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Hameur Bouazza

Personal information
Full name	Hameur Bouazza
Date of birth	22 February 1985 (1985-02-22) (age 24)
Place of birth	Évry, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left winger
Club information
Current club	Blackpool
Number	16
Youth career
	Watford
Senior career*
Years	Team	Appsâ€	(Gls)â€
2003–2007	Watford	83	(8)
2005–2006	→ Swindon Town (loan)	13	(2)
2007–2009	Fulham	20	(1)
2008–2009	→ Charlton Athletic (loan)	25	(4)
2009	→ Birmingham City (loan)	16	(1)
2009	Sivasspor	0	(0)
2009–	Blackpool	14	(1)
National team‡
2007–	Algeria	12	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:49, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Hameur Bouazza (Arabic: هامور بوعزة‎) (born 22 February 1985) is a French-born Algerian footballer who plays in England for Blackpool. He usually plays as a left winger, and can also play on the right.

He has spent all of his football career in England, apart from one brief spell in Turkey. Although born in France, he plays for Algeria as it is the birthplace of both his parents.

Club career

Watford

Born in Évry, France, Bouazza earned a scholarship in England at Watford. He made his first team debut as an 88th minute substitute on 7 February 2004 in a 2–2 with Sunderland at Vicarage Road. A week later he scored on his full debut, a 2–0 home win over Preston North End. He made a total of nine appearances in the 2003–04 season. The following season he made 28 league and eight cup appearances, scoring three goals.

During the 2005–06 season he was overshadowed by Darius Henderson, Marlon King, and Ashley Young and missed a lengthy spell with a broken metatarsal but this didn't prevent him scoring three goals in nineteen games, one of which was the fourth in Watford's 4–1 win over Championship runners-Up Sheffield United.

On 6 October 2005 Bouazza was loaned out to League One side Swindon Town for three, where he scored three goals in 15 games. On 21 May 2006 he played in Watford's 3–0 win over Leeds United in the Championship play-off final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, coming on as a 72nd minute substitute.^[1]

Throughout the 2006–07 season, with Watford in the Premier League, Bouazza started most of the league games, principally as a left-sided winger, scoring five goals.

He made a total of 100 appearances for the Hornets in four years, scoring 13 goals.

Fulham

Bouazza playing for Fulham in 2007

On 8 August 2007, Bouazza joined Premier League side Fulham, on a four-year deal, for an initial fee of £3m, which could rise to £4m, depending on appearances, and Fulham's divisional status.^[2]

Bouazza started out the season strongly making his debut in a 2–1 defeat to Arsenal on 12 August. However, after just three appearances he dislocated his shoulder. He returned to the Fulham starting eleven after a couple of weeks out. He scored his first Fulham goal with a close-range free kick against Manchester City in a 3–3 draw at Craven Cottage on 22 September 2007.^[3] He made a total of 22 appearances for Fulham in the 2007–08 season, scoring one goal.

On 9 August 2008 he signed for Championship side Charlton Athletic on a season-long loan,^[4] making his debut later that day as an 83rd minute substitute in a 3–0 win over Swansea City at The Valley. He scored his first goal for the Addicks on 23 August in a 4–2 home win over Reading.

On 8 January 2009, after a total of 27 appearances and four goals at Charlton, Fulham activated a recall clause in the loan agreement^[5] and immediately loaned him to another Championship side, Birmingham City, for the remainder of the season.^[6]

Bouazza made his Birmingham debut in their next league game, a 1–1 draw at home to Cardiff City on 17 January, and scored his first goal, a clever finish after a defensive error, in a 2–0 win over Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium on 14 March.^[7]

He made a total of 16 appearances for the Blues, helping them win promotion to the Premier League as runners-up to champions, Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Sivasspor

On 18 August 2009 Bouazza signed for Turkish Süper Lig side Sivasspor.^[8] However, his stay in Sivas was short lived, lasting only five days. He played one game for the club, a 3–0 home defeat to Shahktar Donetsk in the Europa League play-off round.

On 23 August, he left Sivasspor, stating that that he did not wish to remain in Turkey, and agreeing a mutual termination of his contract. Sivasspor head-coach Bulent Uygun said they had to release Bouazza as they didn't want him to damage the morale of the team.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Blackpool

On 31 August Sky Sports reported that Bouazza was in talks with Championship side Blackpool.^[9] The following day it was confirmed that he had signed a one-year contract with an option for a further year.^[13] He made his debut on 12 September as a 73rd-minute substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Leicester City at the Walkers Stadium. Then made his full debut four days later in the Seasiders' 2–1 win over Newcastle United at Bloomfield Road. His first goal came on 26 September, in a 2–0 home win over Peterborough United, when he nutmegged defender Tom Williams before curling the ball into the net from a tight angle.^[14][15]

Club career statistics

As of 26 December 2009.

Notes

a. 1 league play-off appearances for Watford in 2006 (included in 2005-06 total)
b. All Football League Trophy results are included in totals

International career

Bouazza made his debut for Algeria against Libya on 7 February 2007 and scored his first goal in a 3-2 victory over Mali on 20 November 2007.

He played in Algeria's opening second round qualification game for the 2010 World Cup, a 1-0 loss to Senegal on 31 May 2008 at the Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal, coming on as a second half substitute.^[16] However, he didn't make any further appearances as Algeria won group Six and progressed to the third round. He then played in the opening third round game, a 0-0 draw with Rwanda at the Stade Amahoro, Kigali, Rwanda on 28 March 2009, again as a substitute.^[17] He continued to be used as a second half substitute in Algeria's next three qualifying games, a 3-1 win over Egypt on 7 June,^[18] a 2-0 away win over Zambia on 20 June^[19] and a 1-0 home win over Zambia on 6 September, a result which booked Algeria a place at the 2010 African Cup of Nations.^[20]

On 13 November, as the Algerian squad arrived in Cairo for their vital World Cup qualifier against Egypt the following day, Bouazza was one of a number of players who narrowly avoided injury when their coach was ambushed.^[21]

In January 2010 Bouazza was in the Algeria squad at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Angola. He was a second half substitute in Algeria's first two Group A matches at the Estádio 11 de Novembro in Luanda, a 0-3 defeat to Malawi on 11 January, and a 1-0 victory over Mali, three days later.

International goals

As of 10 October 2009

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Reports
1.	20 November 2007	Rouen, France	Mali	3-2	Friendly

Honours

Watford

• Championship play-off final winner: 2005-06

References

External links

• Hameur Bouazza career stats at Soccerbase

Algeria squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Gaouaoui â€¢ 2 Bougherra â€¢ 3 Belhadj â€¢ 4 Yahia â€¢ 5 Halliche â€¢ 6 Mansouri â€¢ 7 Bezzaz â€¢ 8 Lemmouchia â€¢ 9 Ghezzal â€¢ 10 Saïfi â€¢ 11 Raho â€¢ 12 Babouche â€¢ 13 Matmour â€¢ 14 Laïfaoui â€¢ 15 Ziani â€¢ 16 Chaouchi â€¢ 17 Zaoui â€¢ 18 Bouazza â€¢ 19 Yebda â€¢ 20 Meghni â€¢ 21 Ziaya â€¢ 22 Abdoun â€¢ 23 Zemmamouche â€¢ Coach: Saâdane