Rachid Belabed
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rachid Belabed | ||
Date of birth | 20 October 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Brussels, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sporting Club Steinfort | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1998 | Anderlecht | 0 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Molenbeek | 13 | (0) |
1999–2002 | Aberdeen | 40 | (1) |
2002–2004 | La Louviere | 21 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Eupen | 15 | (0) |
2006–2007 | FC Wiltz 71 | 10 | (2) |
2007–2009 | Racing FC Union Luxembourg | 48 | (11) |
2009–2010 | RM Hamm Benfica | 24 | (3) |
2010– | Sporting Club Steinfort | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Rachid Belabed (born 20 October 1980 in Brussels) is a Belgian-born Moroccan footballer, who plays for Luxembourg 1. Division club SC Steinfort.
Football career
Belabed signed for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen in 1999 for a fee of £100,000. He made 40 appearances in the Scottish Premier League, scoring once against Dundee United,[1] before leaving the club when his contract expired in 2002.[2] He then signed for Belgian side La Louviere, who sacked him in 2004.
Personal life
Belabed was born in Belgium to a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother.
In 2004, Belabed assaulted Claude Moniquet, a journalist.[3] Belabed had accused Moniquet of being racist and an enemy of Islam.[3]
Belabed has gone on record as saying that his favourite song is Wang Chung's 'Everybody Have Fun Tonight'.
References
- ↑ "Aberdeen 3 - 1 Dundee United". dufcarchive.co.uk. 27 December 1999. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ↑ Belabed moves to Belgium, BBC Sport, 23 June 2002.
- 1 2 Belgian club sacks Moroccan, BBC Sport, 13 September 2004.