Farouk Chafaï
{{short description|Algerian footballer (born 1990)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Farouk Chafaï
| image = ChafaiUSMA.png
| caption = Chafaï with USM Alger in 2012
| full_name = Farouk Chafaï
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|6|23|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Bologhine, Algeria
| height = 1.82 m
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Damac
| clubnumber = 15
| youthyears1 = 2005–2010
| youthclubs1 = MC Alger
| years1 = 2010–2019 | clubs1 = USM Alger | caps1 = 144 | goals1 = 27
| years2 = 2019–2020 | clubs2 = MC Alger | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2020– | clubs3 = Damac | caps3 = 138 | goals3 = 21
| nationalyears1 = 2011–2019
| nationalteam1 = Algeria U23
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2015–
| nationalteam2 = Algeria
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| pcupdate = January 10, 2025
| nationalteam-update = 18:00, March 27, 2018 (EST)
}}
Farouk Chafaï ({{langx|ar|فاروق الشافعي}}; born June 23, 1990) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays at Damac.{{cite web |url=http://www.dzfoot.com/2019/12/24/arabie-s-farouk-chafai-signe-au-damac-fc-172525.php|title=Arabie S. : Farouk Chafai signe au Damac FC}}
Club career
In the summer of 2010, Chafaï left the junior ranks of MC Alger to join city rivals USM Alger, signing a four-year contract with the club.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lebuteur.com/ligue-1/actualites/mca-le-recrutement-de-kaddour-se-precise |title=Chafai prend le chemin de Soustara |access-date=2011-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321094703/http://www.lebuteur.com/ligue-1/actualites/mca-le-recrutement-de-kaddour-se-precise |archive-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.lnf.dz/clubs-2010-2011/ligue1/usma.html |title=USM Alger Profile on LNF.dz |access-date=2011-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103193649/http://www.lnf.dz/clubs-2010-2011/ligue1/usma.html |archive-date=2011-01-03 |url-status=dead }}
On December 25, 2010, Chafaï made his professional debut for USM Alger in a league game against JS Kabylie. He started and played the whole game, as USMA lost 1–0.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/fiches/fiche2.php?fiche_id=5365|title=Fiche de Match|website=www.dzfoot.com|access-date=2018-05-25|archive-date=2012-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918232745/http://www.dzfoot.com/fiches/fiche2.php?fiche_id=5365|url-status=dead}}
International career
On November 16, 2011, Chafaï was selected as part of Algeria's squad for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship in Morocco.[http://www.dzfoot.com/news-10307/en-u23-les-21-joueurs-selectionnes/ EN U23 : Les 21 joueurs sélectionnés]; DZFoot, November 16, 2011. On August 8, 2012, Chafaï was called up by Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodžić for a 10-day training camp for local players.{{cite web |url=http://www.dzfoot.com/news-11950-en-les-locaux-en-stage-du-22-au-31-aout.php |title=Les locaux en stage du 22 au 31 août |author=Walid Z. |publisher=DZFoot |language=fr |date=August 7, 2012 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910101743/http://www.dzfoot.com/news-11950-en-les-locaux-en-stage-du-22-au-31-aout.php |archive-date=September 10, 2012 }} A few weeks later, he was called up to the Algeria national team for the first time for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya.{{cite web |url=http://www.dzfoot.com/news-12028-en-la-liste-des-24-pour-le-match-contre-la-libye.php |title=La liste des 24 pour le match contre la Libye |author=Walid Z. |publisher=DZFoot |language=fr |date=August 25, 2012 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828031847/http://www.dzfoot.com/news-12028-en-la-liste-des-24-pour-le-match-contre-la-libye.php |archive-date=August 28, 2012 }}
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/58826/Farouk_Chafai.html|title=Chafaï, Farouk|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=29 March 2018}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;"
! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | 27 March 2018 | Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria | {{fb|IRN}} | align=center | 1–2 | align=center | 1–2 | Friendly |
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|3 May 2023}}{{Cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/rafik-chafai/163400/ | title = Farouk Chafaï | publisher = Soccerway }}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="10"|USM Alger
|rowspan="9"|Ligue 1 |18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12
|14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13
|17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2All appearance(s) in CAF Confederation Cup | 0 | 5All appearance(s) in UAFA Club Cup | 1 | 29 | 4 | |
| 2013–14
|25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1All appearances in Algerian Super Cup | 0 | 28 | 5 | ||
| 2014–15
|22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4All appearance(s) in Champions League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 2015–16
|23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17
|25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 7 | |
| 2017–18
|24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11five appearances in CAF Champions League, six appearances and one goal in CAF Confederation Cup | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19
|20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3All appearance(s) in Arab Club Champions Cup | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!188 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 257 | 29 | |
| MC Alger
|Ligue 1 |9 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Damac
|rowspan="4"|SPL |17 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 3 | ||||
| 2020–21
|29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 6 | |||
| 2021–22
|23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23
|24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 3 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!93 | 13 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 96 | 13 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!290 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 365 | 42 |
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Honours
USM Alger
- Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2013-14, 2015-16, 2018–19
- Algerian Cup: 2013
- Algerian Super Cup: 2013, 2016
- UAFA Club Cup: 2013
Individual
- Saudi Professional League Player of the Month: March 2021{{cite web |title=ميكالي وشافعي ومبولحي والعمري نجوم مارس|url=https://www.alyaum.com/articles/6313867/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120918233236/http://www.dzfoot.com/joueur.php?joueur_id=2041&saison_id=16 DZFoot Profile]
- {{Soccerway|rafik-chafai/163400}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111003150525/http://www.usm-alger.com/index.php/index.php?option=com_riada&view=profile&id=268 USM-Alger.com Profile]
{{Damac F.C. squad}}
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Category:Algeria men's under-23 international footballers
Category:Algerian men's footballers
Category:Algerian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Algiers
Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
Category:Saudi Pro League players
Category:Algeria men's youth international footballers
Category:Algeria men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia