 2 participations in the FIFA World Cup in Spain 1982 and Mexico 1986