Farès Brahimi (born 22 October 1988) is an Algerian

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who plays as a

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Personal life

Brahimi was born on 22 October 1988, in Réghaïa,

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. At age two, he moved with family to

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. He has both Algerian and French nationalities.

Career

Early career

Brahimi emerged through

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

's youth system, but made no appearances for the first team during his stint; he played regularly for the reserves, in the

Championnat de France amateur The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of French football league system behind Ligue 1, Ligue 2 ...

. In 2007–08, Farès appeared regularly for US Cognac. In June 2008 he signed a contract with

US Feurs Union Sportive Forezienne is a French association football club founded in 1945. They are based in the town of Feurs and their home stadium is the Stade Rousson. As of the 2022–23 season, they play in Championnat National 3 The Championnat ...

Minyor Pernik

Following a trial period in November 2010, Brahimi signed a contract with

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

n club

Minyor Pernik FC Minyor () is a football club in Pernik, Bulgaria, currently competing in the Second League, the second tier of Bulgarian football. Founded in 1919 as SC Krakra, the club's home ground since 1954 has been Stadion Minyor. The club's name comes ...

on 1 February 2011. He made his A Professional Football Group debut on 27 February, as a second-half substitute in a 3–0 home loss against

Litex Lovech FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...

. Farès quickly became a regular in the starting eleven and scored two goals to the end of the

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season.

Montana

On 16 January 2013, Brahimi joined

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on free transfer for the rest of the season.

MO Béjaïa

On 10 January 2014, Brahimi joined

MO Béjaïa Mouloudia Olympique de Béjaïa (; Kabyle: Muludya Ulampik n Vgayet; Tamazight: ⵎⵓⵍⵓⴷⵢⴰ ⵓⵍⴰⵎⴱⵉⴽ ⵏ ⴱⴳⴰⵢⴻⵜ), referred to commonly as MO Béjaïa or MOB for short, is a professional Algerian football club ...

on free transfer for the rest of the season.

Career statistics

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brahimi, Fares 1988 births Living people Algerian men's footballers FC Minyor Pernik players FC Montana players Men's association football midfielders First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Algerian expatriate men's footballers Algerian emigrants to France People from Réghaïa Sportspeople from Algiers Province Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria 21st-century Algerian sportsmen