Hameur Bouazza

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Hameur Bouazza
Personal information
Full name Hameur Bouazza
Date of birth February 22, 1985 (1985-02-22) (age 23)
Place of birth    Evry, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger,Striker
Club information
Current club Fulham
Number 24
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003–2007
2005–2006
2007–
Watford
Swindon Town (loan)
Fulham
83 (8)
13 (2)
20 (1)   
National team2
2007– Algeria 05 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20:49, 15 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of March 26, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Hameur Bouazza (Arabic: هامور بوعزة‎) (born 22 February 1985 in Evry, France) is a French-born Algerian footballer who plays for Fulham, usually as a left winger. Although French, he plays for Algeria[1] as it is the birthplace of both his parents.

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[edit] Club career

Bouazza earned a scholarship at Watford and had been in and out of the first team, scoring - in two seasons - two goals in thirty-seven games.

During the 2005–06 season Bouazza was overshadowed by Darius Henderson, Marlon King, and Ashley Young and missed a lengthy spell with a broken metatarsal but this didn't prevent him scoring three goals in nineteen games, one of which was the fourth in Watford's 4–1 win over Championship runners-Up Sheffield United.

Bouazza was loaned out to Swindon Town for part of the season, where he scored two goals in eleven games. He was a regular on the Watford substitute bench, but throughout the 2006–07 season he started most of the games, principally as a left-sided winger.

Bouazza playing for Fulham in 2007
Bouazza playing for Fulham in 2007

On 8 August 2007, Bouazza joined Fulham, on a four-year deal, for an initial fee of £3m, which could rise to £4m, depending on appearances, and Fulham's divisional status.

Hameur started out the season strongly making 3 appearances before he dislocated his shoulder. He returned after a few weeks into the Fulham starting eleven. He scored his first Fulham goal with a close-range free kick against Man City in a 3–3 draw at Craven Cottage on 22 September 2007.[2][3]

[edit] International career

Originally contacted in November 2006 by the Fédération Algérienne de Football about the possibility of playing for the Algeria national football team, against Burkina Faso, Bouazza turned the request down, hoping for a call-up by France. He eventually accepted another offer in February, 2007, and made his debut against Libya on 7 February. Bouazza scored his first goal for Algeria in a 3-2 victory over Mali on the 20th November 2007.

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