Chakhir Belghazouani (born 6 October 1986 in

Porto-Vecchio Porto-Vecchio (, ; it, Porto Vecchio or ; co, Portivechju or ) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica. Porto-Vecchio is a medium-sized port city placed on a good harbor, the southernmost of the mars ...

) is a former professional

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who played as a

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. He works as sporting director of Blue Boys Muhlenbach. Born in France, he represented the Morocco U17 national team and the France U20 and France U21 national teams at youth international level before making eight appearances for the Morocco senior national team.

Club career

Belghazouani began his career with Grenoble Foot 38 and in 2005 was promoted to the first team. After two years in

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with Grenoble, he joined top Ukrainian club

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...

for €800,000, where he played in three games, scoring a goal on his debut. He left on loan for

RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a French association football club founded in 1906, based in the c ...

on 20 June 2008 returning to Ukraine on 1 November. On 16 February 2009, Belghazouani moved to

Neuchâtel Xamax , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...

on loan from Dynamo Kyiv until 30 June 2009 and then on 16 July 2009 he was loaned to

Tours FC Tours Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tours (), is a French association football club based in Tours, the capital city of the Indre-et-Loire department. The club was formed in 1919 and currently play at the fifth level of French ...

. On 15 July 2012, Belghazouani moved from Belgian S.V. Zulte Waregem to

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team AC Ajaccio on a three-year contract. He was loaned to

R. White Star Bruxelles RWS Bruxelles (Royal White Star Bruxelles) was a Belgian football club located in the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels. History The club, founded in 1948, was formerly known as Kapelleveld FC, playing in Evere, but they changed ...

in January 2014. On 10 June 2014,

side

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announced the signature of Belghazouani with a two-year contract. On 11 September 2015, Belghazouani signed for Greek

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club

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for an undisclosed fee. Belghazouani joined Blue Boys Muhlenbach in the Luxembourg Division of Honour on 23 January 2019 on a contract until June 2020.

International career

Belghazouani played for the Morocco Under 17s, then at the U-20 and U-21 level for France including in the 2006 Toulon Tournament.

Managerial career

At the end of September 2019, 32-year old Belghazouani decided to retire. After bringing two players to FC Blue Boys Muhlenbach during the winter transfer market 2019-20, respectively Arnaud Guedj and Mamadou Samassa, Muhlenbach hired him as sporting director in February 2020.Chahir Belghazouani devient… directeur sportif !
grenoblefoot.info, 14 February 2020

References

External links

Football.ch Profile

LFP Profile

French League Profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belghazouani, Chakhir 1986 births Living people People from Porto-Vecchio Sportspeople from Corse-du-Sud French sportspeople of Moroccan descent French footballers Moroccan footballers Footballers from Corsica Association football defenders Morocco international footballers France youth international footballers France under-21 international footballers Grenoble Foot 38 players FC Dynamo Kyiv players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Tours FC players S.V. Zulte Waregem players AC Ajaccio players RWS Bruxelles players Stade Brestois 29 players Levadiakos F.C. players Ligue 2 players Swiss Super League players Belgian Pro League players Ligue 1 players Belgian First Division B players Super League Greece players Luxembourg Division of Honour players Luxembourg National Division players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Moroccan expatriate footballers French expatriate footballers Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Greece Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Luxembourg