{"id":77998,"date":"2026-09-15T05:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T04:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=77998"},"modified":"2026-09-15T05:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T04:03:31","slug":"dzw-18c2af563c8c6fff0df7af90357b50f0a60c7504","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=77998","title":{"rendered":"Former French U23 Captain Now Eligible for Les Vertes"},"content":{"rendered":"

C\u00e9lina Ould Hocine, a 24-year-old defender from Paris FC, has received official approval to represent the Algerian<\/a> Women<\/a>'s National Team. The Algerian Football<\/a> Federation (FAF) secured the necessary clearance for her change of sporting nationality, a procedure initiated at the request of national team coach Farid Benstiti. Ould Hocine previously captained the French U23 national selection, bringing significant experience to the Algerian squad.<\/p>\n

Ould Hocine's career includes five seasons with Paris Saint-Germain before she moved to Paris FC in the summer of 2020. With Paris FC, she gained UEFA Champions League experience in 2023, contributing to the club's historic qualification for the group stage. As a French youth international, she earned 22 selections and scored 5 goals across various age categories from U17 to U23, primarily playing as a right-back. Her international experience also includes participation in the U20 World Cup in 2022.<\/p>\n

Her integration into the national team is anticipated to provide a valuable new option for Coach Benstiti. Ould Hocine is reportedly expected to be included in his upcoming squad list, offering additional tactical flexibility. This significant reinforcement comes as the Algerian Women's National Team looks ahead to future competitions, including the first World Cup in its history, scheduled to take place in Brazil in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

C\u00e9lina Ould Hocine, a defender for Paris FC and former French U23 captain, is now eligible to represent the Algerian Women’s National Team, a development expected to strengthen the squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77998","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\/77998","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=77998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77999,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77998\/revisions\/77999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}