Karim Boudiaf
Boudiaf with Lekhwiya in 2011
Personal information
Full name Karim Boudiaf[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-16) 16 September 1990
Place of birth Rueil-Malmaison, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Duhail
Number 12
Youth career
2007–2008 Lorient
2008–2010 Nancy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010– Al-Duhail 235 (16)
International career‡
2013– Qatar 118 (6)
Medal record
Representing  Qatar
Men's Football
AFC Asian Cup
Winner2019 UAETeam
FIFA Arab Cup
Third place2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Karim Boudiaf (Arabic: كريم بوضياف; born 16 September 1990) is a professional footballer who plays for Al-Duhail in the Qatar Stars League. He can play as a central defender and as a defensive midfielder. Born in France, he is naturalized to represent the Qatar national team.

Club career

On 5 September 2010, Boudiaf started for Lekhwiya in the final of the 2010 Sheikh Jassem Cup against Al-Arabi Sports Club.[3][4]

International career

Boudiaf was born in France, and is of Moroccan-Algerian descent. On 22 December 2009, Boudiaf was called up to the Algerian Under-23 national team for a training camp in Algiers.[5]

Boudiaf acquired Qatari nationality and was called up to the Qatar national football team on 13 November 2013.[6] He was capped in an unofficial friendly exhibition match against Saudi club Al Hilal.[7] He made his official debut for the team on 25 December in the 2014 WAFF Championship in a 1–0 win against Palestine.[8] Boudiaf's first goal came fifteen caps in. He cancelled out a Stuart Dallas goal as Qatar drew with Northern Ireland in England.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.[10]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 May 2015Gresty Road, Crewe, England Northern Ireland1–11–1Friendly
2.8 September 2015Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Hong Kong1–03–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.8 October 2015Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar China1–01–0
4.10 November 2016 Russia2–12–1Friendly
5.10 October 2019Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.5 November 2022Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain Panama2–02–1Friendly

Club statistics

As of 2 July 2023 [11]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Al-Duhail 2010–11 QSL 20120—1[lower-alpha 4]0231
2011–12 191105[lower-alpha 5]0—251
2012–13 2002010[lower-alpha 5]0—320
2013–14 212108[lower-alpha 5]1—303
2014–15 1611010[lower-alpha 5]0—271
2015–16 222207[lower-alpha 5]1—313
2016–17 253207[lower-alpha 5]0—323
2017–18 152119[lower-alpha 5]41[lower-alpha 6]0186
2018–19 171006[lower-alpha 5]11[lower-alpha 7]0
2019–20 224304[lower-alpha 5]01[lower-alpha 8]0
2020–21 160206[lower-alpha 5]020260
2021–22 120316[lower-alpha 5]100211
2022–23 100103[lower-alpha 5]0
Total 2351621284940
Career total 2351621284940

Honours

Al-Duhail

International

Qatar

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Qatar" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ↑ رأس «كابوري» تمنح العربي كأس الشيخ جاسم Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Lekhwiya 2010/2011". Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. ↑ EN Espoirs : 27 joueurs convoqués
  6. ↑ "Qatar calls up Algerian duo of Boualem Khoukhi and Karim Boudiaf". dzfoot.com. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Al Hilal of KSA hold Qatar reserves to goalless draw". qfa.com.qa. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Match report" (PDF). the-waff.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Qatar try to shift focus back on football with Northern Ireland draw". The Guardian. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Boudia, Karim". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Karim Boudiaf". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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