Education
Boumelaha joined Football Club Basel"s U21 team from Bachelor of Science Old Boys in July 2007 and made 28 appearances in his first season with the club
Boumelaha joined Football Club Basel"s U21 team from Bachelor of Science Old Boys in July 2007 and made 28 appearances in his first season with the club
In the 2008–2009 season, Boumelaha made another 15 appearances for the reserve side before being loaned out to Challenge League side Football Club Concordia Basel in January for the rest of the season. On 8 March 2009, he made his professional debut for Concordia starting in a 3–1 loss against Football Club Locarno. He made 8 more appearances for the club before returning to Football Club Basel at the end of his loan.
Despite being born in France, Boumelaha chose to represent Algeria in international competition.
He received his first call-up to the Algerian Under-23 National Team for a training camp in September 2009. The camp was capped off with a friendly against local side Czech Republic Belouizdad, a game in which Boumelaha started in.
On 14 September 2009, he received his second call up to the team