Abdelmalek Cherrad

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Personal information
Abdelmalek Cherrad

Date of birth	January 14, 1981 (1981-01-14) (age 27)
Place of birth	La Tronche, France
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	MC Algiers
Number	7
Youth clubs
	OGC Nice
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2004 2004 2005-2007 2007-	OGC Nice AS Cannes OGC Nice KAA Gent SC Bastia MC Algiers	11 (0) 13 (3) 65 (9) 05 (2) 38 (7) 3 (2)
National team²
2003-	Algeria	18 (7)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 24 January 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Abdelmalek Cherrad (Arabic: عبدالمالك شراد‎) (born January 14, 1981 in La Tronche, Grenoble, France) is an Algerian football player who plays for MC Algiers in Algeria.

He was part of the Algerian 2004 African Nations Cup team who finished second in their group in the first round of competition before being defeated by Morocco in the quarter-finals. Cherrad has 18 caps and 7 goals with the Algerian national team.

Cherrad started off his playing career with OGC Nice's reserve team in 1998. He played his first game for the first team in the 1999-2000 season, making 5 appearances. He stayed with the club until 2003, before he was loaned out to Belgian club K.A.A. Gent. He played 6 games with the club, scoring 2 goals but was kicked off the team after a fight with a teammate. After that, he had a brief spell with Tunisian side Esperence De Tunis but he left the club before he played his first game. He signed with SC Bastia in January 2005 and stayed with the club for two years. In the summer of 2007 Bastia decided against renewing his contract and he was released.

On 14 November he signed for Algerian side MC Algiers on an eighteen-month contract. His contract also includes a clause which means that should he receive an offer he wishes to take then he can leave the club.^[1]