Carlo Gregor Boukhalfa (born 3 May 1999) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

Career

Boukhalfa made his professional debut for

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

in the first round of the

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on 13 September 2020, coming on as a half-time substitute for Yannik Keitel in the away match against

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side Waldhof Mannheim. In summer 2021, he was loaned to

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

for one season. On 27 May 2021, it was announced that Boukhalfa had signed for 2. Bundesliga club

on a permanent basis.

Personal life

Born in Germany, Boukhalfa is of Algerian descent.

Honours

FC St. Pauli *

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: 2023–24

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* * * 1999 births Living people Footballers from Freiburg im Breisgau German men's footballers Algerian men's footballers German people of Algerian descent Men's association football midfielders SC Freiburg players SSV Jahn Regensburg players FC St. Pauli players Regionalliga players 2. Bundesliga players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub