Houssine Kharja
Kharja with Morocco in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 November 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Poissy, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1998 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 1998–2000 | Gazélec Ajaccio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Sporting CP B | 28 | (4) |
| 2001–2007 | Ternana | 119 | (10) |
| 2005–2006 | → Roma (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Piacenza | 17 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Siena (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | Siena | 36 | (5) |
| 2009–2011 | Genoa | 20 | (3) |
| 2011 | → Internazionale (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Fiorentina | 19 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Al-Arabi | 19 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Sochaux | 22 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Steaua București | 8 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003– | Morocco | 78 | (13) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 June 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2015 |
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Houssine Kharja (Arabic: حسين خرجة; born 9 November 1982) is a Moroccan international footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Born in France, he spent most of his career in Italy after starting out at Sporting Clube de Portugal, amassing Serie A totals of 117 games and 13 goals. He represented in the competition A.S. Roma, Internazionale and Fiorentina, amongst other clubs.
Kharja began his career with Paris Saint-Germain's youth side and in 2000 he joined Portuguese side Sporting Clube de Portugal.
After only one season for Sporting, he joined Ternana in 2001. He played four impressive Serie B seasons for the Rossoverdi, gaining a place in the Moroccan national team, and being loaned to Roma in 2005, with option to buy him in co-ownership deal for €3.6 million. Kharja played 12 matches and scored one goal during a 1–1 draw against Juventus.
At the end of the 2005–06 season, Roma decided not to extend Kharja's loan, so the Moroccan player returned to Ternana, but he refused this transfer because in the meantime the Rossoverdi had been relegated to Serie C1. Ternana considered him as their own player, and Lega Calcio Serie C even suspended him until 26 April 2007. After appeals, FIGC's court decided that Kharja was a free agent, and so, on 20 March 2007 he signed a three-year contract with Serie B team Piacenza. On January 2008, he was loaned to Siena for the second half of the season, with this deal being turned a permanent one on 11 July.
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