Foued Kadir

Foued Kadir (born 5 December 1983) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.[2]

Foued Kadir
Kadir with Valenciennes in 2011
Personal information
Full name Foued Kadir[1]
Date of birth (1983-12-05) 5 December 1983
Place of birth Martigues, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2000–2002 Martigues
2002–2003 Troyes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Cannes 79 (9)
2007–2009 Amiens 67 (6)
2009–2013 Valenciennes 82 (15)
2013–2015 Marseille 15 (0)
2013–2014 → Rennes (loan) 28 (6)
2014–2015 → Betis (loan) 24 (1)
2015–2016 Betis 8 (0)
2016–2017 Getafe 6 (0)
2017–2018 Alcorcón 31 (1)
National team‡
2010–2015 Algeria 25 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

An Algerian international, Kadir was a member of the Algeria national team at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. As of July 2017, he has won 25 international caps and scored 2 goals.

Club career

Born in Martigues, Kadir began his career in the youth ranks of his hometown club, FC Martigues.[3] At the age of 18, after numerous problems during his time with the club, he contemplated quitting football to become a police officer.[4] After leaving the club, he played briefly for two amateur sides, AS Gignac and Stade Beaucairois, before joining Troyes' reserve team. After a season and a half with Troyes, he joined Championnat National side Cannes where he would spend the next three seasons.

In June 2007, Kadir went on trial with Ligue 2 side Amiens.[5] In July 2009, he started training with Valenciennes of Ligue 1 and two weeks later signed a two-year contract with the club.[6][7]

On 2 January 2013, Kadir moved to Olympique de Marseille for a transfer fee €500,000, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club.[8][9] He was subsequently loaned to Rennes and Real Betis,[10] signing an obligatory permanent contract with the latter after its promotion to La Liga.

On 31 August 2016, free agent Kadir signed for Getafe CF.[11] The following 5 January, he moved to fellow league team AD Alcorcón.[12]

International career

Kadir was called up by Algeria at the Under-23 level for a training camp in France.[13] He has been named in the preliminary squad for Algeria's 2010 World Cup campaign.[14] On 28 May 2010, Kadir made his debut for the Algerian national team in a friendly against the Republic of Ireland.

International goals
As of 15 June 2012
GoalDateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
1.9 October 2011Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers, Algeria Central African Republic2–02012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.15 June 2012Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida Gambia4–12013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 02 de junio de 2018, en Alcorcón" [Minutes of the Match held on 2 June 2018, in Alcorcón] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. "Foued KADIR - Football : la fiche de Foued KADIR (Alcorcon)". L'Equipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. FM (31 March 2012). "Foued Kadir : "J'ai toujours été à la disposition de la sélection"". DZFoot. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  4. Conta, Benoit (11 December 2012). "Kadir, le "Zizou" de VA" (in French). Sports.fr. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  5. Toufik O. (24 June 2007). "Amiens, Johnson signe, Kadir à l'essai" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  6. Toufik O. (14 July 2009). "Kadir entre Valenciennes et Lens ?" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  7. Abdel B. (24 July 2009). "Transferts : Foued Kadir à Valenciennes" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  8. "Foued Kadir est Marseillais !". www.om.net. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  9. "Officiel : Foued Kadir signe à l'OM !" (in French). Le Phocéen. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  10. "Foued Kadir, cedido al Betis" [Foued Kadir, loaned to Betis] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  11. "Kadir pasa a formar parte del Getafe" [Kadir joins Getafe] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  12. "Kadir, nuevo futbolista de la A.D. Alcorcón" [Kadir, new footballer of A.D. Alcorcón] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  13. Foued Kadir : "J’ai toujours été à la disposition de la sélection"
  14. "Algeria name 25-man preliminary squad for the World Cup". BBC Sport. 4 May 2010.
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