Farid Boulaya
 Boulaya training with Metz in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitrolles, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Metz | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Istres | 46 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Clermont | 32 | (7) |
| 2016–2017 | Bastia | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Girona | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Metz (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2018– | Metz | 89 | (15) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2020– | Algeria | 3 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 July 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2021 | |||
Farid Boulaya (born 25 February 1993) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Metz and the Algeria national team.
Club career[]
An Istres youth graduate, Boulaya made his professional debut on 11 May 2012, coming on as a substitute for Maxime Tarasconi in the 0–1 defeat away at Lens.[citation needed]
On 31 August 2016, Boulaya signed a four-year deal for Ligue 1 side Bastia.[1] However, he only appeared in two matches for the club.
On 25 July 2017, Boulaya moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a three-year deal with La Liga side Girona FC.[2] In January 2018, he joined Metz on loan.[3]
International career[]
Boulaya made his debut with the Algeria national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Nigeria on 9 October 2020.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Farid Boulaya turchinu sin'à 2020" [Farid Boulaya is Blue until 2020] (in French). SC Bastia. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "El Girona ficha al centrocampista Farid Boulaya" [Girona sign the central midfielder Farid Boulaya] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "Farid Boulaya (Girone) prêté à Metz (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. 19 January 2018.
- ^ "Nigeria vs. Algeria - 9 October 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
External links[]
- Farid Boulaya career statistics at foot-national.com
- Farid Boulaya at FootballDatabase.eu
- Farid Boulaya – French league stats at LFP – also available in French
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bouches-du-Rhône
- Citizens of Algeria through descent
- Algerian footballers
- Algeria international footballers
- French footballers
- French people of Algerian descent
- Association football midfielders
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- FC Istres players
- Clermont Foot players
- SC Bastia players
- Girona FC players
- FC Metz players
- French expatriate footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain