Full name Farouk Chafai Date joined 2010 Number 6 Height 1.82 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Farouk Chafai | |
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Date of birth (1990-06-23) June 23, 1990 (age 25) Current teams Algeria national football team (Defender), USM Alger (#6 / Defender) | ||
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Farouk Chafaï (born June 23, 1990 in Algiers) is an Algerian professional footballer who is currently playing for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
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Club career
In the summer of 2010, Chafaï left the junior ranks of MC Alger to join city rivals USM Alger, signing a four year contract with the club.
On December 25, 2010, Chafaï made his professional debut for USM Alger in a league game against JS Kabylie. He started and played the whole game, as USMA lost 1-0.
International career
On November 16, 2011, Chafaï was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco. On August 8, 2012, Chafaï was called up by Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodžić for a 10-day training camp for local players. A few weeks later, he was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya.
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