Rachid Belabed | |
Fullname: | Rachid Belabed |
Birth Date: | 1980 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Sporting Club Steinfort |
Years1: | 1997–1998 |
Clubs1: | Anderlecht |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1998–1999 |
Clubs2: | Molenbeek |
Caps2: | 13 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1999–2002 |
Clubs3: | Aberdeen |
Caps3: | 40 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2002–2004 |
Clubs4: | La Louviere |
Caps4: | 21 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2005–2006 |
Clubs5: | Eupen |
Caps5: | 15 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2006–2007 |
Clubs6: | FC Wiltz 71 |
Caps6: | 10 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Years7: | 2007–2009 |
Clubs7: | Racing FC Union Luxembourg |
Caps7: | 48 |
Goals7: | 11 |
Years8: | 2009–2010 |
Clubs8: | RM Hamm Benfica |
Caps8: | 24 |
Goals8: | 3 |
Years9: | 2010– |
Clubs9: | Sporting Club Steinfort |
Rachid Belabed (born 20 October 1980 in Brussels) is a Belgian-born Moroccan footballer, who plays for Luxembourg 1. Division club SC Steinfort.
Belabed signed for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen in 1999 for a fee of £100,000. He made 40 appearances in the Scottish Premier League, scoring once against Dundee United,[1] before leaving the club when his contract expired in 2002.[2] He then signed for Belgian side La Louviere, who sacked him in 2004. While at La Louvière he helped them win the 2002–03 Belgian Cup.[3]
Belabed was born in Belgium to a Moroccan father and an Algerian mother.
In 2004, Belabed assaulted Claude Moniquet, a journalist.[4] Belabed had accused Moniquet of being racist and an enemy of Islam.[4]