Foued Kadir (born 5 December 1983) is a professional

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who plays as an

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for club

Martigues Martigues ( in classical norm, ''Lou Martegue'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. A di ...

. Born in France, he is a former Algeria international. Kadir was a member of the Algeria national team at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the

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. He scored two goals in twenty-five games for Algeria.

Club career

Born in

, Kadir began his career in the youth ranks of his hometown club,

. At the age of 18, after numerous problems during his time with the club, he contemplated quitting football to become a police officer. After leaving the club, he played briefly for two amateur sides, AS Gignac and Stade Beaucairois, before joining Troyes' reserve team. After a season and a half with Troyes, he joined

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side

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where he would spend the next three seasons. In June 2007, Kadir went on trial with Ligue 2 side

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

. In July 2009, he started training with

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of Ligue 1 and two weeks later signed a two-year contract with the club. On 2 January 2013, Kadir moved to

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...

for a transfer fee €500,000, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club. He was subsequently loaned to Rennes and

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, signing an obligatory permanent contract with the latter after its promotion to

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. On 31 August 2016,

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Kadir signed for

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. The following 5 January, he moved to fellow league team Alcorcón.

International career

Kadir was called up by

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at the Under-23 level for a training camp in France. He has been named in the preliminary squad for

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campaign. On 28 May 2010, Kadir made his debut for the Algerian national team in a friendly against the

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International goals

Honours

Martigues *

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: 2021–22

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kadir, Foued 1983 births Living people People from Martigues French sportspeople of Algerian descent Algerian footballers Association football midfielders Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players FC Martigues players Amiens SC players AS Cannes players Valenciennes FC players Olympique de Marseille players Stade Rennais F.C. players La Liga players Segunda División players Real Betis players Getafe CF footballers AD Alcorcón footballers 2010 FIFA World Cup players Championnat National 2 players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Algeria international footballers Algerian expatriate footballers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Sportspeople from Bouches-du-Rhône Footballers from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur