Khaled Kharroubi

Khaled Kharroubi
Personal information
Full name	Khaled Farid Kharroubi
Date of birth	February 11, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Lyon, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Central Midfielder
Youth career
1992–1997	Olympique Lyon
1997–2001	Grenoble Foot
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2003	Bangu
2003–2004	→ Vitória (loan)
2004–2008	Valenciennes
2008–2009	FCV Dender
2010	Etoile FC
2011	Osotspa Saraburi FC
2012	BEC Tero Sasana
2014	MC Oran
2016–2017	Adana Demirspor
2018–	Venissieux
International career‡
2006	Algeria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2015; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2010

Khaled Farid Kharroubi (

footballer

.

Biography

Kharroubi started playing football at the age of 6 in his neighborhood club US Vénissieux. At the age of 8, he joined the

Grenoble Foot for another 4 years, reaching the semi-finals of the Coupe Gambardella, before leaving to Brazil at age 19 to sign with Bangu. After one season, he was loaned out to Série A side Esporte Clube Vitória and at the end of the season he would come back to France to join Valenciennes FC in the French Championnat National. In his first season, he played 33 games and helped the team finish first in the tables gaining promotion to Ligue 2. In his second season, injuries limited him to just 10 games (and 1 goal) but his team still finished first in the standings, gaining promotion to Ligue 1. In his first season in the top flight, Kharroubi again managed just 10 games. Injuries again limited him to just 3 games in his second season in Ligue 1

.

On June 4, 2008, he signed a 2-year contract with newly promoted

Thailand

.

On August 18, 2016, he signed one year deal with

Erzurum BB in a Turkish Cup meeting.^[2] He just played only two matches for Demirspor in 2016. Then, in early 2017, he left Turkey and back to France.^[3]

International career

Although born in France, Kharroubi has represented Algeria in international competition. In June, 2005, he was called up to a training camp by the Under-23 national team.^[4] In August, 2006, he was called up by Jean-Michel Cavalli to the Algerian National Team for friendlies against FC Istres and Gabon. He started the game against FC Istres but did not feature in the second game.^[5]

Honours

Won the French Championnat National once with Valenciennes FC in 2004/2005
Won the Ligue 2 Championship once with Valenciennes FC in 2005/2006
Won the
Etoile FC
in 2010
Won the
Etoile FC
in 2010

Personal

Kharroubi's family hails from the city of Chlef in Algeria and the player has admitted that he is a big fan of local club ASO Chlef.

References

^ Transferts : Kharroubi au FCV Dender - Football algérien Archived 2008-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Adana Demirspor". Mackolik.com. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
^ "KHALED FARID KHARROUBI". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ Jeunes : regroupement des "pros" - Football algérien Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ Football algérien Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Khaled Kharroubi – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Khaled Kharroubi at L'Équipe Football (in French)
Player profile - dzfoot.com
DZfoot.com Interview

[1] Transferts : Kharroubi au FCV Dender - Football algérien Archived 2008-06-05 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Adana Demirspor". Mackolik.com. Retrieved 2018-02-08.

[3] "KHALED FARID KHARROUBI". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[4] Jeunes : regroupement des "pros" - Football algérien Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Football algérien Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine

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