
Photo: Meghdad Madadi / CC BY 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Baghdad Bounedjah is the kind of striker whose path I find genuinely interesting. An Algerian forward who came up through RCG Oran and USM El Harrach before sharpening his game in Tunisia at Etoile du Sahel, he then turned his move to Qatar's Al Sadd into something special. What stands out to me is that he didn't chase Europe's biggest leagues; he became a goal machine in the Qatar Stars League instead and stayed loyal to the Algeria national team. At 183 cm he has the frame of a classic number nine, and I respect how he carved out elite production on his own terms.
Overview
Baghdad Saddam Bounedjah (Arabic: بَغْدَاد صَدَّام بُونَجَاح, born 24 November 1991) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar Stars League club Al-Shamal and the Algeria national team. Throughout his club career until 2015, Bounedjah played for Algerian sides RCG Oran and USM El Harrach, and Tunisian side Étoile du Sahel, before joining Qatari club Al Sadd in 2015.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Baghdad Bounedjah
- Name (Japanese)
- バグダード・ブーンジャー
- Reading
- ばぐだーど・ぶーんじゃー
- Born
- November 24, 1991 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Oran, Oran Province, Algeria
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Algeria →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.