Carl Medjani
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Carl Medjani | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back / Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Trabzonspor | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2003 | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Lorient (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Metz (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Lorient | 9 | (0) |
| 2007–2013 | Ajaccio | 184 | (8) |
| 2013–2014 | Monaco | 15 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Valenciennes (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Trabzonspor | 38 | (8) |
| 2016 | Levante | 14 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Leganés | 8 | (0) |
| 2017– | Trabzonspor | 9 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2002 | France U16 | 16 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | France U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | France U18 | 8 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | France U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 2010– | Algeria | 54 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2016 |
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Carl Medjani (Arabic: كارل مجاني; born 15 May 1985) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a central defender or defensive midfielder for Turkish club Trabzonspor and the Algeria national team, for which he is currently captain.
After spending his youth development years at Saint-Étienne he was signed by Liverpool's manager Gérard Houllier in August 2003. Liverpool beat off stiff competition from Premiership rivals Arsenal, Manchester United and German giants Bayern Munich to secure his services. In an interview with L'Equipe, Medjani revealed he left Saint-Étienne because he was willing to stay if given an opportunity with the first team but his request was turned down by Manager Frédéric Antonetti.
Medjani then struggled to break in Liverpool first team so he was sent on loan to Lorient for the whole 2004–05 season by new Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez, where he made twenty five appearance. Despite impressing in the Toulon under-20 tournament in summer 2005, Benítez deemed it necessary for him to gain more experience and so he spent 2005–06 on loan at Metz.
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