Oussama Souaidy

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| fullname = Oussama Souaidy

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|8|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cahors, France

| height = {{height|m=1.78}}

| position = Defensive midfielder

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| years1 = 2000–2002 | clubs1 = Toulouse | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2002–2003 | clubs2 = Noja | caps2 = 26 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2003–2005 | clubs3 = Mallorca B | caps3 = 49 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2005–2006 | clubs4 = Estoril | caps4 = 21 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2006–2007 | clubs5 = Gramenet | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2007–2008 | clubs6 = Fundación Logroñés | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = 2008–2009 | clubs7 = Mirandés | caps7 = | goals7 =

| years8 = 2009–2010 | clubs8 = Alfaro | caps8 = | goals8 =

| years9 = 2010–2011 | clubs9 = Tudelano | caps9 = | goals9 =

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| nationalyears1 = 2002 | nationalteam1 = Morocco | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

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Oussama Souaidy (born 25 August 1981) is a retired footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder. Born in France, he represented Morocco at international level.

Club career

Born in Cahors, France, Souaidy made two Ligue 1 appearances for FC Toulouse in the 2000–01 season,{{cite news|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2000/10/27/81048-tfc-une-reserve-tres-pro.html|title=TFC: une réserve très pro|trans-title=TFC: very professional B-team|newspaper=La Dépêche du Midi|language=fr|date=27 October 2000|access-date=2 July 2013}} with the club being relegated straight to the Championnat National due to irregularities. After one further campaign he moved to Spain, where he would remain until his retirement nine years later (with the exception of 2005–06 which was spent in Portugal with G.D. Estoril Praia, in the second division).{{cite news|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/arquivo/interior.aspx?content_id=243266|title=Souaidy reforça meio-campo|trans-title=Souaidy strengthens midfield|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=9 July 2005|access-date=2 July 2013}}

In the former country, Souaidy never played in higher than Segunda División B, and spent his final five seasons in Tercera División. He represented SD Noja, RCD Mallorca B, UDA Gramenet, AD Fundación Logroñés, CD Mirandés,{{cite news|url=http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20080123/deportes/miranda/mirandes-ficha-oussama-ivan-20080123.html|title=El Mirandés ficha a Oussama e Iván Moreno, jugadores del Fundación Logroñés|trans-title=Mirandés sign Oussama and Iván Moreno, Fundación Logroñés players|newspaper=El Correo|language=es|date=23 January 2008|access-date=2 July 2013}} CD Alfaro and CD Tudelano,{{cite news|url=http://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/deportes/futbol/el_tudelano_hace_oficial_los_fichajes_previstos.html|title=El Tudelano hace oficial 11 de los 13 fichajes previstos|trans-title=Tudelano makes 11 of 13 projected signings official|newspaper=Diario de Navarra|language=es|date=16 July 2011|access-date=2 July 2013}} retiring in June 2011 at nearly 30 years of age.

International career

Souaidy won one cap for Morocco, in 2002. Additionally, he was part of the squad that appeared at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, appearing in all the matches as the national team exited in the group stage with a total of four points.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/oussama-souaidy-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103437/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/oussama-souaidy-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Oussama Souaidy|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=25 July 2009}}