:Walid Mesloub

{{short description|Algerian professional footballer (born 1985)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Walid Mesloub

| fullname = Walid Mesloub

| image = File:Walid Mesloub (RC Lens) (cropped).jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|9|4}}

| birth_place = Trappes, France

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Midfielder, forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthclubs1 = Levallois

| youthyears1 =

| clubs1 = Levallois

| years1 = 2006–2007

| caps1 = 32

| goals1 = 7

| clubs2 = Istres

| years2 = 2007–2010

| caps2 = 88

| goals2 = 18

| years3 = 2010–2014

| clubs3 = Le Havre

| caps3 = 155

| goals3 = 27

| years4 = 2011

| clubs4 = Le Havre B

| caps4 = 1

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2014–2018

| clubs5 = Lorient

| caps5 = 82

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2018–2020

| clubs6 = Lens

| caps6 = 56

| goals6 = 7

| years7 = 2020

| clubs7 = Umm Salal

| caps7 = 13

| goals7 = 0

| nationalteam1 = Algeria

| nationalyears1 = 2010–

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 09:09, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 20 November 2015

}}

Walid Mesloub (born 4 September 1985) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a forward .{{Cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur27185.html|title=Walid MESLOUB - Football : la fiche de Walid MESLOUB (Lens)|work=L'Equipe.fr|access-date=8 February 2018|language=fr}}

Career

Born in Trappes, France, Mesloub joined Le Havre AC on 9 January 2010, on a {{frac|2|1|2}}-year contract.http://www.hac-foot.com/actualite/walid-mesloub-s-engage-avec-le-hac.html

After four-and-a-half years in Le Havre, Mesloub joined Ligue 1 side FC Lorient in June 2014, signing a three-years contract.{{cite news|url=http://www.fclweb.fr/info/article/walid-mesloub-signe-pour-3-ans-au-fcl |title=Walid Mesloub signe pour 3 ans au FCL|publisher=fclweb.fr|language=French|date=5 June 2014|accessdate=10 June 2014}}

International career

On 25 October 2010, Abdelhak Benchikha, manager of the Algerian National Team, traveled to France to supervise Mesloub in the league game between Le Havre and Nîmes.{{Cite news|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/news-7639/en-benchikha-en-prospection-en-france/|title=EN : Benchikha en prospection en France|work=DZfoot.com|access-date=8 February 2018|language=fr-FR}} Subsequently, on 30 October 2010, he was called up to Algeria's friendly against Luxembourg.[http://www.faf.dz/article.php?a_id=1360 Liste des joueurs retenus pour Luxembourg- Algérie]