Rachid Aït-Atmane

Rachid Aït-Atmane

Rachid warming up for Sporting Gijón
Personal information
Full name Rachid Aït-Atmane
Date of birth (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993
Place of birth Bobigny, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sporting Gijón
Number 8
Youth career
Lens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Lens II 34 (1)
2013–2015 Sporting B 35 (1)
2014– Sporting Gijón 34 (0)
National team‡
2016– Algeria U-23 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2016

Rachid Aït-Atmane (Arabic: رشيد آيت عثمان[عدل‎‎;born 4 February 1993), simply known as Rachid,[1] is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Spanish side Sporting de Gijón as a central midfielder.

Club career

Born in Bobigny, Aït-Atmane finished his formation with RC Lens' youth setup, and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2010–11 campaign, in the Championnat de France amateur. On 4 June 2013 he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a two-year deal with Spanish side Sporting de Gijón and being assigned to the B-team in Segunda División B.[2]

Aït-Atmane played his first match as a professional on 23 August 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 away success against CD Numancia for the Segunda División championship.[3] On 10 July of the following year he renewed his contract until 2019, being definitely promoted to the main squad.[4]

Aït-Atmane made his La Liga debut on 23 August 2015, coming on as a late substitute for Carlos Carmona in a 0–0 home draw against Real Madrid.[5]

International career

In November 2015, Aït-Atmane was called up to the Algerian under-23 national team for the first time for a friendly against Tunisia in preparation for the 2015 CAF U-23 Championship.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Rachid toma los mandos" [Rachid takes the reigns] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Rachid Aït-Atmane se compromete por dos temporadas con el Sporting" [Rachid Aït-Atmane signs for two seasons with Sporting] (in Spanish). Sporting's official website. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "El Sporting remonta con un hombre más" [Sporting comebacks with a man more] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "El Sporting renueva a Rachid y Hugo Fraile mientras que Guitián sube al primer equipo" [Sporting renews with Rachid and Hugo Fraile while Guitián is promoted to the first team] (in Spanish). Sporting's official website. 10 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "El Madrid sigue seco" [Madrid is still dry] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 August 2015.
  6. ↑ HMF (November 3, 2015). "EN U23 : Rachid Aït-Athmane en renfort" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
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