Farid Boulaya

Farid Boulaya (Arabic: فريد بولاية; born 25 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Qatari club Al-Gharafa. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Farid Boulaya
Boulaya training with Metz in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993[1]
Place of birth Vitrolles, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Gharafa
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Istres 46 (1)
2015–2016 Clermont 32 (7)
2015 Clermont B 1 (1)
2016–2017 Bastia 2 (0)
2017 Bastia B 3 (0)
2017–2018 Girona 1 (0)
2018 → Metz (loan) 7 (0)
2018 → Metz B (loan) 5 (1)
2018–2022 Metz 113 (18)
2021 Metz B 1 (0)
2022– Al-Gharafa 19 (1)
International career‡
2020– Algeria 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 January 2022

Club career

An Istres youth graduate, Boulaya made his professional debut on 11 May 2012, coming on as a substitute for Maxime Tarasconi in a 1–0 defeat away at Lens.

On 31 August 2016, Boulaya signed a four-year deal for Ligue 1 side Bastia.[2] However, he only appeared in two matches for the club.

On 25 July 2017, Boulaya moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a three-year deal with La Liga side Girona.[3] In January 2018, he joined Metz on loan.[4]

On 21 August 2022, Boulaya signed a two-year contract with Al-Gharafa in Qatar.[5]

International career

Boulaya made his debut with the Algeria national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Nigeria on 9 October 2020.[6]

References
  1. "Farid Boulaya". FC Metz. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. "Farid Boulaya turchinu sin'à 2020" [Farid Boulaya is Blue until 2020] (in French). SC Bastia. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. "El Girona ficha al centrocampista Farid Boulaya" [Girona sign the central midfielder Farid Boulaya] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. "Farid Boulaya (Girone) prêté à Metz (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. 19 January 2018.
  5. "رسمياً .. فريد بولاية وإسحق بلفضيل يدعمان صفوف الفهود لمدة موسمين" (in Arabic). Al-Gharafa. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  6. "Nigeria vs. Algeria - 9 October 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
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