Rachid Hamdani (; born 8 April 1985) is a

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who last played as a

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for Asteras Tripoli. Born in France, he represented

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

at international level.

Club career

Hamdani started his career in France playing mainly with two clubs: Nancy and Clermont, till the summer of 2011. He joined

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

in 2011 where he won the 2012–13 Cypriot Cup. After making fewer appearances with other players like

Camel Meriem Camel Meriem (born 18 October 1979) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Sochaux, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Olympique de Marseille, Marseille, AS Monaco ...

and Luka Stojanovic being preferred, he scored in his last game for Apollon Limassol in the 2014–15 season. On 17 June 2015, he signed a two-year contract with Greek

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side Asteras Tripoli.Στον ΑΣΤΕΡΑ ο Rachid Hamdani
Retrieved 17 June 2015

Honours

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 ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association. First held in 1934, it i ...

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

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* 1985 births Living people People from Toul Footballers from Meurthe-et-Moselle Men's association football midfielders French sportspeople of Moroccan descent French men's footballers Moroccan men's footballers 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen Moroccan expatriate men's footballers Morocco men's international footballers Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Cypriot First Division players Super League Greece players AS Nancy Lorraine players Clermont Foot players Apollon Limassol FC players Asteras Tripolis F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Greece French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus French expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century French sportsmen {{Morocco-footy-midfielder-stub