Faycal Rherras (born 7 April 1993) is a professional

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who plays full-back. Born in Belgium, he represented

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at international level.

Club career

Rherras signed for Heart of Midlothian in June 2016. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 draw with

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional F ...

on 29 October 2016. Rherras was released by Hearts during May 2017, then signed for KV Mechelen. He returned to Scottish football in January 2018, signing on loan for Hibernian. On 15 July 2019, Rherras signed a two-year contract with

Qarabağ FK Qarabağ Futbol Klubu, commonly known as Qarabağ () is an Azerbaijani professional football club, based in Baku, that competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top flight of Azerbaijani football. The club originates from Aghdam but has ...

. On 22 June 2020, Qarabağ announced that Rherras had left the club. After a spell in Morocco, Rherras signed for 1,5 years with

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in Bulgaria.

International career

He played for the

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in a friendly match with

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in August 2016, which ended in a goalless draw.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Qarabağ *

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(1): 2019–20

References

1993 births Living people Footballers from Liège Men's association football defenders Moroccan men's footballers Morocco men's international footballers Morocco men's youth international footballers Belgian men's footballers Belgian sportspeople of Moroccan descent Standard Liège players Club Brugge KV players Beerschot A.C. players C.S. Visé players AS Béziers (2007) players Sint-Truidense V.V. players K.V. Mechelen players Hibernian F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Qarabağ FK players MC Oujda players PFC Levski Sofia players URSL Visé players Belgian Pro League players Challenger Pro League players Scottish Professional Football League players Ligue 2 players Azerbaijan Premier League players Moroccan expatriate men's footballers Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in France Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Belgian expatriate men's footballers Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players {{Morocco-footy-defender-stub