Boumedienne Allam

Boumedienne Allam
Date of birth 19 November 1979 (1979-11-19) (age 32)
Place of birth Avignon
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Number eight
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1994–1996
1996–1997
1997–2000
2000–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–
Apt
Cavaillon
RC Toulon
RC Narbonne
Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby
FC Auch
FC Barcelona
Blagnac SCR
Doncaster Knights
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007  Algeria

Boumedienne Allam (born Avignon, 19 November 1979) is a French-born Algerian rugby union player. He plays as a number eight.

After his young years at Apt (1994–1996) and Cavaillon (1996–1997), he become famous as a RC Toulon player (1997–2000), were he won the Cup of France Frantz Reichel, in 1998. He moved to RC Narbonne (2000–2003), and latter to Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby (2003–2004) and to FC Auch (2004–2005). After a season at FC Barcelona, in Spain (2005–2006), he moved back to France, were he played for Blagnac SCR.[1] He as just signed with the Doncaster Knights, in England.

Allam first played for France U-21 squad, winning the Six Nations Tournament of that category, in 2000. He was a member of the historical first game of Algeria national rugby union team, in 24 February 2007.

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