Zineddine Belaid is an Algerian centre-back born in Thenia in 1999. He developed at NA Hussein Dey and moved to USM Alger in 2020, where he became a regular defender and later captain. With USM Alger he won the 2022-23 CAF Confederation Cup and the 2023 CAF Super Cup. After a spell with Sint-Truiden in Belgium, he joined JS Kabylie. Belaid represented Algeria at youth and A' level before becoming a senior international in 2023.