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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Billel Attafen | ||
Date of birth | July 3, 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Tipaza, Algeria | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | MC Alger | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2009 | NA Hussein Dey | - | (-) |
2009– | MC Alger | 38 | (4) |
International career | |||
2007 | Algeria U23 | - | (-) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 29 March 2011 (UTC) |
Billel Attafen (born July 3, 1985, in Tipaza) is an Algerian football player. He currently plays for MC Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
In the summer of 2009, Attafen joined MC Alger, after spending four seasons with NA Hussein Dey. [1]
On April 27, 2007, Attafen was called up by coach Abdelhafid Tasfaout to the Algerian Under-23 National Team for a training camp in Algiers to prepare for the 2007 All-Africa Games. In November, he was called up again to the team, this time for the 2007 UNAF Under-23 tournament in Tunis which Algeria won 4–2 on penalties in the final against Tunisia. [2]
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