Olivier Boumelaha

Olivier Boumelaha

Personal information
Full name	Olivier Hakim Boumelaha
Date of birth	27 May 1981 (1981-05-27) (age 30)
Place of birth	Mulhouse, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	free agent
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998-2000	FC Basel	1	(0)
2000-2001	FC St. Gallen	2	(0)
2001-2002	Etoile Carouge FC	1	(0)
2002-2003	FC St. Gallen	8	(1)
2003-2004	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	14	(4)
2004-2005	Al-Ittihad	15	(7)
2005-2006	IFK Mariehamn	5	(2)
2006-2007	PP-70	9	(7)
2007-2008	Al Ahli	10	(5)
2008	FC Gossau	9	(4)
2011	TOT FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:58, 23 December 2008 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Olivier Hakim Boumelaha (born 27 May 1981 in Mulhouse) is a French football striker of Algerian descent. He last played for FC Gossau in the Swiss Challenge League. He is the older brother of Virgile Boumelaha and Sabri Boumelaha.

Career

Boumelaha began his career with FC Basel in 1998 but made only one appearance for the club before moving on to FC St. Gallen in 2000. He failed to break into the first team there, also, and after a short spell at Etoile Carouge FC, he signed for FC La Chaux-de-Fonds where he played 14 games over the course of the 2004/05 season. He then moved to the United Arab Emerites with Al-Ittihad in July 2004 where he scored seven goals in just 15 appearances. This caught the eye of many European clubs and IFK Mariehamn of the Finnish Veikkausliiga acquired his services the next season. He scored twice in five matches there, but never broke into the starting XI and dropped down to the Ykkönen (Finland's second division) with Tampereen Peli-Pojat -70 in 2006. He scored goals despite a relatively low number of appearances at PP-70 but returned to the Middle East during the Summer of 2007, this time with Al Ahli of Bahrain. After just one season with The Eagles, he made his way back to Switzerland with FC Gossau of the Challenge League, he left on 18 December 2008 Gossau and will go to Dubai.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://www.toggenburgertagblatt.ch/sport/fussball/Gossau-verlaengert-auslaufende-Vertraege-nicht;art609,1235905

External links

• Stats at Swiss Football League
• Stats at World Football

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Name	Boumelaha
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Date of birth	27 May 1981
Place of birth	Mulhouse, France
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