Hamer Bouazza
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hameur Bouazza | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger,Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Charlton Athletic On loan from Fulham | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:53, 31 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
Hameur Bouazza (Template:Lang-ar) (born 22 February 1985 in Evry, France) is a French-born Algerian footballer who is currently on loan to Charlton Athletic from Fulham. He usually plays as a left winger. Although French, he plays for Algeria[1] as it is the birthplace of both his parents.
Club career
Bouazza earned a scholarship at Watford and had been in and out of the first team, scoring - in two seasons - two goals in thirty-seven games.
During the 2005–06 season Bouazza was overshadowed by Darius Henderson, Marlon King, and Ashley Young and missed a lengthy spell with a broken metatarsal but this didn't prevent him scoring three goals in nineteen games, one of which was the fourth in Watford's 4–1 win over Championship runners-Up Sheffield United.
Bouazza was loaned out to Swindon Town for part of the season, where he scored two goals in eleven games. He was a regular on the Watford substitute bench, but throughout the 2006–07 season he started most of the games, principally as a left-sided winger.
On 8 August 2007, Bouazza joined Fulham, on a four-year deal, for an initial fee of £3m, which could rise to £4m, depending on appearances, and Fulham's divisional status.
Hameur started out the season strongly making 3 appearances before he dislocated his shoulder. He returned after a few weeks into the Fulham starting eleven. He scored his first Fulham goal with a close-range free kick against Man City in a 3–3 draw at Craven Cottage on 22 September 2007.[2][3]
On 9th August 2008 he signed for Charlton Athletic on a season-long loan. [4]
International career
Originally contacted in November 2006 by the Fédération Algérienne de Football about the possibility of playing for the Algeria national football team, against Burkina Faso, Bouazza turned the request down, hoping for a call-up by France. He eventually accepted another offer in February, 2007, and made his debut against Libya on 7 February. Bouazza scored his first goal for Algeria in a 3-2 victory over Mali on the 20 November 2007.
References
External links
- Hameur Bouazza at Soccerbase
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Expatriate footballers in England
- French Muslims
- Algerian footballers
- Algeria international footballers
- French-born footballers who played for other national teams
- Watford F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Charlton Athletic F.C. players
- French people of Algerian descent
- Premier League players