Walid Mesloub (born 4 September 1985) is an Algerian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
.
Career
Born in
Trappes
Trappes () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines departments of France, department, region of Île-de-France, north-central France. It is a banlieue located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris, i ...
, France, Mesloub joined
Le Havre AC
Le Havre Athletic Club (; commonly referred to as Le Havre) is a French association football club based in Le Havre, Normandy. The club was founded as an athletics and rugby club in 1872, making Le Havre AC the oldest professional French foo ...
on 9 January 2010, on a -year contract.
After four-and-a-half years in Le Havre, Mesloub joined
Ligue 1
Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...
side
FC Lorient
Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (; commonly referred to FC Lorient or simply Lorient) is a French association football club based in Lorient, Brittany. The club was founded in 1926 and currently competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French ...
in June 2014, signing a three-years contract.
International career
On 25 October 2010,
Abdelhak Benchikha
Abdelhak Benchikha (born November 22, 1963) is an Algerian football manager, currently in charge of Mouloudia Oujda.
Personal
Benchikha was born on November 22, 1963, in the Soustara neighborhood of Algiers. , manager of the
Algerian National Team, traveled to France to supervise Mesloub in the league game between
Le Havre
Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...
and
Nîmes
Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of 148,5 ...
. Subsequently, on 30 October 2010, he was called up to Algeria's friendly against
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
.
Liste des joueurs retenus pour Luxembourg- Algérie
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References
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1985 births
Living people
People from Trappes
Footballers from Yvelines
Association football forwards
Algerian footballers
Algerian expatriate footballers
Algeria international footballers
French footballers
French sportspeople of Algerian descent
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National players
Championnat National 2 players
Qatar Stars League players
FC Istres players
Le Havre AC players
FC Lorient players
Levallois SC players
FC Versailles 78 players
RC Lens players
Umm Salal SC players
Expatriate footballers in Qatar
Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
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