| Zinédine Machach | |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Marseille, France |
| Height: | 1.85 m[1] |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Melbourne Victory |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthyears1: | 2002–2010 |
| Youthclubs1: | SC Air Bel |
| Youthyears2: | 2010–2012 |
| Youthclubs2: | Cannes |
| Youthyears3: | 2012–2014 |
| Youthclubs3: | Marseille |
| Youthyears4: | 2014–2015 |
| Youthclubs4: | Toulouse |
| Years1: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Toulouse B |
| Caps1: | 25 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Toulouse |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs3: | → Marseille (loan) |
| Caps3: | 10 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs4: | Napoli |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs5: | → Carpi (loan) |
| Caps5: | 10 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2019 |
| Clubs6: | → Crotone (loan) |
| Caps6: | 15 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs7: | → Cosenza (loan) |
| Caps7: | 18 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs8: | → VVV-Venlo (loan) |
| Caps8: | 24 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs9: | → Honvéd (loan) |
| Caps9: | 21 |
| Goals9: | 3 |
| Years10: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs10: | Ionikos |
| Caps10: | 23 |
| Goals10: | 2 |
| Years11: | 2023– |
| Clubs11: | Melbourne Victory |
| Caps11: | 29 |
| Goals11: | 7 |
| Club-Update: | 26 May 2024 |
Zinédine Machach (born 5 January 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for A-League club Melbourne Victory.
Machach began his youth career with SC Air Bel,[2] before moving to first AS Cannes and since Olympique Marseille. He then joined Toulouse in 2014. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 23 May 2015 against OGC Nice. He replaced Aleksandar Pešić after 58 minutes.[3]
On 27 July 2016, Machach joined Olympique Marseille on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy.[4]
On 21 July 2018, Machach joined to Serie B side Carpi on loan until 30 June 2019.[5]
On 23 January 2019, Machach joined to Crotone on loan until 30 June 2019.[6]
On 2 September 2019, he joined Cosenza on loan.[7]
On 2 July 2022, Machach signed a two-year deal with Ionikos in Greece.[8]
In August 2023, Machach signed a one-year contract with Melbourne Victory FC in Australia.[9] He would have his debut for Melbourne Victory on the 21 October 2023 he would score in the 86th minute to make the game 20.[10] he would prove to be a crucial player for Melbourne Victory throughout the 202324 season scoring seven goals in 29 games.[11] Machach extended his contract with Melbourne Victory for another two seasons.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Toulouse | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |||
| Marseille (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| Marseille B (loan) | 2016–17 | Championnat de France Amateur | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Napoli | 2017–18 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carpi (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Crotone (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Cosenza (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| VVV-Venlo (loan) | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| Honvéd (loan) | 2021–22 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 3 | |||
| Ionikos | 2022–23 | Super League Greece | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 2 | |||
| Melbourne Victory | 2023–24 | A-League Men | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 7 | |||
| Career totals | 179 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 16 | |||
Machach was born in Marseille, France, and was born to an Algerian mother and a Moroccan father.[13] He holds French and Algerian nationalities.[14]