Chakhir Belghazouani (born 6 October 1986 in

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) is a former professional

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who played as a

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. Born in France, he played for the Morocco U17 national team and the France U20 and France U21 national teams at youth international level before making eight appearances for the Morocco senior national team.

Club career

Belghazouani began his career with

Grenoble Foot 38 Grenoble Foot 38, commonly referred to as simply Grenoble or GF38, is a Football in France, French association football club based in Grenoble. The club plays its home matches at the Stade des Alpes, a sports complex based in the heart of the c ...

and in 2005 was promoted to the first team. After two years in

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

with Grenoble, he joined top Ukrainian club

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for €800,000, where he played in three games, scoring a goal on his debut. He left on loan for

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on 20 June 2008 returning to Ukraine on 1 November. On 16 February 2009, Belghazouani moved to

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on loan from Dynamo Kyiv until 30 June 2009 and then on 16 July 2009 he was loaned to

Tours FC Tours Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tours (), was a football club based in Tours, France. Formed in 1919, the club adopted the name Tours FC in 1951 after several other name changes. The club was dissolved on 26 February 2025 d ...

. On 15 July 2012, Belghazouani moved from Belgian

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team

AC Ajaccio Athletic Club Ajaccien (), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ACA or simply Ajaccio, is a French professional football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1910 and plays in the Ligue 2, the sec ...

on a three-year contract. He was loaned to R. White Star Bruxelles in January 2014. On 10 June 2014,

side Brest announced the signature of Belghazouani with a two-year contract. On 11 September 2015, Belghazouani signed for Greek

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club

Levadiakos Levadiakos Football Club (officially romanized: ''Levadeiakos'' ) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, ...

for an undisclosed fee. Belghazouani joined Blue Boys Muhlenbach in the Luxembourg Division of Honour on 23 January 2019 on a contract until June 2020.

International career

Belghazouani played for the Morocco Under 17s, then at the U-20 and U-21 level for France including in the 2006

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Managerial and later career

At the end of September 2019, 32-year old Belghazouani decided to retire. After bringing two players to

FC Blue Boys Muhlenbach FC Blue Boys Muhlenbach, commonly known as Blue Boys Muhlenbach, was an association football club based in the Muhlenbach district of Luxembourg, the capital city of Luxembourg. History The club was founded in 1932 as FC Blue Boys Muhlenbach, ...

during the winter transfer market 2019-20, respectively

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and Mamadou Samassa, Muhlenbach hired him as sporting director in February 2020.Chahir Belghazouani devient… directeur sportif !
grenoblefoot.info, 14 February 2020

References

External links

Football.ch Profile

LFP Profile

French League Profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belghazouani, Chakhir 1986 births Living people People from Porto-Vecchio Footballers from Corse-du-Sud Naturalized citizens of France French sportspeople of Moroccan descent French men's footballers Moroccan men's footballers Morocco men's international footballers France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders SC Toulon players Grenoble Foot 38 players FC Dynamo Kyiv players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players Tours FC players SV Zulte Waregem players AC Ajaccio players RWS Bruxelles players Stade Brestois 29 players Levadiakos F.C. players FC Blue Boys Muhlenbach players Ligue 2 players Swiss Super League players Belgian Pro League players Ligue 1 players Challenger Pro League players Super League Greece players Luxembourg Division of Honour players Luxembourg National Division players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Moroccan expatriate men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Greece Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Luxembourg Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg 21st-century French sportsmen 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen