Virgile Boumelaha

Virgile Boumelaha
Personal information
Full nameVirgile Jamel Boumelaha
Date of birth6 August 1983
Place of birthMulhouse, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
FC Langenthal
Youth career
1996-1998FC Saint-Louis
1998-2000FC Basel
2000-2002Sochaux
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004Sochaux2(0)
2004–2005VfB Stuttgart II11(0)
2005–2006HJK Helsinki1(0)
2006–2008SR Delémont19(0)
2008FC Gossau4(0)
2009–FC Grenchen
2012-FC Langenthal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:59, 23 December 2008 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Virgile Boumelaha (born 6 August 1983 in Mulhouse) is a French association footballer of Algerian descent,[1] he plays for FC Grenchen.

Career

Boumelaha began his career with FC Saint-Louis, he moved then to FC Basel and later to FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 2002 but made two appearance for the club before joined to VfB Stuttgart in 2004. He failed to break into the first team there, also, signed for HJK Helsinki where he played 1 gam over the course of the 2005/06 season. He then moved to Switzerland with SR Delémont in January 2006 where play 19 games. After just two seasons with Delémont, he made his way to FC Gossau[2] of the Challenge League, who he played 6 months between 18 December 2008 who left the team,[3] he signed than in February 2009 with FC Grenchen.[4]

Privates

He is the younger brother of Olivier Boumelaha and the elder brother of Sabri Boumelaha.

References

  1. "Interview de Boumelaha : "Sans hésitation je choisirai le bled" | Football algérien". Dzfoot.com. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. "FOOT: Virgile Boumelaha engagé par Gossau". News.search.ch. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  3. "www.toggenburgertagblatt.ch – Gossau verlängert auslaufende Verträge nicht". Toggenburgertagblatt.ch. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  4. "Fussball in der Region Luzern - Zentralschweiz - Transfernews Spieler und Trainer". REGIOfussball.ch. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2010.

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