Rafik Saïfi

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Personal information
Rafik Saïfi
Date of birth	February 7, 1975 (age 32)
Place of birth	Algiers, Algeria
Height	1.78 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Lorient
Number	13
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-1999 1999-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-	MC Alger Troyes AC FC Istres AC Ajaccio FC Lorient	111 (19) 35 (4) 26 (2) 23 (5)
National team²
1998-	Algeria	36 (12)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:24, 9 February 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2006-11-25. * Appearances (Goals)

Rafik Saïfi (born February 7, 1982 in Algiers, Algeria) is an Algerian professional football (soccer) player. He is a midfielder for French club FC Lorient.

Starting his career at MC Alger in his home city and after helping the team capture the Algerian league title he moved to France in 1999 at the age of 24 to join Troyes AC. He stayed with Troyes for five seasons, including the 2003-04 season after their relegation to Ligue 2.

Moving back into Ligue 1 with a transfer to newly-promoted FC Istres in 2004, Saïfi played 35 matches before leaving following the club's relegation. In 2005 he joined AC Ajaccio, also newly-promoted, and suffered a third relegation in four years.

Saïfi moved to Lorient, yet another newly-promoted club, in the summer of 2006.