Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
Madjid Bougherra (Arabic: مجيد بوغرة; born 7 October 1982) is a former French-born Algerian professional footballer. He was a centre-back, who could also play as a defensive midfielder.
Bougherra began his professional football career with French club Gueugnon before having spells with English sides Crewe Alexandra, Sheffield Wednesday and Charlton Athletic. Bougherra moved to Rangers in the summer of 2008 for a fee of £2.5 million, he made his debut against Falkirk in August of that year. Bougherra made 113 appearances for Rangers and was a key part of the team that won the Scottish Premier League championship in seasons 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2010–11. In August 2011 Rangers sold Bougherra to Lekhwiya for £1.7 million. Bougherra ended his club career following a short spell at Football League Greece side Aris.
An Algerian international since 2004, Bougherra won 64 international caps and scored four goals for the Algeria national team, participating in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, where Algeria finished fourth, and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He served as the team's captain for the 2014 World Cup.
Bougherra was captain of Les Fennecs, Algeria's national team concurrently with his captaining of Lekhwiya (QSL) from 2011 to 2014, and captained the Fennecs for the 2014 World Cup and the 2015 AFCON.