Khalid Boulahrouz
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Khalid Boulahrouz | |
| Date of birth | 28 December 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Maassluis, Netherlands | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Stuttgart | |
| Number | 4 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001–2004 2004–2006 2006–2008 2007–2008 2008– |
Waalwijk Hamburg Chelsea → Sevilla (loan) Stuttgart |
64 (4) 52 (2) 13 (0) 6 (0) 21 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004– | Netherlands | 26 (0) |
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Khalid Boulahrouz 28 December 1981, in Maassluis, Netherlands is a Dutch footballer of Berber Moroccan Rif descent, who plays for the Netherlands and VfB Stuttgart. His nickname is "Khalid the Cannibal" for his ability to "eat up" his opposition.[1]
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[edit] Personal life
Boulahrouz was born into a Rifi Berber Moroccan family living in the Netherlands. He has eight siblings. As a youngster he endured much hardship, such as being sent away from the youth academies of Ajax and Haarlem. When he was sixteen his father died and he had to take responsibility for his family.[2]
While Boulahrouz was in Switzerland preparing for the Euro 2008 quarter finals against Russia, his and his wife Sabia's prematurely born daughter Anissa died in a Lausanne hospital.[3] He opted to play against Russia a few days later, and the entire Dutch team wore black armbands in his daughter's memory.
[edit] Club career
In his youth Boulahrouz played consecutively for Excelsior Maassluis, DSOV, Ajax, Haarlem and AZ.
[edit] RKC
After a difficult period playing for different clubs, he finally found some stability at Waalwijk, where coach Martin Jol gave him the confidence he had been looking for.[2] He began his professional career in the Dutch Eredivisie for RKC on 9 March 2002, against Heerenveen.
[edit] Hamburg
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After playing two seasons for RKC he moved to Hamburg to play in the German Bundesliga at the start of the 2004–05 season. While at Hamburg, he earned his nickname "Khalid der Kannibale" ("Khalid the Cannibal") for his ability to eat up the opposition.[1] This is illustrated by the amount of cards he received - 16 yellows and three reds in two seasons at the club. He was also part of a defence that conceded the least amount of goals in the 2005/2006 Bundesliga season: 30 goals in 34 games.[4]
[edit] Chelsea
On 18 August 2006, Chelsea agreed a fee with Hamburg to sign Boulahrouz. The fee is thought to be around £8.5 million (€12 million).[5] After Chelsea's opening game of the 2006–07 season, manager José Mourinho confirmed that the club had signed Boulahrouz and the club is only waiting for his international clearance to be finalised,[6] before speaking of the potential roles Boulahrouz will have in the side. Mourinho stated "In a short squad and in a country where you can have only 16 players for a match, it’s important to have cover for many positions. So, for example, now I can have [Khalid] Boulahrouz, Ricardo [Carvalho] and John [Terry] — three options for the centre; I can have Paulo [Ferreira] and Boulahrouz — two options for the right side; I can have Boulahrouz and Wayne Bridge — two options for the left side."[6]
On 21 August 2006, Chelsea completed the signing of Boulahrouz. Six days later, he was handed his Premiership début against Blackburn Rovers. He wore the number 9 shirt, previously occupied by Hernán Crespo - this is an unconventional number for a defender, being traditionally associated with strikers, but was given to him just because it happened to be one of the numbers not currently allocated to a player by Chelsea at the time of signing.
Boulahrouz made a promising start to his Chelsea career, figuring prominently in high-profile games against Liverpool and more notably Barcelona where he dominated Ronaldinho. However, Boulahrouz gradually dropped out of favour. Boulahrouz was out for a lengthy period of time after a knee injury, followed by a shoulder injury while playing in an FA Cup tie against Norwich City.
Boulahrouz eventually dropped out of contention as the season wound down, with John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho as the first-choice defensive pairing. When Carvalho was injured against Spurs, manager Mourinho paired Terry with Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien.
[edit] Sevilla
Boulahrouz joined Spanish club Sevilla on a year long loan for the 2007–08 season.[7] However, he played just six games for them and was deemed surplus to requirements. He returned to Chelsea in 2008 but was not given a squad number and made no appearances.
[edit] VfB Stuttgart
On 21 July 2008, Boulahrouz moved to VfB Stuttgart for a fee of around €5 million.[8][9]
[edit] International career
After moving to Hamburg, his impressive displays caused Marco van Basten to pick him for the Netherlands national football team. He made his international début on 3 September 2004 in a 3-0 win for the Netherlands against Liechtenstein, and was named in the squad for the 2006 World Cup. He has managed 22 caps for the national side, as of May 2008.
Boulahrouz was sent off from the Netherlands match against Portugal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Round of Sixteen after a second bookable offence. He was judged to have used an elbow on Portugal's Luís Figo. Referee Valentin Ivanov issued a total of 16 yellow cards and four red cards in this match, a World Cup record.
Having initially missed the cut for the Dutch Euro 2008 squad, following an injury to Liverpool's Ryan Babel, he was reinstated to the 23 man squad. He was chosen to start in the group games.
[edit] Quotes about Boulahrouz
- "He is an important defender, but he is also the man to lift spirits within the squad. He is the sort of guy you need around during long evenings at training camp." — Edwin van der Sar[1]
- "He can become my successor" — Jaap Stam[2]
[edit] Statistics
| Club | Season |  Bundesliga |
German Cup | Europe | Others | Total | |||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2008-09 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Club | Season |  La Liga |
Copa del Rey | Europe | Others | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Sevilla | 2007-08 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Club | Season |  Premiership |
FA Cup | Europe | Others | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 2006-07 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Club | Season | Bundesliga |
German Cup | Europe | Others | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Hamburg | 2005-06 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
| Total | 52 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2 | |
| Club | Season |  Eredivisie |
Dutch Cup | Europe | Others | Total | |||||
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Waalwijk | 2004-05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003-04 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | |
| 2002-03 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2001-02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 4 | |
| Overall Total | 149 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 184 | 6 | |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Boulahrouz profile". Sky Sports. http://home.skysports.com/worldcup/player.aspx?plid=12433&clid=366. Retrieved on 20 June 2008.
- ^ a b c "Kannibaal op voetbalschoenen" (in Dutch). Het Parool. 3 September 2005. http://www.parool.nl/sport/2005/SEP/090305-1.html.
- ^ "Prematurely born daughter of defender Boulahrouz dies". AP. 19 June 2008. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/19/sports/EU-SPT-SOC-Euro-2008-Netherlands-Boulahrouz.php. Retrieved on 20 June 2008.
- ^ "Bundesliga 2005/2006". AP. 19 June 2008. http://www.football-lineups.com/tournaments/league.php?route=7&g=0. Retrieved on 20 June 2008.
- ^ "Boulahrouz completes Chelsea move". BBC News. 22 August 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/5265164.stm. Retrieved on 20 June 2008.
- ^ a b "FReaction: Mourinho delighted with energetic Essien". Chelsea FC. http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=411057&m=8&y=2006&nav=news&sub=latest+news. Retrieved on 21 August 2006.
- ^ "Sevilla take Boulahrouz on loan". BBC Sport. 12 July 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6896711.stm. Retrieved on 12 July 2007.
- ^ "BOULAHROUZ MOVES". chelseafc.com. http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~1348061,00.html. Retrieved on 21 July 2008.
- ^ "Fünf Millionen für Boulahrouz". kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/artikel/381060/. Retrieved on 22 July 2008.
- ^ "Boulahrouz Profile". ESPNsoccernet. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=18994&cc=5739. Retrieved on 20 June 2008.
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