Ali Radjel
Personal information
Full name Ali Radjel Cheikh Bachir
Date of birth (1998-01-18) 18 January 1998
Place of birth Tindouf, Algeria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Cristo Atlético
Youth career
-2015 Almagro
2015-2016 Conquense
2016–2017 Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Utenis B 3 (1)
2017 Utenis Utena 14 (4)
2018 Atlético Monzón 11 (3)
2018–2019 Logroñés B 33 (20)
2018 Logroñés 2 (0)
2019–2021 Numancia B 47 (11)
2020–2021 Numancia 4 (0)
2021–2022 Logroñés B 21 (4)
2022– Cristo Atlético 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2022

Ali Radjel Cheikh Bachir (born 18 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Tercera Federación club CD Palencia Cristo Atlético. Born in the Sahrawi refugee camps,[1] he is a naturalised citizen of Spain.[2]

Club career

Ali Radjel was born in Tindouf, Algeria (within the Sahrawi refugee camps) to a Sahrawi mother and a Mauritanian father, and moved to Spain with his family at the age of nine.[3] In July 2016, he moved to Rayo Vallecano's youth setup after representing UB Conquense.[4]

In 2017, after finishing his formation, Ali Radjel moved to Lithuania and joined a host of Spaniards at FK Utenis Utena. After appearing with the B-team in the I Lyga,[5] he made his first team – and A Lyga – debut on 10 August of that year, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 1–1 home draw against FC Stumbras; he scored his first goal on 22 October, in a 3–0 away success over the same club.

On 4 November 2017, Ali Radjel scored a brace in a 2–2 draw at FK Atlantas, and finished the season with four goals in 14 appearances. The following February, he returned to Spain and signed for Tercera División side Atlético Monzón.[6]

In July 2018, after featuring regularly, Ali Radjel moved to UD Logroñés, being initially assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division.[3] He made his first team debut on 2 December, playing the last three minutes in a 1–1 Segunda División B home draw against Real Sociedad B.[7]

In June 2019, after scoring a career-best 20 goals for Logroñés' B-side, Ali Radjel moved to another reserve team, CD Numancia B still in the fourth tier. On 18 June of the following year, he made his first team debut by replacing Erik Morán late into a 1–2 home loss against Cádiz CF in the Segunda División championship.[8] He made two more appearances at the end of that season as the club suffered relegation, but his involvement did not increase in the 2020-21 Segunda División B campaign, only taking the field once as a late substitute and again being utilised mainly by Numancia B.

After a season back with UD Logroñés, appearing exclusively for their reserves in the new fourth tier – the Segunda Federación – he signed for CD Palencia Cristo Atlético, of the same level, in June 2022.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Ali Radjel ha sido el primer futbolista saharaui que debutó en el fútbol profesional español".
  2. ↑ "Ali Radjel Cheikh Bachir". CD Palencia Cristo Atlético.
  3. 1 2 "Del Sáhara a la UDL: la curiosa historia de Ali Radjel" [From the Sahara to UDL: the curious history of Ali Radjel] (in Spanish). La Rioja. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "El valdepeñero Ali, al Rayo" [The valdepeñero Ali, to Rayo] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Ciudad Real. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ali Radjel" (in Lithuanian). Pirma Lyga. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "OFICIAL: Atlético Monzón, firma Radjel Cheikh" [OFFICIAL: Atlético Monzón, Radjel Cheikh signs] (in Spanish). Todo Mercado Web. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "1–1: El Sanse suma un punto en Las Gaunas" [1–1: Sanse gets a point at the Las Gaunas] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "El Cádiz recupera el liderato en Soria con un jugador menos" [Cádiz recover the leadership in Soria with one man down] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "Ali Radjel | Extremo. Primer fichaje para la temporada 22/23" [Ali Radjel | Winger. First signing for the 22/23 season] (in Spanish). CD Palencia Cristo Atlético. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ali Radjel, primer fichaje del Palencia Cristo" [Ali Radjel, first signing of Palencia Cristo] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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