Khalid Boulahrouz

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Khalid Boulahrouz
Khalid Boulahrouz
Personal information
Full name Khalid Boulahrouz
Date of birth December 28, 1981 (1981-12-28) (age 26)
Place of birth    Maassluis, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club VfB Stuttgart
Number 4
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–2004
2004–2006
2006–2008
2007–2008
2008–		 RKC Waalwijk
Hamburger SV
Chelsea
→Sevilla (loan)
VfB Stuttgart		 64 (4)
52 (2)
13 (0)
06 (0)
00 (0)   
National team2
2004– Netherlands 26 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 05:07, 18 October 2007 (CET).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of August 22, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Khalid Boulahrouz December 28, 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, HFC Haarlem and AZ Alkmaar.

[edit] RKC

After a difficult period playing for different clubs, he finally found some stability at RKC 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 March 9, 2002, against SC Heerenveen.

[edit] Hamburger SV

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After playing 2 seasons for RKC he moved to Hamburger SV to play in the German Bundesliga at the start of the 2004/05 season. While at HSV 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 3 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

Boulahrouz with Chelsea
Boulahrouz with Chelsea

On August 18, 2006, Chelsea agreed a fee with Hamburg to sign Boulahrouz. The fee is thought to be around £8,500,000 (€12,000,000).[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 Boulahrouz, Ricardo and John — three options for the centre; I can have Paulo and Boulahrouz — two options for the right side; I can have Boulahrouz and Wayne Bridge — two options for the left side."[6]

On August 21, 2006 Chelsea completed the signing of Boulahrouz. Six days later, he was handed his Premiership debut 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.

Having done himself no favours with his shaky performances throughout the latter half of the season, Boulahrouz sealed his own fate by committing an avoidable individual error and eventually earning a straight red card, the first of his Chelsea career, against Arsenal by bringing down Julio Baptista in the box, conceding a penalty (that Gilberto Silva converted). The game ended as a 1-1 draw which, coupled with Manchester United's win against Manchester City the day before meant that the Red Devils clinched the Premier League title. However, he featured in Chelsea's final game of the season, against Everton.

[edit] Sevilla FC

Boulahrouz joined Spanish club Sevilla on a year long loan for the 2007-2008 season.[7]

[edit] VfB Stuttgart

On July 21, 2008 Boulahrouz moved to VfB Stuttgart for a fee of around €5m.[8][9]

[edit] International career

Boulahrouz with Netherlands manager Marco van Basten.
Boulahrouz with Netherlands manager Marco van Basten.

After moving to Hamburger SV his impressive displays caused Marco van Basten to pick him for the Netherlands national football team. He made his international debut 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 Performance[10]
Club Season Flag of Spain 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 Flag of England 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 10 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 14 0
Club Season Flag of Germany 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 Flag of the Netherlands Eredivisie Dutch Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
RKC Waalwijk 2004-05 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2003-04 24 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 29 4
2002-03 29 0 2 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 125 5 10 1 8 0 0 0 146 6


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c "Boulahrouz profile". Sky Sports. Retrieved on 2008-06-20.
  2. ^ a b c "Kannibaal op voetbalschoenen" (in Dutch). Het Parool (2005-09-03).
  3. ^ "Prematurely born daughter of defender Boulahrouz dies". AP (2008-06-19). Retrieved on 2008-06-20.
  4. ^ "Bundesliga 2005/2006". AP (2008-06-19). Retrieved on 2008-06-20.
  5. ^ "Boulahrouz completes Chelsea move". BBC News (2006-08-22). Retrieved on 2008-06-20.
  6. ^ a b "FReaction: Mourinho delighted with energetic Essien". Chelsea FC. Retrieved on 2006-08-21.
  7. ^ "Sevilla take Boulahrouz on loan", BBC Sport (2007-07-12). Retrieved on 2007-07-12. 
  8. ^ "BOULAHROUZ MOVES". chelseafc.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-21.
  9. ^ "Fünf Millionen für Boulahrouz". kicker.de. Retrieved on 2008-07-22.
  10. ^ "Boulahrouz Profile". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved on 2008-06-20.

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Netherlands squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 van der Sar • 2 Jaliens • 3 Boulahrouz • 4 Mathijsen • 5 van Bronckhorst • 6 Landzaat • 7 Kuyt • 8 Cocu • 9 van Nistelrooy • 10 van der Vaart • 11 Robben • 12 Kromkamp • 13 Ooijer • 14 Heitinga • 15 de Cler • 16 Maduro • 17 van Persie • 18 van Bommel • 19 Vennegoor of Hesselink • 20 Sneijder • 21 Babel • 22 Timmer • 23 Stekelenburg • Coach: van Basten
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Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2008
1 van der Sar • 2 Ooijer • 3 Heitinga • 4 Mathijsen • 5 van Bronckhorst • 6 De Zeeuw • 7 van Persie • 8 Engelaar • 9 van Nistelrooy • 10 Sneijder • 11 Robben • 12 Melchiot • 13 Timmer • 14 Bouma • 15 De Cler • 16 Stekelenburg • 17 De Jong • 18 Kuyt • 19 Huntelaar • 20 Afellay • 21 Boulahrouz • 22 Vennegoor of Hesselink • 23 van der Vaart • Coach: van Basten
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VfB Stuttgart – current squad

1 Lehmann • 3 Osorio • 4 Boulahrouz • 5 Taşçı • 7 Lanig • 8 Šimák • 9 Marica • 10 Baştürk • 11 Hitzlsperger • 12 Stolz • 13 Pardo • 15 Boka • 16 Rudy • 17 Delpierre • 18 Cacau • 19 Hilbert • 21 Magnin • 23 Fischer • 24 Ulreich • 28 Khedira • 29 Mandjeck • 33 Gómez • 35 Träsch • 38 Ljuboja • 42 Pischorn • Manager: Veh
Persondata
NAME Boulahrouz, Khalid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boulahrouz, Khalid
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1981-12-28
PLACE OF BIRTH Maassluis, Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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