Hamed Namouchi

Hamed Namouchi
Personal information
Full name Hamed Namouchi
Date of birth 14 February 1984 (1984-02-14) (age 28)
Place of birth Cannes, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder, Winger
Club information
Current club Grenoble
Number 26
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 AS Cannes 01 (0)
2003–2006 Rangers 34 (5)
2006–2009 FC Lorient 47 (3)
2010 SC Freiburg 1 (0)
2010- Grenoble 0
National team
2005– Tunisia 17 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 18, 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 16, 2008

Hamed Namouchi (Arabic: حامد ناموشي‎, born 14 February 1984) is a professional football midfielder. He currently plays for French second-tier side Grenoble Foot 38 after leaving German side Freiburg.

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Club career

Namouchi was signed by Rangers in September, 2003 on a free transfer from French team AS Cannes. He made his Rangers debut on 10 January 2004 against Hibernian as a substitute.[1]

Namouchi joined Lorient for a fee of £500,000 in August 2006 after being told by Rangers manager Paul Le Guen that he was surplus to requirements.[2] At Rangers he picked up a Scottish Premier League winners' medal in 2005, and appeared in every game in their UEFA Champions League campaign where he was earmarked by Luis Figo as the player that "impressed him most".[3]

In late 2009, Namouchi agreed to a contract with the Turkcell Süper Lig side Sivasspor after lengthy contract negotiations.[4] On 15 November 2009 he was invited to a trial at SC Freiburg.[5][6]

In December 2009, he signed with SC Freiburg for the rest of the season.[7]

In October 2010, He signed with Grenoble on a two-year deal.

International career

He is a Tunisian international, despite being born in France. He won his 14th international cap against Belarus in May 2006, scoring his first international goal in the same game. He was also a member of Tunisia's qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and featured in all of their three games at the tournament.

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