Jamal Fakir (born 30 August 1982) is a Moroccan rugby league footballer who plays as a prop or second-row for the Lézignan Sangliers club in the Elite One Championship.
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| Born | 30 August 1982 Fes, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
editFakir was born in Fez, Morocco. He is Moroccan-French.[5]
Career
editFakir caught the attention of Super League and French rugby union sides before the Dragons' entry into Super League in 2006. After a strong debut season in Super League, Fakir's progress has been hampered by two serious knee injuries, firstly a ruptured patella tendon sustained in late 2006, and then cruciate ligament damage sustained in May 2007 which ended his season.
Fakir was named in the France training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[6] He was named in the France squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[7]
Fakir became a Moroccan international in 2009.[8]
He agreed to switch codes in May 2010 to play rugby union, and intended to join Castres Olympique on a one-year deal at the beginning of the 2010/2011 season.[9] In addition to his deal with Castres he also had interest from Scottish club Glasgow Warriors.[10] Fakir however reversed his decision and decided to stay with the Catalans for a further three seasons.
Capped for France against New Zealand in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup group play round 2, coming off the bench to make an impact in the loss.
On 3 April 2014, Fakir signed for Super League team Bradford Bulls.[11][12]
He played in the 2014 European Cup.
References
edit- ^ "Dragons Catalans". web page. Dragons Catalans S.A.S.P. 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Players". LoveRugbyLeague. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "Jamal Fakir - Career Stats & Summary". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ "Jamal FAKIR - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
- ^ Kear, John (21 March 2006). "Scouting report: Jamal Fakir, Catalans Dragons". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "France dominated by Dragons". Sky Sports. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
- ^ "France name official squad". RLWC2008. 24 September 2008. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
- ^ "Emerging nations. Squad". Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
- ^ Rugby league Sporting Life [dead link]
- ^ "Fakir opts to stay with Catalans". BBC News. 1 August 2010.
- ^ "Bulls land Fakir". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ "Bradford Bulls sign prop Fakir". BBC Sport.
External links
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- Super League profile Archived 19 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Rugby League Project stats
- Fakir signs new Dragons deal