| Walid Cheddira | |
| Full Name: | Walid Cheddira[1] |
| Birth Date: | 22 January 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Loreto, Italy |
| Height: | 1.87 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Napoli |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Years1: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Loreto |
| Caps1: | 49 |
| Goals1: | 9 |
| Years2: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs2: | Sangiustese |
| Caps2: | 72 |
| Goals2: | 20 |
| Years3: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs3: | Parma |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Arezzo (loan) |
| Caps4: | 13 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020 |
| Clubs5: | → Lecco (loan) |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs6: | → Mantova (loan) |
| Caps6: | 38 |
| Goals6: | 9 |
| Years7: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs7: | Bari |
| Caps7: | 65 |
| Goals7: | 23 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | Napoli |
| Caps8: | 1 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs9: | → Frosinone (loan) |
| Caps9: | 36 |
| Goals9: | 7 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022– |
| Nationalteam1: | Morocco |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 23:03, 18 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 17 June 2023 (UTC) |
Walid Cheddira (Arabic: وليد شديرة; born 22 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Napoli. Born in Italy, he plays for the Morocco national team.
Cheddira spent the first four seasons of his senior career in the lower, non-professional tiers of Italian football.
On 10 July 2019, Cheddira signed a three-year contract with Serie A club Parma,[2] who loaned him to Arezzo in Serie C on 22 July.[3] He made his professional Serie C debut on 25 August, as a starter in a game against Lecco.[4] After half a season, Parma sent Cheddira on loan to Lecco on 31 January 2020,[5] and to Mantova on 4 September.[6]
On 18 July 2021, Cheddira joined Bari on loan,[7] who made the deal permanent on 30 June 2022, signing a contract until June 2025.[8]
On 20 August 2023, Cheddira was signed by Napoli and loaned to Frosinone for the 2023–24 season.[9]
Cheddira was born in Italy and is Moroccan by descent.[10] He was called up to play for the Morocco national team for two friendlies against Chile and Paraguay on 23 and 27 September 2022, respectively;[11] he made his debut against Chile as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 win.[12]
On 10 November 2022, Cheddira was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[13] [14] He made his competition debut as an 82nd-minute substitute in the round of 16 against Spain, a penalty shoot-out victory for Morocco following a 0–0 draw after extra time.[15] In the quarter-finals against Portugal, Cheddira came on in the 65th minute, and was sent off for two yellow cards in stoppage time. Morocco won 1–0.[16] [17]
| Season | League | Coppa Italia | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sangiustese | 2017–18 | Serie D | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | |
| 2018–19 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 10 | |||
| Total | 72 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 76 | 21 | |||
| Arezzo (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Lecco (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mantova (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie C | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 9 | |
| Bari | 2021–22 | Serie C | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 6 | |
| 2022–23 | Serie B | 31 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 22 | ||
| Total | 65 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 75 | 28 | |||
| Napoli | 2023–24 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Frosinone (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie A | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | |
| Career total | 227 | 59 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 249 | 66 | |||
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