Houssine Kharja

Football player infobox
playername = Houssine Kharja


fullname = حسين خرجة
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|11|9
cityofbirth = Poissy
countryofbirth = France
currentclub = Siena
clubnumber = 10
position = Attacking midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2000-2001 2001-2007 2005-2006 2007- 2008-
clubs = Sporting Lisbon Ternana → Roma (loan) Piacenza → Siena (loan)
caps(goals) = 000 (0) 119 (9) 012 (1) 017 (2) 014 (3)
nationalyears = 2004-
nationalteam = Morocco
nationalcaps(goals) = 0050 (4)
pcupdate = 13 May, 2008
ntupdate = 11 October, 2008

Houssine Kharja (in Arabic: حسين خرجة , born 9 November 1982 in Poissy) is a France born Moroccan football player. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg.

Kharja started his career for Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon, and he joined Ternana in 2001. He played four impressive Serie B seasons for the "rossoverdi", gaining a place in the Morocco national football team, and being loaned to AS Roma in 2005. In Rome Kharja played 12 matches and scored one goal during a 1-1 draw against Juventus.At the end of the season 2005/2006, AS Roma decided to not extend Kharja's loan, so the Moroccan player had to go back to Ternana, but he refused this transfer because meanwhile the "rossoverdi" had been relegated to Serie C1. Though Ternana considered him as their own player,ref|ANSA1ref|ANSA2 FIFA's court decided that Kharja was a free agent, and so, on 20 March 2007 he signed a three year contract with Serie B team Piacenza Calcio.ref|ANSA3

Notes

# [http://www.ternanacalcio.com/interactivenews.php?partid=1975&pagid=4 Kharja stays at Ternana]
# [http://www.ternanacalcio.com/interactivenews.php?partid=2020&pagid=2 Kharja has been asked for the match against Giulianova]
#ref|ANSA3 [http://www.calciomercato.it/dettaglioNewsCategoria.asp?hdnIdCategoria=2&hdnId=7117 Kharja signs for Piacenza]