Abdelmalek Cherrad

Malek Cherrad

Personal information
Full name	Abdelmalek Cherrad
Date of birth	January 14, 1981 (1981-01-14)
Place of birth	La Tronche, France
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	OGC Nice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2004	OGC Nice	76	(9)
2000–2001	→ AS Cannes (loan)	13	(3)
2004	→ Espérance ST (loan)	0	(0)
2004	→ KAA Gent (loan)	5	(2)
2005	→ SC Bastia (loan)	9	(0)
2005–2007	SC Bastia	21	(7)
2007–	MC Alger	10	(2)
2008–2009	SC Bastia	14	(2)
2009	AC Arles	9	(1)
2010–2011	C.S. Maritimo	5	(0)
2011	→ Belenenses (loan)	1	(0)
National team‡
2003–2007	Algeria	18	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, December 29, 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, December 29, 2011 (UTC)

Abdelmalek Cherrad (Arabic: عبدالمالك شراد‎) (born January 14, 1981 in La Tronche, France) is an Algerian international football player. He last played for Belenenses in the Liga de Honra.

Biography

Cherrad started off his playing career with OGC Nice's reserve team in 1998. He played his first game for the first team in the 1999–2000 season, making 5 appearances. He stayed with the club until 2003, before he was loaned out to Belgian club K.A.A. Gent. He played 6 games with the club, scoring 2 goals but . After that, he had a brief spell with Tunisian side Esperence De Tunis. He signed with SC Bastia in January 2005 and stayed with the club for two years. In the summer of 2007 Bastia decided against renewing his contract and he was released.

On 14 November 2007 he signed for Algerian side MC Alger on an eighteen-month contract. His contract also included a clause which meant that should he receive an offer he wished to accept, then he could leave the club.

On June 11, 2008, he returned to SC Bastia on a one-year deal.

Because of a succession of injuries, he did not score a lot of goals, and as a consequence he has not been renewed by Bastia.

On July 20, 2009 Cherrad signed a contract with the newly promoted to French Ligue 2 AC Arles-Avignon. Cherrad was released from his contract with Arles in December 2009.

On 2 February 2010 CS Maritimo signed the Algerian forward on a free transfer until June 2011, the 29-year-old was recently released from French club Arles.

International career

He was part of the Algerian 2004 African Nations Cup team who finished second in their group in the first round of competition before being defeated by Morocco in the quarter-finals. Cherrad has 18 caps and 7 goals with the Algerian national team.

National team statistics

Algeria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	6	4
2004	9	3
2005	0	0
2006	2	0
2007	1	0
Total	18	7

International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	April 24, 2003	Stade de la Licorne, Amiens, France	Madagascar	3 – 0	3 – 1	Friendly match
2.	September 4, 2003	Stade Paul Audrain, Dinard, France	Qatar	1 – 0	1 – 0	Friendly match
3.	November 14, 2003	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers, Algeria	Niger	1 – 0	6 – 0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	November 14, 2003	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers, Algeria	Niger	2 – 0	6 – 0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	February 8, 2004	Stade Taïeb El Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia	Morocco	1 – 0	1 – 3	2004 African Cup of Nations
6.	May 30, 2004	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba, Algeria	Jordan	1 – 1	1 – 1	Friendly match
7.	June 20, 2004	National Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1 – 0	1 – 1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

External links

• Abdelmalek Cherrad French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
• Abdelmalek Cherrad at National-Football-Teams.com