Rachid Belabed
{{Short description|Belgian-born Moroccan footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| 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.
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Belabed, Rachid}}
Category:Aberdeen F.C. players
Category:Belgian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Belgian men's footballers
Category:Belgian people of Algerian descent
Category:Belgian sportspeople of Moroccan descent
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Category:Moroccan men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Footballers from Brussels
Category:R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players
Category:Scottish Premier League players
Category:R.S.C. Anderlecht players
Category:R.A.A. Louviéroise players
Category:Luxembourg National Division players
Category:Racing FC Union Luxembourg players
Category:F.C. Luxembourg City players
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:Challenger Pro League players