Bessam

Cheikh El Khalil Moulaye Ahmed (Arabic: شيخ مولاي أحمد; born 4 December 1987), more commonly known as Bessam, is a Mauritanian professional footballer who most recently played for FC Nouadhibou.[3] He also plays for the Mauritania national team.

Bessam
Personal information
Full name Cheikh El Khalil Moulaye Ahmed
Date of birth (1987-12-04) 4 December 1987[1]
Place of birth Zouérat, Mauritania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 FC Nouadhibou
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 ACS Ksar
2014–2015 JS Kabylie 14 (2)
2015–2016 CS Constantine 29 (3)
2016–2017 Al-Ansar 1 (0)
2017–2018 Al-Ahly Tripoli
2018 FC Nouadhibou
2018–2019 AS Gabès 1 (1)
2019–2020 Al-Khaleej
2020– FC Nouadhibou
International career‡
2013–2021 Mauritania[2] 59 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 December 2021

Club career

ACS Ksar

Bessam started his career with the club ASC Ksar until he was called to represent the national team by the "then" coach Patrice Neveu. He scored on his first game with the national team, and made an assist in the 2–0 win over Senegal that Qualified the Mauritanian team to the 2014 African Nations Championship in South Africa.

JS Kabylie

In May 2014, Bessam signed a two-year contract with Algerian club JS Kabylie.[4] On August 16, he made his JS Kabylie debut, away to MC Oran, scoring the second goal in a 2–0 victory.[5] He scored the first goal for Mauritania in a 2–0 victory over Senegal.

International career

Bessam started his successful national career by helping his country to qualify to the 2014 African Nations Championship in South Africa where they were disqualified from the groups stage.

International goals
Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first.[2]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 July 2013Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania Senegal1–02–02014 African Nations Championship qualification
2.5 January 2014Tuks Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa Mozambique ?3–2Friendly
3. ?
4.22 January 2014Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa Gabon1–02–42014 African Nations Championship
5.2–1
6.20 April 2014Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius Mauritius2–02–02015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7.5 September 2015Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania South Africa3–13–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8.13 October 2015Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania South Sudan1–04–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.17 November 2015Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia Tunisia1–11–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.25 March 2016Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania Gambia1–02–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11.2–1
12.24 March 2017Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania Benin1–01–0Friendly
13.30 November 2021Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar Tunisia1–31–52021 FIFA Arab Cup

References
  1. "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Mauritania" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. "Bessam Ahmed". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann.
  3. Le club tunisien "avenir de Gabès" met fin au contrat qui le liait à Bessam. cridem.org. 2 April 2019.
  4. "Officiel : Bessam , un mauritanien au JSK en Algérie pour 2 ans" (in French). Mauritanie Football. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  5. Amine L. (16 August 2014). "MCO 0 – JSK 2 : Entame de saison réussie pour les Kabyles !" (in French). Le Buteur. Retrieved 18 August 2014.


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