Brahim Ferradj (born 4 September 1987) is a former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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on both sides of the pitch, or as a

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. Born in France, he elected to represent

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at international level.

Club career

Ferradj played for

Stade Brest Stade Brestois 29 or simply Brest, is a French football club based in Brest. It was founded in 1950 following the merger of five local patronages, including Armoricaine de Brest, founded in 1903. In its early years, the club made a rapid rise ...

in the French

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

until May 2014 when his contract with the club expired without being renewed.

International career

On 14 May 2011, Ferradj was called up to the Algerian national team for the first time for a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

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at Soccerway {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferradj, Brahim 1987 births Living people Footballers from Saint-Étienne Men's association football defenders Algerian footballers French sportspeople of Algerian descent French footballers AJ Auxerre players Stade Brestois 29 players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Algerian expatriate footballers