Rachid Belabed

{{Short description|Belgian-born Moroccan footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

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| name = Rachid Belabed

| fullname = Rachid Belabed

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|10|20}}

| height = {{height|m=1.77}}

| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Sporting Club Steinfort

| years1 = 1997–1998

| clubs1 = Anderlecht

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1998–1999

| clubs2 = Molenbeek

| caps2 = 13

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1999–2002

| clubs3 = Aberdeen

| caps3 = 40

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2002–2004

| clubs4 = La Louviere

| caps4 = 21

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2005–2006

| clubs5 = Eupen

| caps5 = 15

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2006–2007

| clubs6 = FC Wiltz 71

| caps6 = 10

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2007–2009

| clubs7 = Racing FC Union Luxembourg

| caps7 = 48

| goals7 = 11

| years8 = 2009–2010

| clubs8 = RM Hamm Benfica

| caps8 = 24

| goals8 = 3

| years9 = 2010–

| clubs9 = Sporting Club Steinfort

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| goals9 =

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Rachid Belabed (born 20 October 1980 in Brussels) is a Belgian-born Moroccan footballer, who plays for Luxembourg 1. Division club SC Steinfort.

Football career

Belabed signed for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen in 1999 for a fee of £100,000. He made 40 appearances in the Scottish Premier League, scoring once against Dundee United,{{cite web

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/scottish_premier/579594.stm

|title=Moroccans inspire Dons win

|publisher=BBC

|date=27 December 1999 |accessdate=23 October 2018}} before leaving the club when his contract expired in 2002.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/2061191.stm Belabed moves to Belgium], BBC Sport, 23 June 2002. He then signed for Belgian side La Louviere, who sacked him in 2004. While at La Louvière he helped them win the 2002–03 Belgian Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/la-louvire-wint-beker-van-belgi|title=La Louvière wint Beker van België |publisher=vi.nl|date=1 June 2003 |accessdate=14 October 2020}}

Personal life

Belabed was born in Belgium to a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother.

In 2004, Belabed assaulted Claude Moniquet, a journalist.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3653224.stm Belgian club sacks Moroccan], BBC Sport, 13 September 2004. Belabed had accused Moniquet of being racist and an enemy of Islam.

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