Karim Aït-Fana (Arabic: كاريم ايت-فانا; born 25 February 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. Having represented his birth country of France at various youth levels, he made three appearances for the Morocco national team.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:05, 26 July 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:05, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Aït-Fana can play in a variety of attacking positions, which include playing in the hole, as a winger, and in the attacking midfield position. Aït-Fana's father is from Azrou and his mother is from Meknes.[1]
Aït-Fana was born in Limoges and began his career playing for his local club, Air Limoges. At the age of thirteen, he was selected to attend the Centre fédéral de préformation de Châteauroux, a regional youth academy that is comparable to that of the Clairefontaine academy, in order to receive further training. While training at Châteauroux during the week, he played with hometown club Limoges FC on the weekends. After spending two years at the academy, he joined Montpellier.
Aït-Fana made his professional football debut on 12 May 2006, the final match day of the 2005–06 season, coming on as a late-match substitute playing nine minutes in a 1–0 loss to Le Havre.[2] The following season, his playing time increased to 13 matches. He also scored his first goal during this season on 27 April 2007 against LB Châteauroux in a 3–1 defeat.[3] Aït-Fana's role in the team was greatly expanded for the 2007–08 season as he appeared in 37 total matches. He scored his only two goals for the season in the final league match of the season against FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin, which Montpellier won 5–0.
Montpellier earned promotion to Ligue 1 following the club's successful campaign during the 2008–09 season with Aït-Fana having an influential role. He scored a career-high six goals during the campaign including the winner against Guingamp late in the season with the club in the midst of a promotion battle. Due to his successful season, Aït-Fana was given a contract extension with the club until the year 2012.[4] In his first season with Montpellier in Ligue 1, Aït-Fana was a revelation in the team, which reached as high as second position in the league. He has scored impressive goals against Sochaux, Boulogne, Le Mans, and Marseille. Montpellier went undefeated in the five league matches Aït-Fana has scored in.
In Montpellier's last home game of the 2011–12 campaign, Aït-Fana scored a last minute goal in a 1–0 win over Lille after coming off the bench.
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In late January, Aït-Fana joined reigning African championsWydad AC, agreeing a 1.5-year deal.[5] In August 2018 he revealed that few days after signing the contract, he learned that his contract was not certified for an administrative history and he then went back to France.[6]
Aït-Fana has been active on the international youth circuit for France. He has earned limited caps with the under-16s, under-17s, under-18s, and the under U-19 squad.[8] After not representing France for over a year and a half, it was speculated that he would follow in the footsteps on fellow French-born Moroccan Marouane Chamakh and play for Morocco, his country of origin.[1] However, on 1 October 2009, he was called up to the France under-21 team by coach Erick Mombaerts for their 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification matches against Malta on 9 October and Belgium on 13 October.[9] He made his debut in the Malta match appearing as a substitute in the 76th minute. Despite being on the pitch for mere seconds, he scored France's second goal of the match ensuring them a 2–0 victory.[10]
Aït-Fana made his debut with the national team of Morocco in a friendly match against Senegal held on 25 May in Marrakech.
^ ab"Le week-end des pros limousins : Roudet encore décisif, Aït-Fana et Doumbouya vers de nouveaux horizons". Le Populaire du Centre (in French). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^Karim Aït-Fana : «Les clubs ont toujours de moi l'image d'un joueur blessé», lequipe.fr, 23 August 2018
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Karim Ait Fana Arabic كاريم ايت فانا born 25 February 1989 is a professional footballer who plays as a striker Having represented his birth country of France at various youth levels he made three appearances for the Morocco national team Karim Ait FanaAit Fana in 2012Personal informationDate of birth 1989 02 25 25 February 1989 age 35 Place of birthLimoges FranceHeight1 75 m 5 ft 9 in Position s WingerYouth career1995 1997Air Limoges1997 2002AS Saint Louis2002 2004IFR Chateauroux2003 2004Limoges2004 2006MontpellierSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 2006 2016Montpellier149 17 2016 2017Nimes Olympique23 0 2017 2018GS Consolat3 0 2018Wydad Casablanca0 0 2019Gallia Lucciana8 0 International career 2004 2005France U164 0 2005 2006France U173 0 2006 2007France U186 1 2007 2008France U193 0 2009 2010France U215 1 2012 2017Morocco3 0 Club domestic league appearances and goals correct as of 18 05 26 July 2020 UTC National team caps and goals correct as of 18 05 26 July 2020 UTC Ait Fana can play in a variety of attacking positions which include playing in the hole as a winger and in the attacking midfield position Ait Fana s father is from Azrou and his mother is from Meknes 1 Contents 1 Club career 1 1 Montpellier 1 2 Nimes Olympique 1 3 Consolat GS 1 4 Wydad Casablanca 1 5 Gallia Lucciana 2 International career 3 Personal life 4 Career statistics 4 1 Club 5 Honours 6 References 7 External linksClub career editMontpellier edit Ait Fana was born in Limoges and began his career playing for his local club Air Limoges At the age of thirteen he was selected to attend the Centre federal de preformation de Chateauroux a regional youth academy that is comparable to that of the Clairefontaine academy in order to receive further training While training at Chateauroux during the week he played with hometown club Limoges FC on the weekends After spending two years at the academy he joined Montpellier Ait Fana made his professional football debut on 12 May 2006 the final match day of the 2005 06 season coming on as a late match substitute playing nine minutes in a 1 0 loss to Le Havre 2 The following season his playing time increased to 13 matches He also scored his first goal during this season on 27 April 2007 against LB Chateauroux in a 3 1 defeat 3 Ait Fana s role in the team was greatly expanded for the 2007 08 season as he appeared in 37 total matches He scored his only two goals for the season in the final league match of the season against FC Libourne Saint Seurin which Montpellier won 5 0 Montpellier earned promotion to Ligue 1 following the club s successful campaign during the 2008 09 season with Ait Fana having an influential role He scored a career high six goals during the campaign including the winner against Guingamp late in the season with the club in the midst of a promotion battle Due to his successful season Ait Fana was given a contract extension with the club until the year 2012 4 In his first season with Montpellier in Ligue 1 Ait Fana was a revelation in the team which reached as high as second position in the league He has scored impressive goals against Sochaux Boulogne Le Mans and Marseille Montpellier went undefeated in the five league matches Ait Fana has scored in In Montpellier s last home game of the 2011 12 campaign Ait Fana scored a last minute goal in a 1 0 win over Lille after coming off the bench Nimes Olympique edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it August 2016 Consolat GS edit In early January 2018 Ait Fana left Championnat National side GS Consolat 5 Wydad Casablanca edit In late January Ait Fana joined reigning African champions Wydad AC agreeing a 1 5 year deal 5 In August 2018 he revealed that few days after signing the contract he learned that his contract was not certified for an administrative history and he then went back to France 6 Gallia Lucciana edit In January 2019 Ait Fana joined Gallia Club Lucciana in the Championnat National 3 7 International career editAit Fana has been active on the international youth circuit for France He has earned limited caps with the under 16s under 17s under 18s and the under U 19 squad 8 After not representing France for over a year and a half it was speculated that he would follow in the footsteps on fellow French born Moroccan Marouane Chamakh and play for Morocco his country of origin 1 However on 1 October 2009 he was called up to the France under 21 team by coach Erick Mombaerts for their 2011 UEFA European Under 21 Football Championship qualification matches against Malta on 9 October and Belgium on 13 October 9 He made his debut in the Malta match appearing as a substitute in the 76th minute Despite being on the pitch for mere seconds he scored France s second goal of the match ensuring them a 2 0 victory 10 Ait Fana made his debut with the national team of Morocco in a friendly match against Senegal held on 25 May in Marrakech Personal life editAit Fana is Muslim 11 Career statistics editClub edit As of 18 February 2018 12 13 Appearances and goals by club season and competition Club Season League Cup a Europe b Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Montpellier 2005 06 Ligue 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2006 07 13 1 0 0 0 0 13 1 2007 08 31 2 6 0 0 0 37 2 2008 09 29 6 2 0 0 0 31 6 2009 10 Ligue 1 33 5 2 2 0 0 35 7 2010 11 19 0 4 0 2 0 25 0 2011 12 11 2 4 0 0 0 15 2 2012 13 8 0 0 0 2 1 10 1 2013 14 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 Total 149 17 20 2 4 1 173 20 Montpellier B 2014 15 CFA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Nimes 2016 17 Ligue 2 23 0 1 0 0 0 24 0 Consolat Marseille 2017 18 Championnat National 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 Career total 176 17 22 2 4 1 202 20 Includes Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Trophee des Champions Includes UEFA Europa League UEFA Champions LeagueHonours editMontpellier Ligue 1 2011 12References edit a b Interview Exclusive Karim AIT FANA Archived from the original on 24 December 2008 Retrieved 29 November 2008 Montpellier v Le Havre Match Report Archived 17 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine Lfp fr Montpellier v Chateauroux Match Report permanent dead link Lfp fr Montpellier Ait Fana prolonge Mercato365 com a b Le week end des pros limousins Roudet encore decisif Ait Fana et Doumbouya vers de nouveaux horizons Le Populaire du Centre in French 29 January 2018 Retrieved 13 February 2018 Karim Ait Fana Les clubs ont toujours de moi l image d un joueur blesse lequipe fr 23 August 2018 Karim Ait Fana at Soccerway France v Greece Match Report dead link Ait Fana et Yanga Mbiwa convoques Archived 7 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Victoire francaise 2 0 Fff fr Gary Lineker apologises after joking that praying Muslim footballers 8 October 2012 Karim AiT FANA Football la fiche de Karim AiT FANA Marseille Consolat L Equipe in French Retrieved 18 February 2018 Karim Ait Fana Club matches worldfootball net Retrieved 18 February 2018 External links editKarim Ait Fana French league stats at LFP also available in French archived Karim Ait Fana at ESPN FC Karim Ait Fana UEFA competition record archive Karim Ait Fana at Soccerway Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Karim Ait Fana amp oldid 1212188848, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
