Samir Beloufa ( ar, سمير بلوفة; born 27 August 1979) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Beloufa played in the Italian

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he played for

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, and Monza in

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...

. He also played with Mouscron and Germinal Beerschot in

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. Beloufa transferred to

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the cent ...

from Belgium club

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in March 2007. In November 2008, his contract with Helsingborg was not extended and he was released.

International career

Beloufa made nine appearances for the Algeria national team since 2004. He was part of the Algerian

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team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition before being defeated by

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in the quarter-finals.

Career statistics

International

Honours

AC Milan *

Torneo di Viareggio The Torneo di Viareggio ( en, Viareggio Tournament), officially named the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale, is a youth association football tournament held annually in the commune of Viareggio, Italy and its surrounding are ...

1999

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* * * 1979 births Living people French sportspeople of Algerian descent Sportspeople from Melun Algerian footballers Association football central defenders AS Cannes players A.C. Milan players A.C. Monza players Beerschot A.C. players SC Bastia players Royal Excel Mouscron players K.V.C. Westerlo players Helsingborgs IF players R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes players Championnat National 2 players Serie A players Serie B players Belgian First Division A players Ligue 1 players Allsvenskan players Belgian Third Division players Algeria international footballers 2004 African Cup of Nations players Algerian expatriate footballers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Sweden Footballers from Seine-et-Marne {{Algeria-footy-defender-stub