Farès Brahimi (born 22 October 1988 in Réghaïa) is an Algerian

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 plays as a

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Personal life

Brahimi was born on 22 October 1988, in Réghaïa,

Algiers Province Algiers Province ( ar, ولاية الجزائر, ', ; french: wilaya d'Alger or ) is a province (wilayah) in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is adopted from the old French department of Algiers a ...

. At age two, he moved with family to

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. He has both Algerian and French citizenship.

Career

Early career

Brahimi emerged through

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

's youth system, but made no appearances for the first team during his stint; he played regularly for the reserves, in the

Championnat de France amateur The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of the French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue ...

. In 2007–08, Farès appeared regularly for US Cognac. In June 2008 he signed a contract with

US Feurs Union Sportive Forezienne is a French association football club founded in 1945. They are based in the town of Feurs and their home stadium is the Stade Rousson. As of the 2022–23 season, they play in Championnat National 3 The Championnat ...

Minyor Pernik

Following a trial period in November 2010, Brahimi signed a contract with

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

n club

Minyor Pernik FC Minyor ( bg, ФК Миньор) is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, that competes in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The c ...

on 1 February 2011. He made his

A Professional Football Group The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

debut on 27 February, as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 home loss against

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

. Farès quickly became a regular in the starting eleven and scored two goals to the end of the

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season.

Montana

On 16 January 2013, Brahimi joined

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

on free transfer for the rest of the season.

MO Béjaïa

On 10 January 2014, Brahimi joined

MO Béjaïa Mouloudia Olympique de Béjaïa ( ar, مولودية بجاية), referred to commonly as MO Béjaïa or MOB for short, is a professional Algerian football club based in Béjaïa, Algeria. The club was founded in 1954 and its colours are green a ...

on free transfer for the rest of the season.

Career statistics

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brahimi, Fares 1988 births Living people Algerian footballers FC Minyor Pernik players FC Montana players Men's association football midfielders First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Algerian expatriate footballers Algerian emigrants to France People from Réghaïa Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria