Féthi Harek ( ar, فتحي حارك; born 21 October 1982) is a former 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 played as a defender. Having begun his career with lower league sides

AS Saint-Priest The Association Sportive de Saint Priest is a French association football team founded in 1945. It is based in Saint-Priest, Rhône Saint-Priest (; frp, Sant-Priést) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in ...

, FAIRM Île-Rousse Monticello, and

Rodez AF Rodez Aveyron Football (; commonly referred to as le Raf or simply Rodez) is a French association football club based in Rodez. The club was founded in 1929 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. The club plays its ...

, he spent the majority of his career 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 Football ...

and

Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. Until November 2022, t ...

. Born in France, at international level he was capped once for the Algeria national team.

Club career

Harek was born in

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, France, to a family originally from

Tlemcen Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the por ...

, Algeria. He started his playing career as a striker for various amateur sides such as

, FAIRM Île-Rousse Monticello and

. In the 2006–07 season, he helped Rodez win promotion to the third-tier

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 ...

. His performances did not go unnoticed and he was signed at the end of that season by

Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...

. In July 2014, after seven years in Bastia playing in

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and National, Harek signed a three-year contract with

International career

Harek received his first call-up to the

Algeria national football team The Algeria national football team ( ar, منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم) represents Algeria in men's international football and is governed by the Algerian Football Federation. The team plays their home matches at the 5 July Sta ...

for a friendly against

DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

on 26 March 2008 in

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, France. He made his debut at halftime, replacing

Salim Arrache Salim M'Hamed Arrache (born 14 July 1982) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a left winger. Early years Born in Marseille, France, to parents from Béjaïa (north-eastern Algeria), Arrache began to play for the local c ...

on the left wing.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Bastia *

: 2010–11 *

: 2011–12 * Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2011–12

References

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