Sofyane Cherfa

Cherfa returned to the Cypriot top level on 27 July 2018, joining Alki Oroklini for one season. On 18 August 2019, he joined Akritas Chlorakas.

On 15 January 2016, four days after being released by Panthrakikos, Cherfa signed a two-year contract with Algerian club CS Constantine. Two years later, the free agent agreed to a one-year deal at Italian amateurs Abano Calcio.

In the 2012 summer transfer window, after being deemed surplus to requirements, Cherfa was loaned to Panthrakikos F.C. from Greece. At the end of the campaign he returned to Omonia, who had just lost fellow stoppers Christos Karipidis and Savo Pavićević to other clubs, but Panthrakikos contested that the agreement ended sooner than it should have.

In 2011, Cherfa joined AC Omonia in the Cypriot First Division, after fellow league side Ermis Aradippou FC did not have the financial means to complete the transfer. He scored his first goal as a professional on 29 October of that year in a 2–0 away win against Olympiakos Nicosia, and also contributed with six appearances in the season's Cypriot Cup, which ended in conquest as in the previous year.

Born in Toulouse, France, Cherfa played youth football with AS Monaco FC, but only appeared for its reserve team as a senior. After playing with CS Louhans-Cuiseaux in the lower leagues he signed with Ligue 2 club Stade de Reims in the summer of 2007, before going on to represent also in the competition CS Sedan Ardennes and LB Châteauroux.

In April 2005, Cherfa was called up to the Algerian under-23 team for a mini training camp in France.

Sofyane Cherfa (Arabic: سفيان شرفة ‎; born 13 August 1984) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club Akritas Chlorakas as a central defender.