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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rachid Aït-Atmane | ||
Date of birth | (1993-02-04) 4 February 1993 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Bobigny, France | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting Gijón | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
Lens | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Lens II | 34 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Sporting B | 35 | (1) |
2014– | Sporting Gijón | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 August 2015 |
Rachid Aït-Atmane (born 4 February 1993) 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.
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. On 10 July of the following year he renewed his contract until 2019, being definitely promoted to the main squad.
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.
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.
References
- Rachid Aït-Atmane se compromete por dos temporadas con el Sporting (Rachid Aït-Atmane signs for two seasons with Sporting); Sporting's official website, 4 June 2013 Template:Es icon
- El Sporting remonta con un hombre más (Sporting comebacks with a man more); Marca, 23 August 2014 Template:Es icon
- 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); Sporting's official website, 10 July 2015 Template:Es icon
- El Madrid sigue seco (Madrid is still dry); Marca, 23 August 2015 Template:Es icon
- HMF (November 3, 2015). "EN U23 : Rachid Aït-Athmane en renfort" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
External links
- Sporting official profile Template:Es icon
- Rachid at BDFutbol
- Rachid at Soccerway
Sporting de Gijón – current squad | |
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Bobigny
- Sportspeople from Île-de-France
- French people of Algerian descent
- Algerian footballers
- French footballers
- Association football midfielders
- RC Lens players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Sporting de Gijón B players
- Sporting de Gijón players
- Algerian expatriate footballers
- French expatriate footballers
- French expatriates in Spain
- Algerian expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain