Samy Faraj
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 October 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Croix, France | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sochaux | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2018 | Lille | ||
| 2018–2019 | Sochaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Sochaux II | 23 | (8) |
| 2020– | Sochaux | 8 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Morocco U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2020– | Algeria U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:33, 15 August 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:06, 1 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Samy Faraj (born 4 October 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sochaux and the Algeria national under-20 football team. Born in France, Faraj represents Algeria internationally, after previously representing Morocco.
Club career
Faraj is a youth product of Lille since he was nine, and moved to Sochaux in 2018.[1] Faraj made his professional debut with Sochaux in a 1-1 Ligue 2 tie with Rodez AF on 19 September 2020.[2]
International career
Faraj was born in France to a Moroccan father and Algerian mother.[3] He represented the Morocco U16s at the 2017 Montaigu Tournament.[1]
In December 2020, Faraj announced in an interview that he had chosen to play for Algeria.[4] A few days later, Faraj was called up by the Algeria under-20 national team for the 2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament in Tunisia.[5]
Personal life
Faraj is the younger brother of the French youth international footballer Imad Faraj.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Départ surprise d'un jeune talent de la formation". allezlille.fr.
- ^ "Sochaux vs. Rodez - 19 September 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ Diallo, Mouhamed (July 28, 2020). "Mercato: Grand espoir du LOSC, Faraj pourrait rejoindre la Belgique".
- ^ D Debba (December 3, 2020). "Samy Faraj (EN U20) : « Le projet présenté par la FAF m'a convaincu »" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ "LISTE STAGE DE L'EQUIPE NATIONALE DES U20" (PDF). FAF.dz. December 7, 2020.
- ^ "Samy Faraj, une étoile montante du football marocain". Hespress Français. December 5, 2019.
External links
- Samy Faraj at Soccerway
- CS1 French-language sources (fr)
- Articles with short description
- Soccerway template with ID not in Wikidata
- 2001 births
- Living people
- People from Croix, Nord
- Algerian footballers
- Algeria youth international footballers
- Moroccan footballers
- Morocco youth international footballers
- French footballers
- Algerian people of Moroccan descent
- Moroccan people of Algerian descent
- French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- French sportspeople of Algerian descent
- Association football midfielders
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Sportspeople from Nord (French department)
- Footballers from Hauts-de-France