Career
Born in Algiers, Betrouni played club football for Military Cross Alger for more than a decade, winning the Algerian league championship five times and the Algerian cup three times. He joined USM Alger in 1980 and would finish his career with the club, winning the Algerian cup once more. He made his debut in an African Cup of Nations qualifying match against Morocco on 10 December 1970.
In 2006, he was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.