Walid Cherfa

Walid Cherfa
Personal information
Full name Walid Cherfa
Date of birth (1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Toulouse, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Toulouse Rodéo
Youth career
2002–2006 Toulouse
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Toulouse 4 (0)
2007–2008 → Tours (loan) 27 (1)
2008–2010 Gimnàstic 30 (1)
2010 Girona 0 (0)
2011 Albacete 9 (0)
2011–2012 MC Alger 4 (0)
2012–2013 Kalloni 23 (0)
2013–2014 Toulouse Fontaines 10 (1)
2014–2017 Toulouse Rodéo 66 (7)
2017–2019 Balma 37 (1)
2019– Toulouse Rodéo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walid Cherfa (Arabic: وليد شرفة; born 19 February 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for French club Toulouse Rodéo.

Career

Cherfa was born in Toulouse, France. He holds both French and Algerian nationalities.[1]

A Toulouse FC youth graduate, he appeared sparingly for the first team during the 2006–07 season in Ligue 1, subsequently serving a stint with third division club Tours FC.

On 26 June 2008, Cherfa moved to Spain and joined Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the second level on a two-year contract.[2][3] On 23 June 2010, having been sparingly used during his tenure, he signed a 1+1 deal with another side in that country and category, Girona FC.[4]

In late December 2010, without having appeared in any competitive matches for Girona, Cherfa terminated his link with the Catalans and signed for Albacete Balompié, also in the Spanish division two.[5] On 16 August of the following year, he agreed to a two-year deal with Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 side MC Alger.[6]

On 1 January 2012, Cherfa was released by the club.[7] In August 2012 he joined Kalloni F.C. in the Greek second tier, and subsequently competed in the French lower or amateur leagues.[8]

Personal life

Cherfa's older brother, Sofyane, was also a footballer and a defender. He too played most of his career in France.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Walid CHERFA -". www.unfp.org. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. ^ Mercado: El Nàstic ficha al francés Cherfa (Market: Nàstic sign Frenchman Cherfa); Goal, 26 June 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Un golazo de Cherfa rompe el maleficio del Nástic en su estadio (Cherfa wonder goal breaks Nástic's home jinx); Diario AS, 6 December 2009 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Fichan a Cherfa y dimite el presidente Josep Gusó (Cherfa is signed and president Josep Gusó resigns); Mundo Deportivo, 23 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Cherfa y Adriá, refuerzos invernales para el Albacete (Cherfa and Adriá, winter additions for Albacete); Marca, 28 December 2010 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Transferts: Walid Cherfa signe au MC Alger (Transfers: Walid Cherfa signs for MC Alger); DZFoot, 16 August 2011 (in French)
  7. ^ MCA: Laraf, Cherfa, Yanis et Belaïd officiellement libérés (MCA: Laraf, Cherfa, Yanis and Belaïd officially released); Compétition, 1 January 2012 (in French)
  8. ^ Un recrutement régional pour le Balma SC (Regional recruitment for Balma SC)‚ Actu Foot, 18 June 2017 (in French)
  9. ^ "Dupuis retrouve des amis" [Dupuis reunites with friends] (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2015.