Adel Gafaiti

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Adel Gafaiti
Personal information
Full name Adel Mohamed Nourredine Gafaiti [1]
Date of birth (1994-07-16) 16 July 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Nanterre, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
–2011 Nancy
2011–2012 Rangers
2012–2013 Norwich City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Norwich City 0 (0)
2014 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 1 (0)
2016 MC Oran 1 (0)
2017 Noisy-le-Sec 7 (0)
2017 Rodéo 12 (0)
2018 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 8 (0)
2018 Mousehole
2018–2019 Yeovil Town 22 (1)
2019–2020 Truro City 22 (1)
2020 Wealdstone 0 (0)
2020 Hayes & Yeading United 1 (0)
2021 NK Tomislav Drnje  [ hr ] 13 (2 [3] )
2021–2022 NK Sesvete 15 (1)
International career
2012 Algeria U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adel Mohamed Nourredine Gafaiti (born 16 July 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Born in France, he represented Algeria at youth international level.

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Early career

Rangers

Gafaiti began his career in the youth team at Nancy before joining Rangers in 2011, for whom he also played youth team football. However, after only one season in Scotland, Gafaiti was among nine players to be released upon their contract coming to an end in the summer due to the ongoing process of the club's administration. [4] [5]

Norwich City

During summer 2012, Gafaiti moved to Premier League side Norwich City from Rangers. [6] He made 24 appearances for the Norwich U-21 side. On 1 July 2013, he was called up to the senior squad but made no appearances. [7] Despite not making a first team appearance, Gafaiti was linked a move away from Norwich City, as clubs from Europe were keen to sign him. [8]

During the January 2014 transfer window, Gafaiti moved to Football League One side Oldham Athletic on a season long loan. [9] He made his debut on 22 March 2014 on a 1–0 home victory against Crawley Town, coming on in added time. [10] Only just making one appearance, it was announced on 22 April that Gafaiti had returned to his parent club. [11] After returning to his Norwich City, Gafaiti signed a two-year contract. [12] Gafaiti continued to be in the club's development squad until his release at the end of the 2015–16 season. [13]

MC Oran

After leaving Norwich City, Gafaiti moved to Algeria, signing for MC Oran. [14] [15]

Yeovil Town

In September 2018, Gafaiti returned to England to join the Endorsed Academy and signed for its partner club South West Peninsula League Division One side Mousehole. [16] On 24 November 2018, Gafaiti signed for EFL League Two side Yeovil Town on a short-term contract. [17] At the end of the 2018–19 season, Gafaiti was released by Yeovil following the club's relegation from the Football League. [18]

International career

Gafaiti chose to represent Algeria at international level, and was capped at the under-20 level. [19] [20]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 February 2022.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] League CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norwich City 2013–14 [21] Premier League 000000—00
2014–15 [22] EFL Championship 000000—00
2015–16 [23] Premier League000000—00
Total000000—00
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2013–14 [21] EFL League One 10———10
MC Oran 2016–17 [24] Ligue Professionnelle 1 1000——10
Noisy-le-Sec 2016–17 [24] CFA 2 7000——70
Rodéo 2017–18 [24] Championnat National 3 12000——120
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 2017–18 [24] Ukrainian Premier League 8010——90
Yeovil Town 2018–19 [25] EFL League Two 221———221
Truro City 2019–20 Southern Premier South 22110—4 [b] 0271
Wealdstone 2020–21 National League 0000—0000
Hayes & Yeading United 2020–21 Southern Premier South1020—1 [c] 040
NK Sesvete 2021–22 [24] Croatian Second Football League 15110——161
Career total893500050993
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Ukrainian Cup, Croatian Football Cup
  2. ↑ One appearance in FA Trophy, three appearances in Southern League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy

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  4. ↑ "Nine Kids To Leave". Rangers F.C. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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  14. ↑ "Transferts : Le MC Oran a bien entamé son mercato" (in French). DZ Foot. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Gafaïti : "Ne vous inquiétez pas, je m'imposerai !"" (in French). Liberte Algerie News. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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