Rachid Belabed
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rachid Belabed | ||
Date of birth | 20 October 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting Club Steinfort | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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.
Football career
[edit]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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Moroccans inspire Dons win". BBC. 27 December 1999. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ Belabed moves to Belgium, BBC Sport, 23 June 2002.
- ^ "La Louvière wint Beker van België". vi.nl. 1 June 2003. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ a b Belgian club sacks Moroccan, BBC Sport, 13 September 2004.
External links
[edit]- Rachid Belabed at Soccerbase
Categories:
- 1980 births
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgian people of Algerian descent
- Belgian sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- Living people
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Brussels
- R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players
- Scottish Premier League players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- R.A.A. Louviéroise players
- Luxembourg National Division players
- K.A.S. Eupen players
- FC Wiltz 71 players
- Racing FC Union Luxembourg players
- F.C. Luxembourg City players
- Belgian Muslims
- Belgian Pro League players
- Challenger Pro League players
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
- 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen