Karim Boudiaf
![]() Boudiaf with Lekhwiya in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Karim Boudiaf[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rueil-Malmaison, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Duhail | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Lorient | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Nancy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Al-Duhail | 262 | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Qatar | 121 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 February 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Karim Boudiaf (Arabic: كريم بوضياف; born 16 September 1990) is a professional footballer who plays for Al-Duhail in the Qatar Stars League. He can play as a central defender and as a defensive midfielder. Born in France, he represents the Qatar national team.
Club career
On 5 September 2010, Boudiaf started for Lekhwiya in the final of the 2010 Sheikh Jassem Cup against Al-Arabi Sports Club.[3]
International career
Boudiaf was born in France, and is of Moroccan-Algerian descent. On 22 December 2009, Boudiaf was called up to the Algeria U23 national team for a training camp in Algiers.[4]
Boudiaf acquired Qatari nationality and was called up to the Qatar national team on 13 November 2013.[5] He was capped in an unofficial friendly exhibition match against Saudi club Al Hilal.[6] He made his official debut for the team on 25 December in the 2014 WAFF Championship in a 1–0 win against Palestine.[7] Boudiaf's first goal came fifteen caps in. He cancelled out a Stuart Dallas goal as Qatar drew with Northern Ireland in England.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 24 December 2024[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental[b] | Other[c] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nancy B | 2008–09 | CFA | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Al-Duhail | 2010–11 | QSL | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10[e] | 0 | ="2"|— | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8[e] | 1 | — | 30 | 3 | |||
| 2014–15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10[e] | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2015–16 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7[e] | 1 | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2016–17 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7[e] | 0 | — | 32 | 3 | |||
| 2017–18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9[e] | 4 | 1[d] | 0 | 18 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6[e] | 1 | 1[d] | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[e] | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6[e] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | ||||||
| 2023–24 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | ||||||
| 2024–25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[g] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 262 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 87 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 380 | 28 | ||
| Career total | 280 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 87 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 398 | 28 | ||
- ^ Includes Qatar Emir Cup
- ^ Includes AFC Champions League
- ^ Includes Qatar Crown Prince Cup and Qatari Super Cup
- ^ a b c Appearance in Qatari Super Cup
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ appearance in Qatari Stars Cup
International
- Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.[10]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 31 May 2015 | Gresty Road, Crewe, England | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | |
| 2. | 8 September 2015 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 3. | 8 October 2015 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 4. | 10 November 2016 | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | ||
| 5. | 10 October 2019 | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 6. | 5 November 2022 | Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Honours
- Qatar Stars League: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
- Qatar Cup: 2013, 2015, 2018
- Sheikh Jassem Cup: 2015, 2016
- Emir of Qatar Cup: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022
- Qatar
- Individual
- Qatar Stars League Team of the Year: 2017–18
References
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Qatar" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ رأس «كابوري» تمنح العربي كأس الشيخ جاسم Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "EN Espoirs : 27 joueurs convoqués". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "Qatar calls up Algerian duo of Boualem Khoukhi and Karim Boudiaf". dzfoot.com. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Al Hilal of KSA hold Qatar reserves to goalless draw". qfa.com.qa. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Match report" (PDF). the-waff.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "Qatar try to shift focus back on football with Northern Ireland draw". The Guardian. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "Karim Boudiaf". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Boudia, Karim". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
