{"id":61932,"date":"2026-05-31T20:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T19:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61932"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T19:10:13","slug":"baghdad-bounedjah-algeria-national-team-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61932","title":{"rendered":"Is Baghdad Bounedjah&#8217;s National Team Career Nearing Its End?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speculation is mounting regarding the future of star striker Baghdad Bounedjah with the Algerian national team. This Sunday, a significant question hangs in the air: Have the veteran player&#39;s days representing the Desert Foxes officially concluded?<\/p>\n<h2>Baghdad Bounedjah Algeria Future<\/h2>\n<p>This intense debate follows the recent announcement of national coach Vladimir Petkovi\u0107&#39;s squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers, set to commence in just a week and a half. Bounedjah&#39;s notable absence from the roster has fueled theories, especially considering the prolific forward will turn 35 this November.<\/p>\n<p>His exclusion from such a crucial squad has led many to ponder whether Petkovi\u0107&#39;s decision signals a transition period for the national team, potentially ushering in younger talent. For a player who has been a formidable presence and a key goal scorer for Algeria, this move sparks widespread discussion among fans and sports analysts alike, wondering if Bounedjah has been effectively &#39;pushed into retirement&#39; from international duty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related topics:<\/strong> Baghdad Bounedjah, Algeria national team, Vladimir Petkovi\u0107, World Cup qualifiers, Algerian football, football retirement<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speculation mounts over Baghdad Bounedjah&#8217;s future with the Algerian national team after his exclusion from Petkovi\u0107&#8217;s World Cup squad. At 35, is this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}