Zaki Oualah

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Zaki Oualah
Personal information
Full name Zaki Nazih Oualah [1]
Date of birth (1995-04-03) 3 April 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Reading, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Reading
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
US Biskra
2012–2013 Uxbridge 9 (0)
2013–2014 Godalming Town 33 (0)
2014 Hungerford Town 1 (0)
2014 Harefield United 1 (0)
2014 Godalming Town 1 (0)
2014 Metropolitan Police 1 (0)
2014–2015 Leighton Town 18 (0)
2015 Burnham
2015 Merstham 1 (0)
2015 Bedford Town 1 (0)
2015–2017 Aylesbury United 61 (0)
2017 Farnborough 7 (0)
2017–2018 Leatherhead
2018 Hayes & Yeading United 14 (0)
2018 Hendon 0 (0)
2018 Aldershot Town 0 (0)
2018 Hendon 0 (0)
2018–2021 Leatherhead
2021–2022 AFC Wimbledon 0 (0)
2022Billericay Town (loan) 13 (0)
2022–2023 Weymouth 28 (0)
2023– Chesham United 39 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:56, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Zaki Nazih Oualah (born 3 April 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chesham United.

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Career

During his youth career, Oualah played for hometown club Reading. [3]

Oualah played for numerous English non-league clubs, including Hendon, Hayes & Yeading United, Farnborough, Aylesbury United, Bedford Town, Merstham, Burnham, Leighton Town, Godalming Town, Harefield United, Hungerford Town, Uxbridge, Metropolitan Police (making one appearance in October 2014) [4] and Leatherhead during the formative years of his senior career. [5] He signed a short-term deal with Aldershot Town in August 2018, [6] and played for Hendon between June 2018 and September 2018. [7] [8]

He also played for Algerian club US Biskra. [6]

He turned professional with AFC Wimbledon in July 2021, having spent seven seasons training with the club. [9] On 7 September 2021, Oualah made his debut for Wimbledon, playing a 5–3 EFL Trophy win against Portsmouth. [2] He moved on loan to Billericay Town on 5 February 2022, [10] making his debut that same day. [11]

He signed for Weymouth in October 2022. [12] [13] In May 2023 he announced that he was leaving the club. [14]

In August 2023, Oualah signed for Chesham United. [15]

Personal life

Born in Reading, England, [16] Oualah is of Algerian descent. [17]

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  14. "Ex-captain McBurnie and Oualah depart Terras". Dorset Echo. 17 May 2023.
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  16. "Zaki Oualah: 2023/2024 Biog & Stats". Southern Football League. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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