Mehdi Méniri ( ar, مهدي منيري; born 29 June 1977) is a former professional

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who played as a defender. Born in France, he represented

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at international level.

Club career

Born in

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, Méniri first played senior football for

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. He moved on to

Troyes AC Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes, is a French association football club, based in Troyes, who play in Ligue 1, the highest level of France's football league system, and plays its home matches at the ...

, with whom he played in the

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after helping them become one of the winners of the

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, and in the summer of 2003 he finally went to play for

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. After three seasons with FC Metz he signed with

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastiais ( co, Sporting Club di Bastia, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a Corsican association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of French f ...

in Ligue 2. At the end of the 2007–08 season, he was loaned out to Qatari club

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for three months. He returned to Bastia after his loan spell. On 31 March 2010, Méniri signed a season-long contract with

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. On 16 September 2010, it was announced that Meniri was joining French amateur side

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International career

Méniri made his debut for the Algeria national team in a friendly against

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on 14 November 2000.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Méniri goal.''

Honours

Troyes * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001

References

External links

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