Khaled Kharroubi
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| Khaled Kharroubi | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Khaled Farid Kharroubi | |
| Date of birth | February 11, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | |
| Height | 1.80 m | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | FCV Dender | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1992–1997 1997–2001 |
Olympique Lyon Grenoble Foot |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2008 2008– |
Bangu Vitória Bahia Valenciennes FCV Dender |
56 (1) 0 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006– | Algeria | 0 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Khaled Farid Kharroubi (Arabic: خالد خروبي) (born February 11, 1984 in Lyon, France) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing as a midfielder for FCV Dender in the Belgian First Division.
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[edit] Biography
Kharroubi started playing football at the age of 6 in his neighborhood club US Vénissieux. At the age of 8, he joined the Olympique Lyon academy, and stayed with the club until the age of 15. He would then join the academy at Grenoble Foot for another 4 years, reaching the semi-finals of the Coupe Gambardella, before leaving to Brazil at age 19 to sign with Bangu. After one season, he was loaned out to Série A side Esporte Clube Vitória and at the end of the season he would come back to France to join Valenciennes FC in the French Championnat National. In his first season, he played 33 games and helped the team finish first in the tables gaining promotion to Ligue 2. In his second season, injuries limited him to just 10 games (and 1 goal) but his team still finished first in the standings, gaining promotion to Ligue 1. In his first season in the top flight, Kharroubi again managed just 10 games. Injuries again limited him to just 3 games in his second season in Ligue 1.
On June 4, 2008, he signed a 2-year contract with newly promoted Belgian club FCV Dender.[1]
[edit] International career
Although born in France, Kharroubi has represented Algeria in international competition. In June, 2005, he was called up to a training camp by the Under-23 national team.[2] In August, 2006, he was called up by Jean-Michel Cavalli to the Algerian National Team for friendlies against FC Istres and Gabon. He started the game against FC Istres but did not feature in the second game.[3]
[edit] Honours
- Won the French Championnat National once with Valenciennes FC in 2004/2005
- Won the Ligue 2 Championship once with Valenciennes FC in 2005/2006
[edit] Personal
Kharroubi's family hails from the city of Chlef in Algeria and the player has admitted he is a big fan of ASO Chlef.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- (French) Khaled Kharroubi French league stats at lfp.fr
- Player profile - L'Equipe.fr
- Player profile - dzfoot.com
- DZfoot.com Interview
