Adi Raïs Cobos Adrien Ouahab M'Bolhi (; born 25 April 1986), known as Raïs M'Bolhi, is a professional

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who plays as a

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. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Club career

Early career

M'Bolhi, who hails of Congolese (father) and Algerian (mother) origin, started playing football for

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. Then, he joined

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, though he never made a league appearance before his release in January 2006. After his release from Marseille, M'Bolhi was promptly recruited by Heart of Midlothian, one of 11 signings in the January

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. However, along with fellow new buys with

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and

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, he was not retained for the 2006–07 season and left the club without having made a first-team appearance. Prior to the 2006–07 season M'Bolhi signed with Greek club

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, then competing in

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. M'Bolhi made 5 appearances for Ethnikos before leaving in the winter transfer period for Greek club

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, then competing in

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. In 2008 M'Bolhi played 22 matches for

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Slavia Sofia

In May 2009, Bulgarian

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signed M'Bolhi to a two-year deal. He made his competitive debut for Slavia on 14 June 2009 against

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. In January 2010, M'Bohli was named the 2009 Best Goalkeeper of

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. The fans organization of Slavia named him the best player of the 2009–2010 season. On 6 May 2010, M'Bohli joined on a two-day trial with English champions

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, but was ultimately not selected to play on the squad. On 23 June 2010, English club

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reportedly put in a bid for him for £1million. On 22 July he was training with West Ham in their summer training camp in Germany.

CSKA Sofia loan

He was loaned out to

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on 30 August 2010, until the end of the year. After some unstable performance from

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and

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, M'Bolhi was expected to be the first choice goalkeeper for the rest of the first half of the season and the group stage of

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and he indeed established himself as the main goalkeeper for the "redmen". M'Bolhi did not play against his parent team

in the seventh round of the Bulgaria A PFG due to a special clause in the loan agreement.

Krylia Sovetov

On 16 December 2010, M'Bolhi was transferred to Russian side

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, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract. His debut came on 12 March 2011, in the 1–0 away loss against

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, with the only goal being scored from the penalty spot. After the signing of Sergey Veremko, M'Bolhi found himself out of the first team.

CSKA Sofia loan

He was loaned out to CSKA Sofia for a second time on 2 August 2011, for a year, and was first choice for the team, but was then recalled by the Russian club. During the summer of 2012, M'Bolhi briefly returned to CSKA Sofia with the intention of signing a permanent contract with the team. However, he was deemed surplus to the requirements by the manager following the team's elimination from the

by Slovenian club Mura 05 in late July 2012 (despite the Algerian not participating in these matches). He was back to Krylia Sovetov and trained with youth team. He was later called up to the Algerian national team for the

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Gazélec Ajaccio loan

In mid January 2013, M'Bolhi was loaned out to

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club

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. He made his debut on 1 February 2013, in the 0–2 away loss against

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. His team was relegated to the

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at the end of the season and he rejoined CSKA Sofia in the summer of 2013, signing a three-year contract.

CSKA Sofia (third spell)

M'Bolhi was initially the third choice goalkeeper for the "armymen", but started to feature more often towards the end of 2013 after

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fell into disfavour. On 8 March 2014, M'Bolhi kept a

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in the 1–0 win over

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, but was

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in the closing minutes of the match after an altercation with

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where M'Bolhi smashed the ball on Touré's head. He continued to be a regular for Algeria.

Philadelphia Union

On 30 July 2014, M'Bolhi was unveiled as a new signing of

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club

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. M'Bohli had previously been linked to

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, where he could have joined manager

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and team-mate Carl Medjani. However, his debut was delayed until 25 August (a 4–2 home win over

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) after he was involved in a car accident in Paris, France and had to resolve paperwork issues. M'Bolhi was presented with number 92 shirt for the club. However, as of 8 April, M'Bolhi was benched by the Union's head coach, Jim Curtin, citing poor performance during the Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City game on 5 April. After playing in only nine matches in the 2015 season, head coach Jim Curtin said that M'Bolhi would never play again for Philadelphia. M'Bolhi is considered one of the worst signings in the club's history.

Antalyaspor

On 24 August 2015, M'Bolhi signed for Turkish club

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Rennes

On 11 January 2017, M'Bolhi decided to sign a contract with French top flight club

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, rejoining his former national team manager

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Al-Ettifaq

On 19 January 2018, M'Bolhi joined Saudi Arabian club

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on a six-month deal. On 6 March 2018, M'Bolhi renewed his contract with Al-Ettifaq until the end of the 2020–21 season. On 25 January 2019, M'Bolhi renewed his contract until 2022. On 30 June 2022, Al-Ettifaq announced that M'Bolhi had left the club following the expiration of his contract.

Al-Qadsiah

On 9 September 2022, M'Bolhi joined Saudi First Division League side Al-Qadsiah, reuniting with former manager Khaled Al-Atwi.

CR Belouizdad

On 1 September 2023, M'Bolhi joined

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International career

He earned his first call-up to the France U-17 national team in November 2002 for a friendly match against England. In 2003, he was called up for two more friendlies against Portugal and the Czech Republic. In June 2004, he received his first and only call-up to the France U-18 team for a friendly tournament in

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, Italy. Subsequently, he was called up to the Algerian U-17 team but was not released by his club

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in a 3–0 loss against the

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after coming on as a second-half substitute. He conceded one goal, a

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scored by

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. He made the 23-man Algerian squad for the

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and replaced Faouzi Chaouchi as starting goalkeeper for the second group match against

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, keeping a

and impressing in the goalless draw. However, he conceded a goal to

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in the 91st minute of Algeria's 23 June match-up against the

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On 11 August 2010, M'Bolhi earned his fourth cap in a 1–2 friendly loss to

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. He was also chosen as the starting goalkeeper for the first two games of the

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and featured in 2014 World Cup qualification matches. On 9 September 2012, M'Bolhi was a key player for Algeria in a 1–0 away win over

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in a

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match. He was the first choice custodian for the country during the

. M'Bolhi was Algeria's starting goalkeeper at the

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, where the Algerians managed to qualify to the knockout rounds for the first time in history. His performance in the round of 16 against

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, with a total of 11 saves, helped push the game into overtime. Algeria eventually lost 2–1, but M'Bolhi earned

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honors. M’Bolhi won his first title with Algeria at the

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. He was Algeria's starting goalkeeper as he started every game of Algeria's tournament winning run and played every minute of the competition for Algeria. Moreover, he was named as "Man of the Match" against

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in the

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and was named the best goalkeeper of the tournament. In December 2023, he was named in Algeria's squad for the

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Personal life

M’Bolhi's mother, Aïsha, died in 2010. Since then, he has worn gloves on which her name is inscribed on one pair, while "Raïs" is written on another pair.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Algeria *

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Individual * Best Algerian Goalkeeper : 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 * Best Goalkeeper of the Africa Cup of Nations: 2019 * CAF AFCON Team of the Tournament: 2019 * Saudi Professional League Player of the Month:

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Golden Glove:

*FIFA Arab Cup Team of the Tournament:

References

External links

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