Steve Shamal (born 22 February 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Şanlıurfaspor as a winger.

Professional career

On 10 August 2017, Shamal joined

Stade de Reims Stade de Reims () is a French professional association football, football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1910 and plays in Ligue 1, the top level of Football in France, having been promoted from Ligue 2 in 2017–18 Ligue 2, 2018. ...

after a couple of years in the reserve sides of Bordeaux and Auxerre. Shamal made his first team debut for Reims in a 3–1

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

win over RC Lens on 17 March 2018. He signed his first professional contract, of three-years duration, with the club in April 2018. He helped Reims win the

2017–18 Ligue 2 The 2017–18 Ligue 2 (referred to as the Domino's Ligue 2 for sponsorship reasons) season was the 79th season since its establishment. Teams There are 20 clubs in the league, with three promoted teams from Championnat National replacing the th ...

and gain promotion to

Ligue 1 Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...

for the 2018-19 season. In June 2018 Shamal joined Quevilly-Rouen on a season-long loan. In August 2019 Shamal joined

Boulogne Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...

on a two-year deal. Having been tracked by

Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Annecy Annecy ( , ; frp, Èneci or ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed ...

International career

Shamal was born in France to a Palestinian father and Algerian mother. He is a youth international for France, having played for the France U16s.

Honours

;Reims *

(1): 2017-18

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shamal, Steve Living people 1996 births Footballers from Ivry-sur-Seine Men's association football wingers French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers French people of Palestinian descent French sportspeople of Algerian descent Stade de Reims players US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole players US Boulogne players Stade Malherbe Caen players FC Annecy players Şanlıurfaspor footballers Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey