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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Bouazza is a practising [[Muslim]].<ref name="it59943">{{Cite news|url=http://www.islamictimes.co.uk/content/view/599/43/|title=Hameur’s time at Watford|last=Din|first=Tusdiq|date=2 July 2007|publisher=''Islamic Times''|accessdate=23 January 2010|location=[[Manchester]]}}</ref> Speaking about this in December 2009 he said, ''"'I go out to dinner with my team-mates and have a laugh but when I have to go my own way and pray, or do my own thing, that's cool."''<ref name="mail1233530"/> He observes [[ramadan]] each year, [[Sawm|fasting]] during daylight hours for a month.<ref name="ffc101007"/>
Bouazza is a practising [[Muslim]].<ref name="it59943">{{Cite news|url=http://www.islamictimes.co.uk/content/view/599/43/|title=Hameur’s time at Watford|last=Din|first=Tusdiq|date=2 July 2007|publisher=''Islamic Times''|accessdate=23 January 2010|location=[[Manchester]]}}</ref> Speaking about this in December 2009 he said, ''"'I go out to dinner with my team-mates and have a laugh but when I have to go my own way and pray, or do my own thing, that's cool."''<ref name="mail1233530"/> He observes [[ramadan]] each year, [[Sawm|fasting]] during daylight hours for a month.<ref name="ffc101007"/> He has admitted fasting can be problematic, but said it was part of his faith. "I'm proud to be a Muslim. I'm not going to say [combining fasting and football] is easy. Ramadan is hard, and I try to do my best every time. You know God is there to help us, we believe in him and he believes in us as well. We just need to pray and believe in him."<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last=Din|first=Tusdiq|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/fasting-and-football-how-do-topflight-muslims-cope-2342187.html|title=Fasting and football. How do top-flight Muslims cope?|location= |work= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=23 August 2011|accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 04:12, 30 December 2012

Hameur Bouazza
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Évry, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Racing Santander
Number 19
Youth career
2001–2002 Auxerre
2001–2002
Évry
2002–2003 Watford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Watford 83 (8)
2005–2006 → Swindon Town (loan) 13 (2)
2007–2009 Fulham 20 (1)
2008–2009 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 25 (4)
2009 → Birmingham City (loan) 16 (1)
2009 Sivasspor 0 (0)
2009–2010 Blackpool 19 (1)
2010–2011
Arles-Avignon
 9 (1)
2011 → Millwall (loan) 12 (1)
2011–2012 Millwall 26 (2)
2012 AC Omonia 0 (0)
2012– Racing Santander 1 (0)
International career‡
2007– Algeria 19 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, September 12, 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, September 12, 2012 (UTC)

Hameur Bouazza (

Arabic: عامر بوعزة) (born 22 February 1985) is an Algerian footballer who currently plays for Racing de Santander in the Spanish Segunda División. He usually plays as a left winger
, but can also play on the right.

He has spent most of his football career in England, apart from one brief spell in Turkey. Although born in France, he plays for Algeria as it is the birthplace of both his parents, who emigrated to France from Algeria.[1]

Background

Bouazza was born in Évry, France.[2] where he lived with his parents, two brothers and two sisters. In October 2005, speaking about his early life, Bouazza said: "Sometimes I didn’t go to school because all that I wanted was to play football. It was football, football. I started playing at nine and when I was 15 I got a chance with Auxerre. It did not go well and after a year I returned to Évry."[1]

Club career

Watford

In 2003, at the age of 16, Bouazza moved to England having won a scholarship at Watford following a trial.[1][2]

He made his first team debut as an 88th minute substitute on 7 February 2004 in a 2–2 with

Championship runners-Up Sheffield United
.

On 6 October 2005, Bouazza was loaned out to

League One side Swindon Town, initially for one month,[4] but later extended to the end of the year.[5]
He scored three goals in 15 games for Swindon.

Bouazza broke his metatarsal during a Watford home game against

Championship play-off final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, coming on as a 72nd minute substitute.[7]

Throughout the 2006–07 season, with Watford in the Premier League, Bouazza started most league games, principally as a left-sided winger, scoring five goals and winning the club's "Young Player of the Season award".[8]

He made a total of 100 appearances for The Hornets in four years, scoring 13 goals.

Fulham

On 8 August 2007, Bouazza joined Premier League side Fulham on a four-year deal for an initial fee of £3m (potentially rising to £4m, depending on appearances and Fulham's divisional status).[9]

Bouazza playing for Fulham in 2007

Bouazza started out the season strongly making his debut in a 1–2 defeat to Arsenal on 12 August. However, after just three appearances he dislocated his shoulder in a 1–2 defeat to Middlesbrough on 18 August.[10] He returned to the Fulham starting XI after a couple of weeks out, and scored his first Fulham goal with a close-range free kick against Manchester City in a 3–3 draw at Craven Cottage on 22 September 2007.[11] He made a total of 22 appearances for Fulham in the 2007–08 season, scoring one goal.

On 9 August 2008 he signed for Championship side

The Valley. He scored his first goal for the Addicks on 23 August in a 4–2 home win over Reading
.

On 8 January 2009, after a total of 27 appearances and four goals at Charlton, Fulham activated a recall clause in the loan agreement[13] and immediately loaned him to another Championship side, Birmingham City, for the remainder of the season.[14]

Bouazza made his Birmingham debut in their next league game, a 1–1 draw at home to

Keepmoat Stadium on 14 March.[15]

He made a total of 16 appearances for the Blues, helping them win promotion to the Premier League as runners-up to champions, Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Sivasspor

On 18 August 2009 Bouazza signed for Turkish Süper Lig side Sivasspor.[16] However, his stay in Sivas was short lived, lasting only five days. He played one game for the club, a 3–0 home defeat to Shahktar Donetsk in the Europa League play-off round.

On 23 August, he left Sivasspor, stating that he did not wish to remain in Turkey, and agreeing a mutual termination of his contract. Sivasspor head-coach

Bulent Uygun said they had to release Bouazza as they didn't want him to damage the morale of the team.[17][18][19][20]

Blackpool

On 31 August

nutmegged defender Tom Williams before curling the ball into the net from a tight angle.[22][23]

In January 2010, Bouazza's goal against Peterborough was voted by Blackpool supporters the best goal of 2009, and so became the club's nominated goal for the Goal of the Year at the annual

D. J. Campbell to score Blackpool's second goal in injury time.[26]
He was released at the end of the season.

Millwall

On 28 January 2011, Bouazza was loaned out by

AC Arles-Avignon to Millwall until the end of the season.[27] Bouazza made his debut for Millwall on 19 February. He came on as a substitute and scored a curling free-kick after being on the field for only 10 minutes, in a 3–2 home defeat to Middlesbrough. Millwall completed the permanent signing of Bouazza on 19 April on a two-year contract, for a fee believed to be in the region of €100,000.[28]

AC Omonia

On 22 June 2012, Bouazza signed for Cypriot First Division side AC Omonia.

Club career statistics

As of 21 November 2010

Template:Football player statistics 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2003–04||rowspan="3"|Watford||First Division ||9||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||9||1 |- |

Championship
||28||1||2||0|||6||2||colspan="2"|-||36||3 |- |2005–06||14||1||colspan="2"|-||2||1||colspan="2"|-||17(a)||2 |- |
League One
||13||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||15(b)||3 |- |2006–07||Watford||rowspan="2"|Premier League ||32||5||4||2||2||0||colspan="2"|-||38||7 |- |2007–08||Fulham||20||1||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||22||1 |- |
Championship
||25||4||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||27||4 |- |2008–09||Birmingham City (loan)||16||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||16||1 |- Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |
2009–10||Sivasspor||Süper Lig
||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||0||1||0 |- Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |
Championship
||19||1||colspan="2"|-||1||0||colspan="2"|-||20||1 |- Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |
AC Arles-Avignon||Ligue 1
||8||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||1 |- Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |
Championship
|12||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||12||1 |- Template:Football player statistics 30||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||1||0 Template:Football player statistics 4188||18||8||2||13||3||0||0||212||23 Template:Football player statistics 48||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||1 Template:Football player statistics 5184||18||8||2||13||3||1||0||209||23 Template:Football player statistics end

Notes

a. 1 league play-off appearances for Watford in 2006 (included in 2005–06 total)
b. All

Football League Trophy
results are included in totals

International career

Early career

Although born in France, Bouazza was approached by the

Fédération Algérienne de Football, to play at national level for them. Bouazza accepted, explaining later: "I grew up in Paris, yes, but I’ve always known my nationality. I am Algerian, just as my father and mother are. My grandmother lives just outside Algiers, and I have many cousins there."[1]

Bouazza made his debut for Algeria against Libya on 7 February 2007 and scored his first goal in a 3–2 victory over Mali on 20 November 2007.

2010 World Cup and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Bouazza played in Algeria's opening

Stade Amahoro, Kigali, Rwanda on 28 March 2009, again as a substitute.[30] He continued to be used as a second half substitute in Algeria's next three qualifying games, a 3–1 win over Egypt on 7 June,[31] a 2–0 away win over Zambia on 20 June[32] and a 1–0 home win over Zambia on 6 September, a result which booked Algeria a place at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.[33]

On 13 November, as the Algerian squad arrived in

coach was ambushed.[34] A rock smashed the window next to Bouazza, just missing his head. He then laid on the floor to protect himself.[2] Speaking later about the attack, Bouazza said: "I had a very bad feeling when we landed at the airport because there was no security. And when our coach was attacked on the road from the airport to the city, it was the most terrifying experience of my life. People threw rocks at at [sic] us, and there was nobody to stop them. Some of the players were hit by flying glass and I only escaped because I was lying on the floor. That is no way to prepare for a World Cup match."[35]

2010 Africa Cup of Nations finals

In January 2010 Bouazza was in the Algeria squad at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Angola, as they reached the semi-finals; finishing the tournament in 4th place.

He was a second half substitute in Algeria's first two Group A matches at the Estádio 11 de Novembro in Luanda, a 0–3 defeat to Malawi on 11 January, and a 1–0 victory over Mali, three days later. His first start in the tournament came in Algeria's final group game, a 0–0 draw with Angola on 18 January at the same venue; a result which saw Algeria qualify for the quarter finals.[36]

On 24 January Bouazza scored the winning goal against

Ombaka National Stadium in Benguela.[38]
He made a total of five appearances in the tournament in Angola, three of them as a substitute.

International goals

As of 3 September 2011

Goal Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Reports
1. 20 November 2007 Rouen, France  Mali 3–2 Friendly [1]
2. 24 January 2010 Estádio Nacional do Chiazi, Cabinda, Angola  Ivory Coast 3–2 2010 Africa Cup of Nations [2]
3. 3 September 2011
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  Tanzania 1–1 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [3]

Honours

Watford

  • 2005–06

Blackpool

  • 2009–10

Personal life

Bouazza is a practising

fasting during daylight hours for a month.[1] He has admitted fasting can be problematic, but said it was part of his faith. "I'm proud to be a Muslim. I'm not going to say [combining fasting and football] is easy. Ramadan is hard, and I try to do my best every time. You know God is there to help us, we believe in him and he believes in us as well. We just need to pray and believe in him."[40]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Doogan, Brian (10 October 2007). "Escape from poverty fuels Bouazza's desire". Fulham F.C. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Bernstein, Joe (5 December 2009). "From Blackpool to the World Cup: Hameur Bouazza can't wait to face Fabio Capello's England". Daily Mail. Retrieved 23 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Watford 2–0 Preston". BBC Sport. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 23 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Swindon seal Bouazza loan swoop". BBC Sport. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Swindon extend Bouazza loan spell". BBC Sport. 7 November 2005. Retrieved 23 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Striker Bouazza breaks his foot". BBC Sport. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. bbc.co.uk
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  8. ^ "Foster Voted Player Of The Season". Watford F.C. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  9. bbc.co.uk
    . 8 August 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  10. ^ "Injured McBride faces months out". BBC Sport. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. bbc.co.uk
    . 22 September 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  12. ^ Harvey, Tom (9 August 2008). "Bouazza signs in time for Swansea". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  13. ^ Harvey, Tom (8 January 2009). "Hameur blow for Addicks". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  14. Birmingham City F.C
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  17. ^ a b "Blackpool in for Bouazza – Tangerines in talk with winger". Sky Sports. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  18. ^ "Bouazza leaves Sivasspor after just one game". ESPN Soccernet. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  19. ^ "Sivasspor Bouazza'yı tek maçla gönderdi" (in Turkish). Zaman. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ "Sivasspor'a transfer şoku, kimin sözleşmesi iptal edildi?" (in Turkish). Zaman. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  21. ^ "Bouazza Set For The Seaside". Blackpool F.C. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  22. ^ Canavan, Steve (28 September 2009). "Bouazza: There's more to come". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
  23. ^ Vignes, Spencer (26 September 2009). "Jason Euell and Hameur Bouazza help Blackpool beat Peterborough". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  24. ^ "Bouazza Goal Takes The Vote". Blackpool: Blackpool F.C. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  25. ^ "Bouazza back at Bloomfield Road – A Welcome Return". Up The Pool. 2009–10 season (Blackpool vs Leicester City). Blackpool F.C.: 50–51. 6 February 2010.
  26. ^ "Blackpool vs Middlesbrough". Blackpool F.C. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  27. ^ Hameur signs on
  28. ^ "Bouazza signs deal with Millwall". BBC Sport. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  29. ^ "Match Report: Senegal – Algeria". FIFA. 31 May 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  30. ^ "Match Report: Rwanda – Algeria". FIFA. 28 March 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  31. ^ "Match Report: Algeria – Egypt". FIFA. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  32. ^ "Match Report: Zambia – Algeria". FIFA. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  33. ^ "Match Report: Algeria – Zambia". FIFA. 6 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  34. ^ "Premier League stars caught in coach ambush: FIFA concern after two players injured". Daily Mail. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  35. ^ Walters, Mike (28 November 2009). "Wally meets... Algerian international and Blackpool winger Hameur Bouazza". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 23 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  36. ^ Cavell, Nick (18 January 2010). "Angola 0–0 Algeria". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  37. ^ "Algerian super-sub Bouazza dumps out Ivory Coast". morethanthegames.com. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  38. ^ "Nigeria 1–0 Algeria". BBC Sport. 30 January 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  39. ^ Din, Tusdiq (2 July 2007). "Hameur's time at Watford". Manchester: Islamic Times. Retrieved 23 January 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  40. ^ Din, Tusdiq (23 August 2011). "Fasting and football. How do top-flight Muslims cope?". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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