Farid Boulaya

Farid Boulaya

Boulaya training with Metz in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth	Vitrolles, France
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al-Wakrah
Number	70
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	Istres	46	(1)
2015–2016	Clermont	32	(7)
2015	Clermont B	1	(1)
2016–2017	Bastia	2	(0)
2017	Bastia B	3	(0)
2017–2018	Girona	1	(0)
2018	→ Metz (loan)	7	(0)
2018	→ Metz B (loan)	5	(1)
2018–2022	Metz	113	(18)
2021	Metz B	1	(0)
2022–2024	Al-Gharafa	39	(6)
2024–	Al-Wakrah	0	(0)
International career^‡
2020–	Algeria	8	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 January 2022

Farid Boulaya (Arabic: فريد بولاية; born 25 February 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Born in France, he plays for Al-Wakrah and the Algeria national team.

Club career

An Istres youth graduate, Boulaya made his professional debut on 11 May 2012, coming on as a substitute for Maxime Tarasconi in a 1–0 defeat away at Lens.^{[citation needed]}

On 31 August 2016, Boulaya signed a four-year deal for Ligue 1 side Bastia.^[2] However, he only appeared in two matches for the club.^{[citation needed]}

On 25 July 2017, Boulaya moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a three-year deal with La Liga side Girona.^[3] In January 2018, he joined Metz on loan.^[4]

On 21 August 2022, Boulaya signed a two-year contract with Al-Gharafa in Qatar.^[5]

International career

Boulaya made his debut with the Algeria national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Nigeria on 9 October 2020.^[6]

References

1. "Farid Boulaya". FC Metz. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
2. "Farid Boulaya turchinu sin'à 2020" [Farid Boulaya is Blue until 2020] (in French). SC Bastia. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
3. "El Girona ficha al centrocampista Farid Boulaya" [Girona sign the central midfielder Farid Boulaya] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
4. "Farid Boulaya (Girone) prêté à Metz (officiel)" (in French). L'Équipe. 19 January 2018.
5. "رسمياً .. فريد بولاية وإسحق بلفضيل يدعمان صفوف الفهود لمدة موسمين" (in Arabic). Al-Gharafa. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
6. "Nigeria vs. Algeria – 9 October 2020 – Soccerway". Soccerway.

External links

• Farid Boulaya career statistics at foot-national.com
• Farid Boulaya – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)