{{Short description|Professional footballer (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Ali Reghba |birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|1|14|df=y}} |birth_place = Essen, Germany<ref>{{cite web |title=Ali Reghba Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/6635352c/Ali-Reghba |website=FBref.com |access-date=3 February 2025}}</ref> |height = 1.83 m<ref>{{cite web |title=Ali Reghba – NK Maribor |url=https://www.nkmaribor.com/team/player/4030d70b-9b09-4361-9206-12f95e61cc52/profile?season=2024 |publisher=NK Maribor |access-date=6 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250206153211/https://www.nkmaribor.com/team/player/4030d70b-9b09-4361-9206-12f95e61cc52/profile?season=2024 |archive-date=6 February 2025 |language=sl|url-status=live}}</ref> |position = Winger, forward<ref name="wf">{{cite web |title=Ali Reghba » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe568299/ali-reghba/club-matches/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=3 February 2025}}</ref> |currentclub = Maribor |clubnumber = 11 |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Home Farm<ref name="the42"/> |youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 = Shelbourne<ref>{{cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Aaron |title=19-year-old former Bohemians striker impresses with two goals on trial with Leicester City |url=https://www.the42.ie/ali-reghba-leicester-city-double-two-goals-trial-u23-bohemians-ireland-striker-4440115-Jan2019/ |website=The 42 |access-date=3 February 2025 |date=14 January 2019}}</ref> |youthyears3 = 2018 |youthclubs3 = Bohemians |youthyears4 = 2019–2022 |youthclubs4 = Leicester City |years1 = 2018–2019 |clubs1 = Bohemians |caps1 = 12 |goals1 = 2 |years2 = 2022–2023 |clubs2 = Belouizdad |caps2 = 22 |goals2 = 1 |years3 = 2024–2025 |clubs3 = Rabotnichki |caps3 = 27 |goals3 = 7 |years4 = 2025– |clubs4 = Maribor |caps4 = 38 |goals4 = 4 |club-update = 23 May 2026 |nationalyears1 = 2018–2019 |nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U19 |nationalcaps1 = 11 |nationalgoals1 = 1 }} '''Ali Reghba''' ({{langx|ar|علي رغبة}}; born 14 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor. Born in Germany, he has played youth football for the Republic of Ireland national team.
==Club career== Born in Essen, Germany, Reghba moved to Coolock, Dublin with his family when he was six years old.<ref name="the42">{{cite web |last=Fennessy |first=Paul |title=The Irish-Algerian teenager helping Bohs punch above their weight |url=https://www.the42.ie/the-irish-algerian-teenager-helping-bohs-punch-above-their-weight-4596547-Apr2019/ |website=The 42 |access-date=3 February 2025 |date=18 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="nkmb">{{cite web |title=Ali Reghba do 2027 |url=https://www.nkmaribor.com/news/GphrE8EARAoaSo3kOB23 |publisher=NK Maribor |access-date=3 February 2025 |language=sl |date=3 February 2025}}</ref> There, he made his senior debut with Bohemians at the age of 18.<ref name="nkmb"/>
In 2019, Reghba signed for the reserves of English Premier League side Leicester City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/who-is-ali-regbha-leicester-2297303|title=Who is Ali Reghba? The lowdown on the new Leicester City striker|date=16 January 2019|first=Richard|last=Cusack|website=Leicester Mercury|access-date=3 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ech-chaab.com/ar/الحدث/الرياضي/item/157174-علي-رغبة-يدخل-حسابات-مدرب-ليستر-سيتي.html|title=علي رغبة يدخل حسابات مدرب ليستر سيتي|website=ech-chaab.com}}</ref> Before the second half of 2021–22, he signed for CR Belouizdad in Algeria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.competition.dz/actualites/89-ligue-1/81677-crb-disponible-pour-le-derby-reghba-l-arme-du-chabab-face-au-mca.html|title=CRB – Disponible pour le derby: Reghba, l'arme du Chabab face au MCA |website=competition.dz|date=22 March 2022|access-date=3 February 2025|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liberte-algerie.com/sports/ali-mahdi-reghba-pas-encore-qualifie-373811|title=Ali-Mahdi Reghba pas encore qualifié|website=liberte-algerie.com|date=22 February 2022|access-date=3 February 2025|first=Sofiane|last=Mehenni|language=fr}}</ref> On 7 March 2022, he debuted for the club during a 2–0 win over PAC.<ref name="soccerway">{{Soccerway|569925}}</ref>
On 3 February 2025, Reghba joined Slovenian PrvaLiga outfit Maribor on a contract until summer 2027.<ref>{{cite web |title=Najboljši igralec makedonske lige Ali Regbha okrepil Maribor |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/nogomet/prva-liga/najboljsi-igralec-makedonske-lige-ali-regbha-okrepil-maribor/735446 |publisher=RTV Slovenija |access-date=3 February 2025 |language=sl |date=3 February 2025}}</ref>
==International career== Reghba was born in Germany to an Algerian father and Irish mother.<ref name="nkmb"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.offtheball.com/soccer/ali-reghba-completes-move-leicester-bohemians-879280|title=Ali Reghba completes move to Leicester from Bohemians|first=Will|last=O'Callaghan|website=OffTheBall|access-date=3 February 2025}}</ref> He is eligible to represent Germany through birth, and Algeria through his father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footalgerien.com/a-20-ans-evoluer-a-leicester-city-ali-reghba-reve-de-porter-maillot-de-lalgerie/|title=Il a 20 ans et évoluer à Leicester City: Ali Reghba rêve de porter le maillot de l'Algérie|website=footalgerien.com|access-date=3 February 2025|date=25 April 2020|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexpression.dz/sports/reghba-veut-jouer-pour-l-algerie-335053|title=Reghba veut jouer pour l'Algérie|website=L'Expression|access-date=3 February 2025|language=fr|date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
He was part of the Republic of Ireland under-19 team between 2018 and 2019, and made eleven appearances for the team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ali Reghba » Internationals |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe568299/ali-reghba/international-matches/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=3 February 2025}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Belouizdad''' *Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2021–22, 2022–23<ref name="soccerway"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|569925}}
{{NK Maribor squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reghba, Ali}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Essen Category:German people of Algerian descent Category:German people of Irish descent Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Category:Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers Category:Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers Category:Bohemian F.C. players Category:Leicester City F.C. players Category:CR Belouizdad players Category:FK Rabotnicki players Category:NK Maribor players Category:League of Ireland players Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Category:Macedonian First Football League players Category:Slovenian PrvaLiga players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria Category:Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Category:Irish expatriate sportspeople in England Category:Irish people of Algerian descent Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen