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Carl Medjani
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Carl Medjani is a male association football player born in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon on May 15, 1985. He holds citizenship in France and Algeria. His professional career began in 2004, and he speaks French. Medjani has played for FC Metz, AS Monaco FC, F.C. Lorient, and A.C. Ajaccio. He wears the number 14 shirt.
Internationally, he represented both France and Algeria. He participated in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 2013 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. While his Wikidata profile lists him as a defender, The Sportsdb describes his position as defensive midfielder. He is the relative of Romain Heinrich.
Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- 2013
- → Olympiacos (loan)
- 2014
- → Valenciennes (loan)
- 2016
- Levante
- 2017
- Trabzonspor
- 2020
- FC Salaise
- Full name
- Carl Medjani
- Date of birth
- ( 1985-05-15 ) 15 May 1985 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Lyon , France
- Height
- 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Positions
- Centre back defensive midfielder
- 1998 2003
- Saint-Étienne
- Years
- Team
- 2003 2006
- Liverpool
- 2004 2005
- → Lorient (loan)
- 2005 2006
- → Metz (loan)
- 2006 2007
- Lorient
- 2007 2013
- Ajaccio
- 2013 2014
- Monaco
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Nationality
- Algeria
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Algeria
- Place of birth
- 8th arrondissement of Lyon
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- France national under-21 association football team
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- Algeria
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- Algérie - Arménie - 20140531 - Carl Medjani.jpg
- Height
- 183
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1985-05-15
- Commons category
- Carl Medjani
- sport number
- 14
- name in native language
- Carl Medjani
- relative
- Romain Heinrich
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Carl Medjani (Arabic: كارل مجاني; born 15 May 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a central defender or defensive midfielder. He spent most of his career in France, his country of birth, while representing the Algeria national team at international level.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carl Medjani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.