Rachid Aït-Atmane

Rachid Aït-Atmane (Arabic: رشيد آيت عثمان[عدل‎;born 4 January 1993), known simply as Rachid in Spain,[2] is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for UAE Pro League club Al-Fujairah.

Rachid Aït-Atmane
Personal information
Full name Rachid Aït-Atmane[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993
Place of birth Bobigny, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Al-Fujairah
Number 8
Youth career
Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Lens II 34 (1)
2013–2015 Sporting B 35 (1)
2014–2018 Sporting Gijón 46 (0)
2017 → Tenerife (loan) 5 (0)
2018 → Waasland-Beveren (loan) 7 (0)
2018–2019 Dinamo București 12 (0)
2019–2020 CS Sfaxien 7 (0)
2021– Al-Fujairah 1 (0)
National team‡
2016 Algeria U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:55, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 July 2016

Club career

Born in Bobigny, Aït-Atmane finished his formation with RC Lens' youth setup, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2010–11 campaign, in the Championnat de France amateur. On 4 June 2013 he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a two-year deal with Spanish side Sporting de Gijón and being assigned to the B-team in Segunda División B.[3]

Aït-Atmane played his first match as a professional on 23 August 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 away success against CD Numancia for the Segunda División championship.[4] On 10 July of the following year he renewed his contract until 2019, being definitely promoted to the main squad.[5]

Aït-Atmane made his La Liga debut on 23 August 2015, coming on as a late substitute for Carlos Carmona in a 0–0 home draw against Real Madrid.[6] On 31 January 2017, he was loaned to CD Tenerife until the end of the 2016–17 season.[7]

On 19 January 2018, Aït-Atmane was loaned to Belgian side Waasland-Beveren.[8] Upon returning, he terminated his contract on 31 August.[9]

In November 2018, he signed a contract with Romanian club Dinamo București.[10] He left the club in June 2019.

International career

In November 2015, Aït-Atmane was called up to the Algerian under-23 national team for the first time for a friendly against Tunisia in preparation for the 2015 CAF U-23 Championship.[11]

References
  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 03 de diciembre de 2017, en Gijón" [Minutes of the Match held on 3 December 2017, in Gijón] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. "Rachid toma los mandos" [Rachid takes the reigns] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. "Rachid Aït-Atmane se compromete por dos temporadas con el Sporting" [Rachid Aït-Atmane signs for two seasons with Sporting] (in Spanish). Sporting's official website. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. "El Sporting remonta con un hombre más" [Sporting comebacks with a man more] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 August 2014.
  5. "El Sporting renueva a Rachid y Hugo Fraile mientras que Guitián sube al primer equipo" [Sporting renews with Rachid and Hugo Fraile while Guitián is promoted to the first team] (in Spanish). Sporting's official website. 10 July 2015.
  6. "El Madrid sigue seco" [Madrid is still dry] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 August 2015.
  7. "Rachid cedido al CD Tenerife" [Rachid loaned to CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). Real Sporting. 31 January 2017.
  8. "El Waasland-Beveren hace oficial la cesión de Rachid" (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  9. "Rachid rescinde su contrato con el Sporting" [Rachid rescinds his contract with Sporting] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  10. Rachid Ait-Atmane a semnat cu Dinamo! Algerianul a fost prezentat oficial. fanatik.ro (in Romanian)
  11. HMF (November 3, 2015). "EN U23 : Rachid Aït-Athmane en renfort" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
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