{{Short description|Algerian footballer (1984–2012)}} {{One source|date=December 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Hamza Bounab |image = |alt = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date|1983|12|16|df=y}} |birth_place = El Khroub, Algeria |death_date = {{death date and age|2012|6|23|1983|12|16|df=y}} |death_place = |height = |position = Midfielder |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 2001–2005 |clubs1 = AS Khroub |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 2005–2007 |clubs2 = CR Belouizdad |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = 2007 |clubs3 = MO Constantine |caps3 = |goals3 = |years4 = 2007–2008 |clubs4 = CA Batna |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 = 2008–2009 |clubs5 = MO Béjaïa |caps5 = |goals5 = |years6 = 2009–2010 |clubs6 = CA Bordj Bou Arréridj |caps6 = |goals6 = |years7 = 2010–2012 |clubs7 = AS Khroub |caps7 = |goals7 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = }} '''Hamza Bounab''' (16 December 1983 – 23 June 2012) was an Algerian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for AS Khroub, CR Belouizdad, MO Constantine, CA Batna, MO Béjaïa and CA Bordj Bou Arréridj.
==Career== In the 2011–12 season Bounab was relegated from the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with AS Khroub.<ref name="henine"/>
==Death== Bounab died on 23 June 2012 at the age of 28 after suffering a heart attack during a charity football match.<ref name="henine">{{cite news |last1=Henine |first1=Abdou |title=ASK : Après le décès de Bounab lors d'un match pour la bonne cause : Adieu l'artiste khroubi |url=https://www.djazairess.com/fr/lebuteur/56439 |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=Le Buteur |publisher=Djazairess |date=25 June 2012 |language=French}}</ref> As a tribute to him, AS Khroub decided to retire his number 17.<ref name="henine"/>
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==External links== * {{Soccerway|89298}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bounab, Hamza}} Category:1983 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Algerian men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Category:AS Khroub players Category:CR Belouizdad players Category:MO Constantine players Category:CA Batna players Category:MO Béjaïa players Category:CA Bordj Bou Arréridj players Category:21st-century Algerian sportsmen Category:Association football players who died while playing Category:Sport deaths in Algeria