Rachid Ghezzal

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Rachid Ghezzal
Personal information
Full name Rachid Ghezzal
Date of birth (1992-05-09) 9 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Décines-Charpieu, France
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Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 11
Youth career
1997–2004 Ol
2004–2012 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Lyon B 53 (10)
2012– Lyon 61 (9)
International career‡
2013 France U21 4 (1)
2015– Algeria 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:57, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2016

Rachid Ghezzal (born 9 May 1992) is a French-born Algerian footballer who plays for French club Lyon in Ligue 1 and the Algeria national team. He plays as a winger, preferably on the left side.[1]

Ghezzal is the younger brother of Algerian international Abdelkader Ghezzal.[2]

Club career

In July 2010, Ghezzal signed a five-year élite contract with Lyon.[3] After featuring with the club's reserve team in the Championnat de France amateur for two consecutive seasons, ahead of the 2012–13 season, he was promoted to the senior team by manager Rémi Garde and assigned the number 31 shirt. Ghezzal made his professional debut on 4 October in a UEFA Europa League group stage match against Israeli club Ironi Kiryat Shmona. He started the match as Lyon won the contest 4–3.[4] At international senior level, Ghezzal is eligible to represent both France and Algeria and has stated his preference is to represent the latter nation.[1] Meanwhile, in 2013, he received the call from France U21 to compete in the Toulon Tournament.[5]

In the 2013-14 season, Ghezzal suffered a back injury for the first 6 months of Lyon's campaign, which saw him out of action until January 10, 2014, missing 32 of Lyon's games in the process. Ghezzal then returned to the squad but didn't make any appearances for Lyon for the rest of the season; either being not named in match day squads or being named on the bench. Since January 2016, he has been playing regularly. On the 25th of March, he scored his first goal for Algeria against Ethiopia.

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 7 May 2016)[6]

Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Europe[nb 2] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyon 2012–13 14 1 1 0 4 0 19 1
2013–14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014–15 18 0 2 0 2 0 22 0
2015–16 29 8 5 2 4 0 38 10
Total 61 9 8 2 10 0 81 11
Career total 61 9 8 2 10 0 81 11

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des champions
  2. ↑ Includes UEFA Europa League

References

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  5. ↑ [1] (French)
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