Faouzi Ghoulam
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Faouzi Ghoulam | ||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Napoli | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2010 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Saint-Étienne | 87 | (1) |
| 2014– | Napoli | 83 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012 | France U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013– | Algeria | 23 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:31, 27 November 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:00, 17 November 2015 (UTC) |
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Faouzi Ghoulam (Arabic: فوزي غلام (pronounced [fawzɪ ɣulaːm]); born 1 February 1991) is an Algerian footballer who plays for S.S.C. Napoli in Serie A and the Algerian national team.
Ghoulam was born in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez to Algerian parents. His father is from Batna, while his mother is from Annaba. He has 8 brothers and 2 sisters, and his brother Nabil is a cross country runner that represented France at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
On 22 September 2010, Ghoulam made his professional debut for AS Saint-Étienne coming as a substitute in the 82nd minute of a Coupe de la Ligue match against Nice. He made his Ligue 1 debut in a round 13 clash against Valenciennes and went on to make another 11 appearances in his breakout season with Saint-Etienne, becoming a consistent starter by the end of the season. Over the next two and a half seasons, he made another 65 league appearances before moving to S.S.C. Napoli in the winter of 2014. He became an immediate starter at Napoli under Rafael Benitez and helped the side finish in third place in Serie A in 13/14.
On 18 December 2010, in an interview Algerian newspaper Le Buteur, Ghoulam said that his intentions were to represent Algeria in international competition despite being born in France. On 5 May 2011, Algerian under-23 coach Azzedine Aït Djoudi announced that Ghoulam was hesitant about joining the team, despite the fact that he was the one who contacted the Algerian Football Federation. On 6 October 2011, after being called up to the preliminary squad of the France under-21 team, Ghoulam said that he would be really proud to play for the team.
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