- Khaled Lemmouchia
Khaled Lemmouchia (born
December 6 ,1981 inGivors ,France ) is anAlgeria n football player who is currently playing as a defensive midfielder forES Setif in the Algerian league.Career
Lemmouchia started his career at the age of 16 when he joined the Olympique Lyonnais academy, despite receiving interest from almost every club in
France . He worked his way into the reserve squad. However, when his amateur contract expired he was not offered a professional deal and signed with amateur-clubAS Moulins . A year later, he would join another amateur side, this timeAS Lyon-La Duchère where he would spend the next 4 seasons. [http://www.dzfoot.com/news.php?hot_id=1463] In the summer of 2006, he quitAS Lyon-La Duchère and signed his first professional contract withAlgeria n sideES Setif .After joining
ES Setif , he quickly became an important team member and in his first season, he led the team to the league title as well as theArab Champions League title.International career
His performances for the Lyon junior squads earned him a call-up to the French Under-17 team but decided to represent his native
Algeria instead. He would make his debut for the Algerian Under-20 team in 2001 in the qualifiers for theAfrican Youth Championship .He received his first call-up to the Algerian national team in January 2008 for a training camp in
France . [http://www.dzfoot.com/equipe_nationale/selections-b.php?_ids=52]Honours
* Won the Algerian league once with
ES Setif in 2007
* Won theArab Champions League twice withES Setif in 2007 and 2008
* Has 2 caps for the Algerian National TeamExternal links
* [http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur24105.html L'Equipe Profile]
* [http://www.dzfoot.com/joueur.php?joueur_id=1224&saison_id=13 DZFoot Profile]
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