- Khalilou Fadiga
Football player infobox
playername = Khalilou Fadiga
fullname = Khalilou Fadiga
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|12|30
cityofbirth =Dakar
countryofbirth =Senegal
height = height|meters =1.83
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Winger
youthyears = 1990–1993
1991–1992
youthclubs =Les Enfants de la Goutte d’Or
→Paris Saint-Germain (loan)
years = 1993–1994
1994–1995
1995–1997
1997–2001
2000
2001–2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2005
2007
2008
2008-
clubs =Red Star Saint-Ouen R.F.C. de Liège
Lommel
Club Brugge
→AJ Auxerre (loan)AJ Auxerre
Inter MilanBolton Wanderers
→Derby County (loan)Coventry City K.A.A. Gent Germinal Beerschot
caps(goals) = 00 0(0)
26 0(5)
48 0(2)
71 (13)
21 0(1)
61 0(9)
00 0(0)
13 0(1)
04 0(0)
06 0(0)
14 0(0)
nationalyears = 2000–2005
nationalteam = Senegal
nationalcaps(goals) = 30 0(3)
pcupdate =May 26 ,2008
ntupdate =December 28 ,2007 Khalilou Fadiga (born
December 30 ,1974 inDakar ) is aSenegal ese and French football player who plays in midfield forGerminal Beerschot Antwerpen inBelgium . He also holds a Belgianpassport .Club career
PSG
Fadiga moved to France when he was six years old. Fadiga began his career at
Paris Saint-Germain inFrance , but failed to make an impression, and so was transferred to fellowParis ian club, "Red Star 93 ", before moving to Belgian clubFC Liège .Career in Belgium
It was in Belgium that he found the profile that was to launch his international career. After one season he moved from
FC Liège to Lommel, which is nowKVSK United . He played 2 seasons at Lommel before he was spotted byClub Brugge . Fadiga quickly became a fan favorite. He scored 9 goals in 67 appearances.Move to Auxerre
In September 2000, the midfielder returned to France when he signed for
AJ Auxerre . In all, he played in 82 league games for the French club, scoring 10 goals as well as appearing in the Champions League andUEFA Cup during season 2002-03.Inter Milan
Fadiga moved to Inter Milan in the summer of 2003, but the discovery of heart problems didn't allow him to feature for the Italian club, apart from appearing in a few friendly games during the Summer. He was released from the
San Siro side after just one season, but decided against retirement despite the heart problems.Move to England
English club Bolton Wanderers signed Fadiga for the 2004-05 season, after he passed a medical. However before he made an appearance for Bolton, he collapsed prior to a match in October, and had to be fitted with a
defibrillator due to an irregular heartbeat. Despite stating his desire to return to the game, medical specialists urged him to retire, warning that if during a game his chest was knocked the defibrillator could fail, leading to instant death.However, following a period of rest and passing a medical, Fadiga returned to the Bolton squad in early 2005 and played in 5 games. At the start of the 2005-06 campaign Fadiga was loaned to Derby County of the
Football League Championship , making 4 appearances. On his return to theReebok Stadium he took part in 10 games, 2 of them in theUEFA Cup , before eventually being released in May 2006 after largely failing to impress Bolton bossSam Allardyce . In March 2006, despite scoring a goal in a 1-1 away draw againstPortsmouth F.C. , he also missed a penalty in the same match, ultimately costing Bolton a victory which could have helped them qualify for Europe for a second consecutive season, a factor that may have precipitated his demise with the club.Without a club at the start of the 2006-07 season, he has gone on trial with
Portsmouth F.C. and has played for their reserve team. He also had trials at Watford and Hull City before eventually signing a four-month contract with Coventry City on February 23, 2007. He has since been released and returned to his wife's homeland signing withAA Gent .International career
Fadiga earned his first caps for the Senegal national side during his final season in Belgium. Being a
Belgian passport holder through his marriage, Fadiga was also eligible to play for Belgium, but opted to represent Senegal instead, becoming an instrumental member of the team during the qualifying campaign for the2002 FIFA World Cup and the final tournament itself.External links
*soccerbase|id=23606|name=Khalilou Fadiga
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/shared/bsp/hi/football/statistics/players/f/fadiga_206426.stm BBC profile]
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