Hamed Namouchi ( ar, حامد النموشي; born 14 February 1984) is a former professional

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who played as a

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. Born in France, he played for the Tunisia national team internationally.

Club career

Born in

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, France, Namouchi started his career with local club

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. He signed for Rangers in September 2003 on a free transfer. He made his Rangers debut on 10 January 2004 against Hibernian as a substitute. On 1 January 2005, he scored a late equaliser to salvage a 1–1 draw away to

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. At Rangers he picked up a Scottish Premier League winners' medal in 2005, and appeared in every game in their UEFA Champions League campaign where he was earmarked by

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as the player that "impressed him most". Namouchi joined Lorient for a fee of £500,000 in August 2006 after being told by Rangers manager

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that he was surplus to requirements. In late 2009, Namouchi agreed to a contract with the Turkish Süper Lig side

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after lengthy contract negotiations. On 15 November 2009, he was invited to a trial at

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. The following month, he signed with SC Freiburg for the remainder of the season. In October 2010, he signed with French second-tier side

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on a two-year deal. In January 2012, he moved to Tunisia, signing a three and a half year contract with

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. In June 2014 he moved to

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of the Bulgarian Premier League.

International career

Born in France, Namouchi played for the Tunisia national team. He won his 14th international cap against

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in May 2006, scoring his first international goal in the same game. He was also a member of Tunisia's qualification for the

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and featured in all of their three games at the tournament. FIFA World Cup 2006 - UKR vs TUN

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Namouchi, Hamed 1984 births Living people French sportspeople of Tunisian descent Sportspeople from Cannes Footballers from Alpes-Maritimes Tunisian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Tunisia men's international footballers 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players AS Cannes players Rangers F.C. players FC Lorient players SC Freiburg players PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv players Scottish Premier League players Ligue 1 players Bundesliga players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria