Bessam

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Bessam
Personal information
Full name Cheikh El Khalil Moulaye Ahmed
Date of birth (1987-12-04) 4 December 1987 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Zouérat, Mauritania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position 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 as of 7 December 2021

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.

Club career

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ACS Ksar

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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

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In May 2014, Bessam signed a two-year contract with Algerian club JS Kabylie.[4] On 16 August 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

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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.[citation needed]

International goals

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Scores and results list Mauritania's goal tally first.[2]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 20 July 2013 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1–0 2–0 2014 African Nations Championship qualification
2. 5 January 2014 Tuks Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique ? 3–2 Friendly
3. ?
4. 22 January 2014 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 1–0 2–4 2014 African Nations Championship
5. 2–1
6. 20 April 2014 Stade George V, Curepipe, Mauritius File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 2–0 2–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7. 5 September 2015 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3–1 3–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8. 13 October 2015 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan 1–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
9. 17 November 2015 Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1–1 1–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
10. 25 March 2016 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 1–0 2–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11. 2–1
12. 24 March 2017 Stade Olympique, Nouakchott, Mauritania File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin 1–0 1–0 Friendly
13. 30 November 2021 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1–3 1–5 2021 FIFA Arab Cup

References

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  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Le club tunisien "avenir de Gabès" met fin au contrat qui le liait à Bessam. cridem.org. 2 April 2019.
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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