Rachid Belabed

Rachid Belabed
Personal information
Full name Rachid Belabed
Date of birth 20 October 1980 (1980-10-20) (age 31)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Sporting Club Steinfort
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Anderlecht 0 (0)
1998–1999 Molenbeek 13 (0)
1999–2002 Aberdeen 41 (1)
2002–2004 La Louviere 21 (0)
2005–2006 Eupen 15 (0)
2006–2007 FC Wiltz 71 10 (2)
2007–2009 Racing FC Union Luxembourg 48 (11)
2009–2010 RM Hamm Benfica 24 (3)
2010– Sporting Club Steinfort
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Rachid Belabed (born 20 October 1980 in Brussels) is a Belgian-born Moroccan footballer, who plays for FC RM Hamm Benfica.[1]

Belabed signed for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen in 1999 for a fee of £100,000. He made 40 appearances in the Scottish Premier League before leaving the club when his contract expired in 2002.[2] He then signed for Belgian side La Louviere, who sacked him 2004 after Belabed assaulted Claude Moniquet, a journalist.[3] Belabed had accused Moniquet of being racist and an enemy of Islam.[3]

Personal

Belabed was born in Belgium to a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother.

References

  1. ^ Rachid Belabed, www.playerhistory.com
  2. ^ Belabed moves to Belgium, BBC Sport, 23 June 2002.
  3. ^ a b Belgian club sacks Moroccan, BBC Sport, 13 September 2004.

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