Jamel Aït Ben Idir (born 10 January 1984) is a French-Moroccan former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Mont-Saint-Aignan Mont-Saint-Aignan () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy, northwestern France. The inhabitants of the town of Mont-Saint-Aignan are called ''Mont-Saint-Aignanais'' in French. Due to the presence of higher edu ...

, Aït Ben Idir joined

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, ver ...

in 2000 as a youth player. He made his professional debut for the club in a

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match on 26 March 2002 against

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playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 loss. Following promotion that season, Ait-Ben-Idir did not feature in Ligue 1 play that season only appearing in one match. He would proceed to become a regular in the squad the next five seasons contributing to Le Havre's return to

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for the 2008–09 season. He then moved on to AC Arles-Avignon, Sedan, and Ligue 2 club

AJ Auxerre Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise (), commonly known as AJ Auxerre or simply Auxerre (), is a French football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division ...

. After the expiration of his Auxerre contract, Aït Ben Idir joined Wydad Casablanca on a two-year deal.

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