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Ismael Bouzid

Ismaël Bouzid
Personal information
Full name Ismaël Mickael Bouzid
Date of birth (1983-07-21) 21 July 1983 (age 33)
Place of birth Nancy, France
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current team
Progrès Niederkorn
Number 5
Youth career
1999–2002 FC Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Metz 1 (0)
2004–2005 Union Berlin 21 (1)
2005–2006 MC Alger 22 (1)
2006–2007 1. FC Kaiserslautern 25 (0)
2007–2008 Galatasaray 24 (3)
2008–2009 Troyes 7 (1)
2009 Ankaragücü 16 (1)
2009–2011 Heart of Midlothian 58 (1)
2011–2012 PAS Giannina 12 (0)
2012 Baniyas 7 (0)
2012–2013 USM Alger 3 (0)
2013–2014 Kilmarnock 4 (0)
2014– Progrès Niederkorn 34 (9)
National team
2003–2004 Algeria U23 5 (1)
2007–2012 Algeria 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 July 2013

Ismaël Mickael Bouzid (Arabic: إسماعيل بوزيد‎‎) (born 21 July 1983 in) is an Algerian footballer currently playing for Progrès Niederkorn. He plays mainly as a centre-back but has also been used as a right back.

Born in Nancy, France, Bouzid started his career with FC Metz. In July 2001, he had a trial with English Premier League side Sunderland and played in a pre-season match between Sunderland and Calais. Bouzid then played in Germany, Algeria, Turkey and France, including spells at football clubs like 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Galatasaray and Troyes.

On 9 July 2009, he joined Hearts from Ankaragücü. Bouzid scored his first goal for Hearts at Tynecastle against Celtic on 20 December 2009, which also proved to be the winning goal. In June 2011, after two years playing for the Edinburgh club, he was released alongside Rubén Palazuelos, Dawid Kucharski, Paul Mulrooney and Jamie Mole.


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