Ahmed Kashi (born 18 November 1988) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club Annecy. Born in France, he is a former

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international, and was a member of the squad at the

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Club career

Born in

Aubervilliers Aubervilliers () is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France region, northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Albertivillariens'' or ''Albertivillariennes''. Geography Localisati ...

, France, Kashi made his first team debut for

Châteauroux Châteauroux (; ; oc, Chasteurós) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French. Climate ...

on 15 April 2008, playing as a starter in the team's 2–0 league loss to Reims. In the summer of 2008, Kashi signed a one-year professional contract with Châteauroux. On 18 July 2015, Kashi joined

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in ...

. He made his debut for Charlton against

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on 8 August 2015, and scored his first goal for the club against

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in the

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on 25 August 2015. At the end of the 2017–18 season, Charlton entered into contract talks with Kashi. However, on 19 June 2018, caretaker manager for Charlton Athletic

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stated that Kashi would not be renewing his contract with the club. On 16 July 2018, Kashi joined Troyes on a two-year deal. He was loaned out in January 2019 to

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of EFL League One until the end of the season. He returned to his parent club at the end of the season, having made 12 appearances (11 of them in League One) without scoring. After his return, he was relegated to the Troyes' reserve team due to a conflict with the club. On 3 February 2020, Kashi signed with Annecy.

International career

Born in France, Kashi is eligible to represent both France and Algeria. In an interview in 2009, he indicated that he would prefer to represent Algeria in international competition. In 2015, he was part of the Algeria national team at the

, where he made his international debut in the final group stage match against

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kashi, Ahmed Living people 1988 births Sportspeople from Aubervilliers French footballers Association football midfielders French sportspeople of Algerian descent 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Algeria international footballers Algerian expatriate footballers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in England Algerian footballers LB Châteauroux players FC Metz players Charlton Athletic F.C. players ES Troyes AC players Oxford United F.C. players FC Annecy players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players English Football League players Championnat National 2 players Footballers from Seine-Saint-Denis