Boumedienne Allam

Boumedienne Allam
Date of birth 19 November 1979
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)
19941996
19961997
19972000
20002003
20032004
20042005
20052006
20062008
20082009
20092010
20102012
2012
Apt
Cavaillon
RC Toulon
RC Narbonne
Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby
FC Auch
FC Barcelona
Blagnac SCR
Doncaster Knights
Le Bugue AC
AS Mâcon
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), where 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, where he played for Blagnac SCR.[1] He played for the Doncaster Knights, in England, in 2008/09. He returned to France, playing for Le Bugue AC, in 2009/10. He played for AS Mâcon, from 2010/11 to 2011/12, and currently plays for AGDE, since 2012/13.

Allam was capped 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, in 24 February 2007.

References

  1. "Profile". L'Equipe (google translation). Retrieved 30 January 2010.