Rachid Belabed

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Rachid Belabed
Personal information
Full name Rachid Belabed
Date of birth (1980-10-20) 20 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Brussels, Belgium
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sporting Club Steinfort
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998 Anderlecht 0 (0)
1998–1999 Molenbeek 13 (0)
1999–2002 Aberdeen 40 (1)
2002–2004 La Louviere 21 (0)
2005–2006 Eupen 15 (0)
2006–2007 FC Wiltz 71 10 (2)
2007–2009 Racing FC Union Luxembourg 48 (11)
2009–2010 RM Hamm Benfica 24 (3)
2010– Sporting Club Steinfort
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rachid Belabed (born 20 October 1980 in Brussels) is a Belgian-born Moroccan footballer, who plays for Luxembourg 1. Division club SC Steinfort.

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Football career

Belabed signed for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen in 1999 for a fee of £100,000. He made 40 appearances in the Scottish Premier League, scoring once against Dundee United, [1] before leaving the club when his contract expired in 2002. [2] He then signed for Belgian side La Louviere, who sacked him in 2004. While at La Louvière he helped them win the 2002–03 Belgian Cup. [3]

Personal life

Belabed was born in Belgium to a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother.

In 2004, Belabed assaulted Claude Moniquet, a journalist. [4] Belabed had accused Moniquet of being racist and an enemy of Islam. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Moroccans inspire Dons win". BBC. 27 December 1999. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Belabed moves to Belgium, BBC Sport, 23 June 2002.
  3. ↑ "La Louvière wint Beker van België". vi.nl. 1 June 2003. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 Belgian club sacks Moroccan, BBC Sport, 13 September 2004.
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