Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba

Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba was born on the 5^th March 1988. He is a professional football player from Algeria. He plays the role of a right, left back and a central defender for the club, RCD Mallorca, though he is currently on loan in the club from Real Sociedad. He is a member of the Algerian national team.

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Club Career

When he was 15, Cadamuro joined the youth academy of FC Sochaux-Montbeliard and he was part of the reserve team of the club for three seasons. In the summer of the year 2008, he made a move to Spain and made a deal with Real Sociedad. With the Basque, he played another three year with the B-Team of the club, two years in the 3^rd division and one year in the 4^th. He gained promotion to the main squad of the club for the 2011/12 season with the arrival of a countryman from his country, Philippe Montanier as the team manager. He played his first La Liga game for the club on the 10^th September 2011 coming in as a sub in the 70^th minute of the game for Xabier Prieto in the home match that finished 2-2 against Barcelona. He finished the first season with the club’s first team, playing the total of 19 games for the club and assisting the team to finish 12^th in Position. On the 2^nd January 2013, he signed a contract5 with the club as an extension of the current deal with the club.

On the 8^th January, 2014, after he had played sparingly at the time of his first season with the club, Cadamuro joined RCD Mallorca on a loan contract until June.

International Career

On the 7^th January, 2012, the coach of the Algerian national team, Vahid Halilhodzic was in the position to supervise the player in a league match that was played against CA Osasuna. A day after that match, in an interview with the French Website, FootMercato.net, Cadamuro opined that his intention has always been to play for the Algerian team in the international level, though he has the options of playing for either Italy or France.

On the 10^th February 2012, it was announced by the official website of Real Sociedad that the player has been selected by the coach of the Algerian national team to play in the 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifying match that was played against Gambia. After five days of the announcement, Algerian FA confirmed the information and he played his first game for the Algerian national team on the 29^th February, starting in the match that finished 2-1 against Gambia.