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Hamed Namouchi
Personal information
Full name	Hamed Namouchi
Date of birth	14 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Cannes, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2003	Cannes
2003–2006	Rangers
2006–2009	Lorient
2010	SC Freiburg
2010–2011	Grenoble
2012–2014	Étoile du Sahel
2014	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Total
International career
2005–2008	Tunisia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hamed Namouchi (Arabic: حامد النموشي; born 14 February 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he played for the Tunisia national team internationally.

Club career

Born in Cannes, France, Namouchi started his career with local club AS Cannes.

He signed for Rangers in September 2003 on a free transfer. He made his Rangers debut on 10 January 2004 against Hibernian as a substitute.^[2] On 1 January 2005, he scored a late equaliser to salvage a 1–1 draw away to Dundee United.^[3] At Rangers he picked up a Scottish Premier League winners' medal in 2005, and appeared in every game in their UEFA Champions League campaign where he was earmarked by Luís Figo as the player that "impressed him most".^[4]

Namouchi joined Lorient for a fee of £500,000 in August 2006 after being told by Rangers manager Paul Le Guen that he was surplus to requirements.^[5]

In late 2009, Namouchi agreed to a contract with the Turkish Süper Lig side Sivasspor after lengthy contract negotiations.^[6]

On 15 November 2009, he was invited to a trial at SC Freiburg.^[7] The following month, he signed with SC Freiburg for the remainder of the season.

In October 2010, he signed with French second-tier side Grenoble on a two-year deal.

In January 2012, he moved to Tunisia, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with Étoile Sportive du Sahel.^[8]

In June 2014 he moved to Lokomotiv Plovdiv of the Bulgarian Premier League.

International career

Born in France, Namouchi played for the Tunisia national team. He won his 14th international cap against Belarus in May 2006, scoring his first international goal in the same game. He was also a member of Tunisia's qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and featured in all of their three games at the tournament.

References

^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
^ "Hibernian 0-2 Rangers". BBC Sport. 10 January 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
^ "Dundee United 1-1 Rangers". BBC. 1 January 2005. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
^ Duncan, Colin (2005). "Figo: Our reserves could beat Rangers". Scottish Daily Record. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
^ "Lorient pay £500,000 for Namouchi". BBC Sport. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
^ "Sivasspor Namouchi'yi getirdi!" (in Turkish). Tumspor.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
^ "Hamed Namouchi s'engage avec le club allemand du SC Freiburg" (in French). tunisie-foot.com. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
^ "Hamed Namouchi s'engage pour 3 ans et demi avec l'Etoile" (in French). Etoile de Sahel. 13 January 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.

External links

Hamed Namouchi at Soccerbase
Hamed Namouchi – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Hamed Namouchi at National-Football-Teams.com