Mehdi Méniri

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Personal information
Mehdi Méniri
Date of birth	June 29, 1977 (1977-06-29) (age 30)
Place of birth	Metz, France
Height	1.90 m
Playing position	Defence
Club information
Current club	SC Bastia
Number	23
Youth clubs
	AS Nancy
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-2000 2000-2003 2003-2006 2006-2008 2008-2008 2008-	AS Nancy ES Troyes FC Metz SC Bastia Al Khor SC Bastia	96 (6) 69 (2) 70 (5) 50 (3) ? (?)
National team²
	Algeria	20 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 26, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Mehdi Méniri (Arabic: مهدي منيري‎) (born June 29, 1977 in Metz) is a French-born Algerian football defender who is currently playing for SC Bastia in France's Ligue 2.

1 Biography
2 International Career
3 International Caps
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Despite being born in Metz, his first played senior football for AS Nancy. He moved on to Troyes AC, with whom he played in the UEFA Cup, and in the summer of 2003 he finally went to play for FC Metz. After 3 seasons with FC Metz he signed with SC Bastia in Ligue 2.

At the end of the 2007-2008 season, he was loaned out to Qatari club Al Khor for 3 months. He returned to SC Bastia after his loan spell.

[edit] International Career

Méniri made his debut for the Algeria National Team in a friendly against Bulgaria in November 14, 2000.

[edit] International Caps

1. Algeria 1-2 Bulgaria
2. Algeria 2-1 Burundi
3. Algeria 1-1 Slovakia
4. Algeria 2-5 Egypt
5. Algeria 1-2 Morocco
6. Algeria 1-4 France
7. Algeria 0-1 China
8. Algeria 2-5 Nigeria
9. Algeria 0-0 Burkina Faso
10. Algeria 0-2 Gabon
11. Algeria 0-0 Guinea
12. Algeria 1-0 Gambia
13. Algeria 1-2 Burkina Faso
14. Algeria 2-1 Libya [1 goal]
15. Algeria 2-0 Cape Verde [1 goal]
16. Algeria 3-4 Argentina
17. Algeria 0-2 Guinea
18. Algeria 1-2 Gambia
19. Algeria 3-2 Mali
20. Algeria 1-1 DR Congo

[edit] External links

Yahoo Sports profile
(French) Mehdi Méniri French league stats at lfp.fr

v • d • e SC Bastia – current squad

1 Ejide • 2 Cesto • 3 Maire • 5 Lorenzi • 7 Coulibaly • 8 Gomez • 9 Pentecote • 10 Licata • 11 Mendy • 12 Barthelemy • 14 Conombo • 16 Leca • 17 Bridonneau • 18 Cahuzac • 20 André • 21 Harek • 22 Bertin d'Avesnes • 23 Méniri • 24 Ghisolfi • 25 Coulibaly • 26 Jau • 29 Ben Saada • 30 Goda • — Bral • — Grimaldi • Manager: Casoni