- Mohamed Rabie Meftah
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Mohamed Rabie Meftah 
Personal information Date of birth May 5, 1985 Place of birth Tizi Ouzou, Algeria Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Right back Club information Current club USM Alger Number 30 Youth career –2004 JS Kabylie Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2004–2010 JS Kabylie - (-) 2010–2011 JSM Béjaïa 24 (6) 2011– USM Alger 8 (2) National team‡ 2006– Algeria 7 (0) 2008– Algeria A' 12 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 8 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 13 November 2011 (UTC)Mohamed Rabie Meftah (born 5 May 1985 in Tizi Ouzou) is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for USM Alger in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
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Personal
Meftah comes from a family of footballers. His cousin Mahieddine Meftah was a former Algerian international and played for JS Kabylie and USM Alger. Another cousin, Rahim Meftah, was also a former player who played for the two clubs, as well as MO Constantine. Two other cousins, Chaâbane Meftah and Jugurtha Meftah are also footballers and currently play for JS Kabylie.
Club career
JS Kabylie
A product of the JS Kabylie junior ranks, Meftah was promoted to the first team in 2004. After a couple of seasons, he became a regular starter, forcing Algerian international Slimane Raho to the bench, and eventually out the door. In 2008, he was made captain of the club, replacing midfielder Chérif Abdeslam.[1]
Meftah was chosen as the top player in the Algerian Championnat National for the 2008-09 season in a vote conducted by sports daily newspaper Maracana.[2]
At the end of the 2009-10 season, and despite the club qualifying for the group stage of the 2010 CAF Champions League, Meftah announced that was he leaving the club.
JSM Béjaïa
On June 20, 2010, Meftah signed a one year contract with JSM Béjaïa.[3]
USM Alger
On July 12, 2010, Meftah signed a two year contract with USM Alger.[4]
International career
On August 15, 2006, Meftah made his debut for the Algerian National Team in a friendly against Gabon.[5] Meftah has made five appearances in total for the Algerian National Team since his debut in 2006.[6] He was selected as a reserve player by Rabah Saadane for the 2010 African Cup of Nations and 2010 FIFA World Cup but did not make the final squad both times.[7][8]
Meftah has also made four appearances for the Algeria A' team, the local team which participates in the African Championship of Nations.
Honours
- Won the Algerian League twice with JS Kabylie in 2006 and 2008
References
- ^ Rabie Meftah capitaine de la JS Kabylie
- ^ Les Oscars de Maracana : Mohamed Rabie Meftah (JSK) élu meilleur joueur algérien de l'année
- ^ Meftah officiellement à la JSMB pour 1 année
- ^ USMA : Meftah pour deux ans à l’USMA
- ^ La Fiche de Mohamed Rabie MEFTAH
- ^ "La Fiche de Mohmamed Rabie MEFTAH". DZ Foot. http://www.dzfoot.com/joueur.php?joueur_id=1060&saison_id=14. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
- ^ CAN : Les 23 (+4 de réserve) pour l'Angola
- ^ CM 2010 : Les noms des 5 réservistes révélés
External links
- Mohamed Rabie Meftah at National-Football-Teams.com
• 2 Soudani • 3 Zazou • 4 Laïfaoui • 5 Maïza • 6 Yekhlef • 7 Khoualed • 8 Lemmouchia • 9 Feham • 10 Hadj Aïssa • 11 Djallit • 12 Ghazali • 13 Hachoud • 14 Messaoud • 15 Belkalem • 16 Si Mohamed • 17 Delhoum • 18 Yahia-Chérif • 19 Djabou • 20 Meftah • 21 Gasmi • 22 Doukha • 23 Metref • Coach: Benchikha
USM Alger – current squad 1 Zemmamouche · 4 Laïfaoui · 5 Maïga · 6 Chafaï · 7 Bezzaz · 8 Lemmouchia · 9 Daham · 10 Boualem · 11 Hamiti · 12 Diamouténé · 13 Bouchema · 14 Djediat · 15 Feham · 16 Mansouri · 17 Ouznadji · 18 Bellabes · 19 Meklouche · 20 Khoualed · 21 Taguelmint · 22 Benaldjia · 27 Yekhlef · 30 Meftah · 50 Boumechra · Manager: Ollé-Nicolle
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Tizi Ouzou
- Kabyle people
- Algerian footballers
- Algeria international footballers
- Association football defenders
- JS Kabylie players
- Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- Algeria A' international footballers
- Algeria under-23 international footballers
- 2011 African Nations Championship players
- USM Alger players
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