Farid Boulaya

Algerian footballer

Farid Boulaya
Boulaya training with Metz in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Vitrolles, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Istres 46 (1)
2015–2016 Clermont 32 (7)
2015 Clermont B 1 (1)
2016–2017 Bastia 2 (0)
2017 Bastia B 3 (0)
2017–2018 Girona 1 (0)
2018 → Metz (loan) 7 (0)
2018 → Metz B (loan) 5 (1)
2018–2022 Metz 113 (18)
2021 Metz B 1 (0)
2022–2024 Al-Gharafa 39 (6)
International career‡
2020– Algeria 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 January 2022

Farid Boulaya (Arabic: فريد بولاية; born 25 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Born in France, he plays for 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 a 1–0 defeat away at Lens.[citation needed]

On 31 August 2016, Boulaya signed a four-year deal for Ligue 1 side Bastia.[2] However, he only appeared in two matches for the club.[citation needed]

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.[3] In January 2018, he joined Metz on loan.[4]

On 21 August 2022, Boulaya signed a two-year contract with Al-Gharafa in Qatar.[5]

International career

Boulaya made his debut with the Algeria national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Nigeria on 9 October 2020.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Farid Boulaya". FC Metz. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Farid Boulaya turchinu sin'à 2020" [Farid Boulaya is Blue until 2020] (in French). SC Bastia. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Farid Boulaya (Girone) prêté à Metz (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. 19 January 2018.
  5. ^ "رسمياً .. فريد بولاية وإسحق بلفضيل يدعمان صفوف الفهود لمدة موسمين" (in Arabic). Al-Gharafa. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Nigeria vs. Algeria - 9 October 2020 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  • Farid Boulaya career statistics at foot-national.com
  • Farid Boulaya – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
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