Nadir Belhadj

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Personal information
Nadir Belhadj
Date of birth	June 18, 1982 (1982-06-18) (age 25)
Place of birth	Saint-Claude, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left Back, Winger
Club information
Current club	Lens
Number	11
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2003 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2007 2007-2008 2008-	RC Lens → Gueugnon (loan) Gueugnon Sedan Lyon RC Lens	000 (0) 028 (1) 036 (1) 102 (5) 009 (0) 0019 (0)
National team²
2004-	Algeria	025 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Nadir Belhadj (Arabic: نذير بلحاج ‎) (born 18 June 1982 in Saint-Claude, France) is an Algerian professional football (soccer) player who is currently playing for RC Lens in France's Ligue 1.

[edit] Career

A defender, Belhadj began his career at Ligue 1 club RC Lens, where he failed to make the first-team. He joined Ligue 2 FC Gueugnon on loan in 2002 and after making 26 league appearances signed permanently in 2003. Belhadj played 36 more Ligue 2 games for Gueugnon before moving to CS Sedan in 2004. Making more than thirty appearances in each of his two full seasons with Sedan in Ligue 2, gaining promotion in the second.

In January 2007 Belhadj was bought by French champions Lyon for €3.24 million and signed a lucrative four and a half year deal. He was loaned back to CS Sedan until the end of the season and joined Lyon again in the summer of 2007. He made just 9 appearances for the club, being blocked at the left-back position by World Cup champion Fabio Grosso, and left the club in January. On 7th January 2008, it was confirmed that Belhadj had signed a three and a half year deal with his former club RC Lens, with Lens paying €3.6 million for his services.

He has won international recognition with Algeria.

[edit] Honours

Finalist of the Coupe de la Ligue once with RC Lens in 2008
Finalist of the Coupe de France once with CS Sedan in 2005
Chosen in the Ligue 2 Team of the season twice in 2004/2005 and 2005/2006

[edit] External links

(French) Nadir Belhadj French league stats at lfp.fr

v • d • e RC Lens – current squad

1 Runje • 2 Ramos • 3 Hilton • 4 Coulibaly • 5 Diane • 6 Mangane • 7 Boukari • 8 Maoulida • 10 Carrière • 11 Belhadj • 14 Monnet-Paquet • 15 Laurenti • 16 Le Crom • 18 Monterrubio • 20 Hermach • 21 Yaya Keita • 22 Lacourt • 23 Kovačević • 25 Biševac • 26 Demont • 27 Dindane • 28 Sablé • 40 Brocard • 41 Pollet • Coach: Wallemme