Rafik Halliche is a regular member of Algerian national squads, having appeared in all three of Les Verts’ matches at South Africa 2010. Earlier that year, the powerful centre-half had notched the winning goal against Mali in the group stage of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, where Algeria eventually exited at the semi-final stage. In 2013, he again competed in the continental contest.
The Algiers-born defender started out at NA Hussein Dey in his homeland, and moved to Benfica four years later. Loaned out for two seasons to Nacional by the Lisbon club, he subsequently put pen to paper with Fulham, where he struggled to break into the starting XI. At the beginning of 2012, he returned to Portugal to pull on the jersey of Coimbra-based Academica.