Oussama Souaidy

Oussama Souaidy (born 25 August 1981) is a retired footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder. Born in France, he represented Morocco at international level.

Oussama Souaidy

Personal information
Full name	Oussama Souaidy
Date of birth	(1981-08-25) 25 August 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Cahors, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Toulouse	2	(0)
2002–2003	Noja	26	(0)
2003–2005	Mallorca B	49	(0)
2005–2006	Estoril	21	(2)
2006–2007	Gramenet	12	(0)
2007–2008	Fundación Logroñés
2008–2009	Mirandés
2009–2010	Alfaro
2010–2011	Tudelano
International career
2002	Morocco	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Cahors, France, Souaidy made two Ligue 1 appearances for FC Toulouse in the 2000–01 season,^[1] with the club being relegated straight to the Championnat National due to irregularities. After one further campaign he moved to Spain, where he would remain until his retirement nine years later (with the exception of 2005–06 which was spent in Portugal with G.D. Estoril Praia, in the second division).^[2]

In the former country, Souaidy never played in higher than Segunda División B, and spent his final five seasons in Tercera División. He represented SD Noja, RCD Mallorca B, UDA Gramenet, AD Fundación Logroñés, CD Mirandés,^[3] CD Alfaro and CD Tudelano,^[4] retiring in June 2011 at nearly 30 years of age.

International career

Souaidy won one cap for Morocco, in 2002. Additionally, he was part of the squad that appeared at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, appearing in all the matches as the national team exited in the group stage with a total of four points.^[5]

References

1. "TFC: une réserve très pro" [TFC: very professional B-team]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 27 October 2000. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
2. "Souaidy reforça meio-campo" [Souaidy strengthens midfield]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 July 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
3. "El Mirandés ficha a Oussama e Iván Moreno, jugadores del Fundación Logroñés" [Mirandés sign Oussama and Iván Moreno, Fundación Logroñés players]. El Correo (in Spanish). 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
4. "El Tudelano hace oficial 11 de los 13 fichajes previstos" [Tudelano makes 11 of 13 projected signings official]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
5. . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2009.

External links

• – French league stats at LFP – also available (archived)
• Oussama Souaidy at BDFutbol  
• at ForaDeJogo (archived)  
• Oussama Souaidy at National-Football-Teams.com  
• – FIFA competition record (archived)