Rachid Belabed
Encyclopedia
Rachid Belabed is a Belgian
-born Moroccan
footballer
, who plays for FC RM Hamm Benfica
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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
before leaving the club when his contract expired in 2002. He then signed for Belgian side La Louviere
, who sacked him 2004 after Belabed assaulted Claude Moniquet, a journalist. Belabed had accused Moniquet of being racist and an enemy of Islam
.
father and an Algeria
n mother.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
-born Moroccan
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, who plays for FC RM Hamm Benfica
FC RM Hamm Benfica
FC Rapid Mansfeldia Hamm Benfica is a football club, based in Hamm, a quarter of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.-History:The club was founded on 26 March 2004 after a fusion between FC Hamm 37 and FC RM 86 Luxembourg...
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Belabed signed for Scottish Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
club Aberdeen
Aberdeen F.C.
Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...
in 1999 for a fee of £100,000. He made 40 appearances in the Scottish Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...
before leaving the club when his contract expired in 2002. He then signed for Belgian side La Louviere
R.A.A. Louviéroise
R.A.A. Louviéroise, sometimes referred to as La Louvière or RAAL, was a Belgian football club located in the city of La Louvière, in the province of Hainaut. It had been playing its latest run in the Belgian First Division from 2000-01 to 2005-06 included...
, who sacked him 2004 after Belabed assaulted Claude Moniquet, a journalist. Belabed had accused Moniquet of being racist and an enemy of Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
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Personal
Belabed was born in Belgium to a MoroccanMorocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
father and an Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
n mother.