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Carl Medjani Personal information Full name Carl Medjani Date of birth May 15, 1985 Place of birth Lyon, France Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Playing position Centre Back Club information Current club Ajaccio Number 6 Youth career 2000-2003 Saint-Étienne Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003-2006 Liverpool 0 (0) 2004-2005 → Lorient (loan) 25 (0) 2005-2006 → Metz (loan) 23 (0) 2006-2008 Lorient 9 (0) 2007-2008 → Ajaccio (loan) 35 (1) 2008- Ajaccio 105 (5) National team‡ 2001-2002 France U16 16 (0) 2002-2003 France U17 10 (0) 2003-2004 France U18 8 (0) 2004-2006 France U21 5 (1) 2010- Algeria 7 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 17 October 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 7 November 2011 (UTC)Carl Medjani (Arabic: كارل مدجاني) (born May 15, 1985 in Lyon, France) is an Algerian international football player who is currently playing for AC Ajaccio in Ligue 1.
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Career
After spending his youth development years at Saint-Étienne he was signed by Liverpool's manager Gérard Houllier in August 2003. Liverpool beat off stiff competition from Premiership rivals Arsenal, Manchester United and German giants Bayern Munich to secure his services.
Medjani struggled to break in the first team was sent on loan to Lorient for the whole 2004-05 season by new Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez. Despite impressing in the Toulon under-20 tournament in summer 2005, Benítez deemed it necessary for him to gain more experience and so he spent 2005-06 on loan at FC Metz. During the season he made 23 appearances for a struggling Metz team, who were eventually relegated from the French Ligue 1.
At the start of the 2006-07 season, he rejoined Lorient, this time on a permanent basis [1].
International career
Medjani captained the France U21 team in the 2006 Toulon tournament [2]. However, being of Algerian origin, he made the switch to represent Algeria in international competition and was called up by Rabah Saâdane to the Algerian preliminary squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[1]
Statistics
Club Performance Club Season Ligue 1 French Cup Ligue Cup Europe Others Total App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals Metz 2005-06 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 Club Season Premiership FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals Liverpool FC 2005-06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Club Season Ligue 2 French Cup Ligue Cup Europe Others Total App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals Lorient 2004-05 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 Club Season Premiership FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals Liverpool FC 2004-05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 39 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 References
2 Bougherra • 3 Belhadj • 4 Yahia (c) • 5 Halliche • 6 Mansouri • 7 Boudebouz • 8 Lacen • 9 Ghezzal • 10 Saïfi • 11 Djebbour • 12 Bellaïd • 13 Matmour • 14 Laïfaoui • 15 Ziani • 16 Chaouchi • 17 Guedioura • 18 Medjani • 19 Yebda • 20 Mesbah • 21 Kadir • 22 Abdoun • 23 M'Bolhi • Coach: Saâdane
•AC Ajaccio – current squad 1 Ochoa · 3 Mendy · 4 N'Diaye · 5 Charvet · 6 Medjani · 7 André · 8 Pierazzi · 9 Delort · 10 Kinkela · 11 El Hany · 12 Sammaritano · 13 Begeorgi · 14 Mostefa · 16 Debès · 17 Poulard · 18 Cavalli · 19 Lasne · 20 Lippini · 21 Socrier · 22 Diawara · 23 Maire · 24 Tibéri · 25 Ilan · 26 Bouhours · 27 Cilia · 30 Oberhouser · Manager: Pantaloni
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Lyon
- FC Metz players
- FC Lorient players
- AC Ajaccio players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- French footballers
- Algerian footballers
- Algeria international footballers
- France under-21 international footballers
- French people of Algerian descent
- Kabyle people
- Algerian expatriate footballers
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- Algerian people of French descent
- France youth international footballers
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