Ayoub Berkani has completed a return to JS Djijel, leaving Libyan side Al-Murooj on a free transfer in a deal that reunites the Algerian midfielder with the club where he previously spent several seasons. The move is registered as a standard transfer with no fee involved, with his contract at JS Djijel commencing on 2026-02-01 and running until 2026-06-30.
The 30-year-old, born on 11 Dec 1995, joins as a free agent after his spell in the Libyan Premier League with Al-Murooj. The switch takes him back into Algerian football and places him again under the banner of JS Djijel, who compete domestically in Algeria, with the league currently listed as N/A in official data. No market value has been recorded for Berkani in the latest figures, and the transaction between Al-Murooj and JS Djijel is officially logged without a transfer fee or add-ons.
Berkani’s move marks the latest step in a career that has already seen the midfielder build experience in multiple leagues across North Africa and the Middle East. He progressed from Olympique de Médéa’s youth ranks, moving from Olympique de Médéa U21 to the senior Olympique de Médéa side, before securing a transfer abroad to Jordanian club Al-Arabi Irbid. He then returned to Algeria with JSM Tiaret, and from there first joined JS Djijel in 2017. A later move took him to Al-Murooj in Libya, before this current transfer brought him back to Djijel.
Across these clubs, Berkani has consistently been deployed in midfield, his main position, with his profile defined more by versatility and experience than by headline-grabbing statistics. The available data does not list specific appearance or goal totals for his recent seasons, nor any detailed match-by-match performance records, so his exact contributions in terms of goals, assists, or minutes played at Al-Murooj and JS Djijel are not documented here. Likewise, there is no record in this dataset of individual matches, opponents, scorelines, or his performances in particular fixtures, and no season-by-season statistical breakdown is provided.
Internationally, Berkani is listed with Algerian nationality only and has not been recorded here as representing any national team beyond the club level, with his “national team” entry reflecting JS Djijel rather than the Algeria national side. That underlines his status as an experienced domestic professional rather than an established international.
The trajectory of his club career shows a player accustomed to moving between Algeria and neighboring leagues, adapting to different competitive contexts in Jordan and Libya before circling back to familiar territory at JS Djijel. With his new contract now in place from 2026-02-01 to 2026-06-30, Berkani’s immediate future is settled, and the focus will shift to how effectively he can translate his years of experience into stability and influence in the heart of JS Djijel’s midfield during this latest chapter of his career.
