Chahir Belghazouani

Chakhir Belghazouani (born 6 October 1986 in Porto-Vecchio) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he played for the Morocco U17 national team and the France U20 and France U21 national teams at youth international level before making eight appearances for the Morocco senior national team.

Chahir Belghazouani
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-10-06) 6 October 1986
Place of birth Porto-Vecchio, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2002–2003 Toulon
2002–2003 Grenoble
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Grenoble 51 (1)
2007–2012 Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
2008 → Strasbourg (loan) 10 (1)
2009 → Neuchâtel Xamax (loan) 6 (1)
2009–2010 → Tours (loan) 28 (3)
2012 Zulte Waregem 9 (0)
2012–2014 Ajaccio 37 (6)
2013 Ajaccio B 2 (3)
2014 → RWS Bruxelles (loan) 9 (1)
2014–2015 Brest 25 (2)
2015–2018 Levadiakos 25 (0)
2019 Blue Boys Muhlenbach 12 (4)
2020 USAG Uckange
International career
2004 Morocco U17 1 (0)
2005–2006 France U20 2 (0)
2006–2007 France U21 3 (0)
2012–2013 Morocco 8 (0)
Managerial career
2020 Blue Boys Muhlenbach (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Belghazouani began his career with Grenoble Foot 38 and in 2005 was promoted to the first team. After two years in Ligue 2 with Grenoble, he joined top Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv for €800,000, where he played in three games, scoring a goal on his debut. He left on loan for RC Strasbourg on 20 June 2008 returning to Ukraine on 1 November.[1] On 16 February 2009, Belghazouani moved to Neuchâtel Xamax on loan from Dynamo Kyiv until 30 June 2009 and then on 16 July 2009 he was loaned to Tours FC.[2]

On 15 July 2012, Belghazouani moved from Belgian S.V. Zulte Waregem to Ligue 1 team AC Ajaccio on a three-year contract. He was loaned to R. White Star Bruxelles in January 2014.[3]

On 10 June 2014, Ligue 2 side Brest announced the signature of Belghazouani with a two-year contract.[4] On 11 September 2015, Belghazouani signed for Greek Super League club Levadiakos for an undisclosed fee.[5]

Belghazouani joined Blue Boys Muhlenbach in the Luxembourg Division of Honour on 23 January 2019 on a contract until June 2020.[6]

International career

Belghazouani played for the Morocco Under 17s,[7] then at the U-20 and U-21 level for France[8] including in the 2006 Toulon Tournament.[9]

Managerial and later career

At the end of September 2019, 32-year old Belghazouani decided to retire. After bringing two players to FC Blue Boys Muhlenbach during the winter transfer market 2019-20, respectively Arnaud Guedj and Mamadou Samassa, Muhlenbach hired him as sporting director in February 2020.[10]

References
  1. "Chakhir Belghazouani - Footmercato.net". Foot Mercato : Info Transferts Football - Actu Foot Transfert (in French). Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. Transfert : Chahir Belghazouani en Bleu Archived 20 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "C.Belghazouani sur le départ" [C.Belghazouani is leaving] (in French). ac-ajaccio.com. 4 January 2014. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. "Belghazouani, Tritz et Ranneaud rejoignent le Stade Brestois !" [Belghazouani, Tritz & Ranneaud join Stade Brestois!] (in French). sb29.com. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. "Μπελγκαζουανί και Ντομοβτσίσκι στον Λεβαδειακό". www.sport24.gr. 11 September 2015.
  6. Chahir Belghazouani rejoint un club de D2 du Luxembourg, grenoblefoot.info, 23 January 2019
  7. "Chahir Belghazouani en garde à vue". Bladi.net (in French). Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  8. "Score Agencies – Développeur de talent". www.score-agency.com (in French). Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  9. "Rechercher manubierstub.forumactif.com". manubierstub.forumactif.com (in French). Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  10. Chahir Belghazouani devient… directeur sportif !, grenoblefoot.info, 14 February 2020
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