Virgile Boumelaha (born 6 August 1983) is a French former footballer.[1]

Virgile Boumelaha
Personal information
Full name Virgile Jamel Boumelaha
Date of birth (1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Mulhouse, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
FC Langenthal
Youth career
1996–1998 FC Saint-Louis
1998–2000 FC Basel
2000–2002 Sochaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Sochaux 2 (0)
2004–2005 VfB Stuttgart II 11 (0)
2005–2006 HJK Helsinki 1 (0)
2006–2008 SR Delémont 19 (0)
2008 FC Gossau 4 (0)
2009– FC Grenchen
2012– FC Langenthal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:59, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Career

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Boumelaha began his career with FC Saint-Louis, he moved then to FC Basel and later to FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 2002 but made two appearances for the club before joining VfB Stuttgart in 2004. He failed to break into the first team there, also, signed for HJK Helsinki where he played 1 game over the course of the 2005/06 season. He then moved to Switzerland with SR Delémont in January 2006 where he played 19 games. After just two seasons with Delémont, he made his way to FC Gossau[2] of the Challenge League, who he played 6 months between 18 December 2008 who left the team,[3] he signed than in February 2009 with FC Grenchen.[4]

Privates

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He is the younger brother of Olivier Boumelaha and the elder brother of Sabri Boumelaha.

References

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  1. ^ "Interview de Boumelaha : "Sans hésitation je choisirai le bled" | Football algérien". Dzfoot.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ^ "FOOT: Virgile Boumelaha engagé par Gossau". News.search.ch. 29 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  3. ^ "toggenburgertagblatt.ch – Gossau verlängert auslaufende Verträge nicht". Toggenburgertagblatt.ch. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Fussball in der Region Luzern – Zentralschweiz – Transfernews Spieler und Trainer". REGIOfussball.ch. 23 September 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
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