Ryan Ferhaoui (born 31 May 1997) is a French professional

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

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...

Career

Ferhaoui is a youth product of the academies of

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

, Lattes, and

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...

. He began his senior career with

Sète Sète (; oc, Seta, ), also historically spelt ''Cette'' (official until 1928) and ''Sette'', is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sétois'' (male) and ''Sétoises' ...

, and transferred to

on 18 June 2021. He helped Laval win the

2021–22 Championnat National The 2021–22 Championnat National season is the 29th season since the establishment of the Championnat National, and the 23rd in its current format, which serves as the third division of the French football league system. Team changes Team cha ...

and achieved promotion into the Ligue 2 for the 2022-23 season. He made his professional debut with Laval in a 2–1

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

loss to EA Guingamp on 6 August 2022.

Personal life

Ferhaoui is the son of the retired Algerian international footballer

Abdelkader Ferhaoui Abdelkader Ferhaoui, known as Kader Ferhaoui ( ar, عبد القادر فرحاوي; born March 19, 1965) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Managerial career On September 16, 2010, Ferhaoui was appointed a ...

. He holds French and Algerian nationalities.https://www.unfp.org/joueur/ryan-ferhaoui-25943/

Honours

Laval *

Championnat National The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, t ...

: 2021–22

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferhaoui, Ryan 1997 births Living people Footballers from Montpellier French men's footballers Algerian men's footballers Stade Lavallois players FC Sète 34 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players Men's association football midfielders