Farid Cheklam (, born September 21, 1984) is an Algerian football player who plays for MO Béjaïa in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
On July 10, 2009, Cheklam signed a two-year contract with USM Alger.
On August 15, 2011, Cheklam signed a one-year contract with Saudi Professional League club Najran SC.
He received his first call-up to the Algerian National Team from Meziane Ighil for a World Cup qualifier match against Gabon on October 8, 2005. After several call-ups in 2006, he received another invitation by Jean-Michel Cavalli for a friendly against Brazil on August 22, 2007, but finally never making any appearance.
On April 5, 2008, he received his first call up to the Algeria A' National Team for a friendly against USM Blida.