Farid Boulaya
![]() Boulaya training with Metz in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 25 February 1993||
Place of birth | Vitrolles, France | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Gharafa | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2015 | Istres | 46 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Clermont | 32 | (7) |
2015 | Clermont B | 1 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Bastia | 2 | (0) |
2017 | Bastia B | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Girona | 1 | (0) |
2018 | → Metz (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2018 | → Metz B (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2018–2022 | Metz | 113 | (18) |
2021 | Metz B | 1 | (0) |
2022– | Al-Gharafa | 26 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2020– | Algerien | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 January 2022 |
Farid Boulaya (Arabic: فريد بولاية; born 25 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Qatari club Al-Gharafa. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.
Club career
An Istres youth graduate, Boulaya made his professional debut on 11 May 2012, coming on as a substitute for Maxime Tarasconi in a 1–0 defeat away at Lens.[citation needed]
On 31 August 2016, Boulaya signed a four-year deal for Ligue 1 side Bastia.[2] However, he only appeared in two matches for the club.[citation needed]
On 25 July 2017, Boulaya moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a three-year deal with La Liga side Girona.[3] In January 2018, he joined Metz on loan.[4]
On 21 August 2022, Boulaya signed a two-year contract with Al-Gharafa in Qatar.[5]
International career
Boulaya made his debut with the Algeria national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Nigeria on 9 October 2020.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Farid Boulaya". FC Metz. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Farid Boulaya turchinu sin'à 2020" [Farid Boulaya is Blue until 2020] (in French). SC Bastia. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "El Girona ficha al centrocampista Farid Boulaya" [Girona sign the central midfielder Farid Boulaya] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "Farid Boulaya (Girone) prêté à Metz (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. 19 January 2018.
- ^ "رسمياً .. فريد بولاية وإسحق بلفضيل يدعمان صفوف الفهود لمدة موسمين" (in Arabic). Al-Gharafa. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Nigeria vs. Algeria - 9 October 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
External links
- Farid Boulaya career statistics at foot-national.com
- Farid Boulaya – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- 1993 births
- Footballers from Bouches-du-Rhône
- Living people
- Algerian men's footballers
- Algeria men's international footballers
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Algerian descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Istres players
- Clermont Foot players
- SC Bastia players
- Girona FC players
- FC Metz players
- Al-Gharafa SC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Qatar Stars League players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Algerian expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar