Walid Cheddira
 Cheddira with Morocco in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walid Cheddira[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Loreto, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Espanyol (on loan from Napoli) | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Loreto | 49 | (9) |
| 2017–2019 | Sangiustese | 72 | (20) |
| 2019–2021 | Parma | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Arezzo (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Lecco (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Mantova (loan) | 38 | (9) |
| 2021–2023 | Bari | 65 | (23) |
| 2023– | Napoli | 1 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Frosinone (loan) | 36 | (7) |
| 2024– | → Espanyol (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Morocco | 6 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:03, 18 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Walid Cheddira (Arabic: وليد شديرة; born 22 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Espanyol, on loan from Serie A club Napoli. Born in Italy, he plays for the Morocco national team.
Club career
[edit]Cheddira spent the first four seasons of his senior career in the lower, non-professional tiers of Italian football.[2]
On 10 July 2019, Cheddira signed a three-year contract with Serie A club Parma,[3] who loaned him to Arezzo in Serie C on 22 July.[4] He made his professional Serie C debut on 25 August, as a starter in a game against Lecco.[5] After half a season, Parma sent Cheddira on loan to Lecco on 31 January 2020,[6] and to Mantova on 4 September.[7]
On 18 July 2021, Cheddira joined Bari on loan,[8] who made the deal permanent on 30 June 2022, signing a contract until June 2025.[9]
On 20 August 2023, Cheddira was signed by Napoli and loaned to Frosinone for the 2023–24 season.[10]
On 27 August 2024, Cheddira moved on a new loan to Espanyol in Spain.[11]
International career
[edit]Cheddira was born in Italy and is Moroccan by descent.[12] He was called up to play for the Morocco national team for two friendlies against Chile and Paraguay on 23 and 27 September 2022, respectively;[13] he made his debut against Chile as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 win.[14]
On 10 November 2022, Cheddira was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[15][16] He made his competition debut as an 82nd-minute substitute in the round of 16 against Spain, a penalty shoot-out victory for Morocco following a 0–0 draw after extra time.[17] In the quarter-finals against Portugal, Cheddira came on in the 65th minute, and was sent off for two yellow cards in stoppage time. Morocco won 1–0.[18][19]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 18 August 2024[20]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sangiustese | 2017–18 | Serie D | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 36 | 11 |
| 2018–19 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 40 | 10 | ||
| Total | 72 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 76 | 21 | ||
| Arezzo (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Lecco (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mantova (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie C | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 39 | 9 |
| Bari | 2021–22 | Serie C | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 37 | 6 |
| 2022–23 | Serie B | 31 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 4[e] | 0 | 38 | 22 | |
| Total | 65 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 75 | 28 | ||
| Napoli | 2023–24 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frosinone (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie A | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 |
| Career total | 227 | 59 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 249 | 66 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie D
- ^ One appearance in Coppa Italia Serie D, one appearance in Serie D promotion play-offs
- ^ Appearance in Serie C promotion play-offs
- ^ One appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C, two appearances in Supercoppa di Serie C
- ^ Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs
Honours
[edit]Bari
Individual
- Serie B Player of the Month: September 2022[22]
- Coppa Italia Top scorer: 2022–23
Orders
- Order of the Throne: 2022[23]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Morocco (MAR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 19. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Walid Cheddira at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- ^ "LUCA ZAMPARO AND WALID CHEDDIRA JOIN PARMA, EMMANUELE MATINO SIGNS FOR CAVESE ON-LOAN" (Press release). Parma. 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Cheddira e Madonna vestono l'amaranto" (Press release) (in Italian). Arezzo. 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Arezzo v Lecco game report". Soccerway. 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale: Walid Cheddira nuovo giocatore della Calcio Lecco 1912" (Press release) (in Italian). Lecco. 31 January 2020.
- ^ "SI ARRICCHISCE L'ATTACCO BIANCOROSSO: WALID CHEDDIRA È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DEL MANTOVA" (Press release) (in Italian). Mantova. 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Benvenuto Walid Cheddira !" (in Italian). Bari. 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Bentornato Walid 'Walo' Cheddira !" (in Italian). Bari. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "NAPOLI SIGN CHEDDIRA AND LOAN HIM TO FROSINONE". Napoli. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Cheddira, nuevo jugador blanquiazul" [Cheddira, new blue and white player] (in Spanish). Espanyol. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Trentini, Narciso (29 May 2022). "Walid Chedira, il giovane calciatore marocchino che ha sfondato a Bari, in Italia". Gossip Italiano (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ Franceschi, Giovanni De (13 September 2022). "Cheddira convocato dalla Nazionale sogna il Mondiale in Qatar "Un onore, una gioia immensa"". Cronache Maceratesi (in Italian). Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "المنتخب الوطني يفوز وديا على تشيلي بهدفين نظيفين في أول اختبار لوليد الركراكي". Cawalisse | كواليس اليوم (in Arabic). 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Morocco World Cup 2022 squad: Who's in and who's out?". Goal. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Moroccan coach unveils list of 26 Atlas Lions in 2022 World Cup". HESPRESS English. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Morocco vs Spain, Live Score, Lineups, Head to Head, Match Timeline, Stats, Result, Venue, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". Indiatimes.com. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Gleeson, Mark (10 December 2022). "Morocco write World Cup history as they reach semi-finals". Reuters. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Morocco vs Portugal". OneFootball. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ W. Cheddira at Soccerway
- ^ "Serie C - Group C". Soccer 24. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Le Marocain Walid Cheddira élu joueur du mois en Serie B".
- ^ "Les dix types de wissams royaux accordés par Mohammed VI". Archived from the original on 15 June 2007.
External links
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Media related to Walid Cheddira at Wikimedia Commons- Walid Cheddira at Soccerway
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the Province of Ancona
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Morocco men's international footballers
- Italian men's footballers
- Italian people of Moroccan descent
- Men's association football forwards
- AC Sangiustese players
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- SS Arezzo players
- Calcio Lecco 1912 players
- Mantova 1911 players
- SSC Bari players
- SSC Napoli players
- Frosinone Calcio players
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Serie D players
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players
- Moroccan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen