Mehdi Baaloudj
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-02) 2 February 2001
Place of birth Melun, France
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Versailles
Number 21
Youth career
2008–2012 Dammarie Les Lys FC
2012–2015 Fontainebleau
2015–2016 Fleury
2016–2017 Le Mée SF
2017–2018 Sedan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Marseille II 26 (4)
2021 Sainte-Geneviève 0 (0)
2021–2023 Guingamp II 32 (15)
2022–2023 Guingamp 9 (0)
2023 → Martigues (loan) 15 (3)
2023– Versailles 11 (6)
International career‡
2020 Algeria U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:36, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Mehdi Baaloudj (Arabic: مهدي بعلوج; born 2 February 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National club Versailles. Born in France, he is a youth international for Algeria.

Career

Baaloudj is a product of the youth academies of Dammarie Les Lys FC, Fontainebleau, Fleury, Le Mée SF, and Sedan. He began his senior career with the reserves of Marseille, but was controversially released by the club in December 2020 after an international callup with the Algeria U20s, where questions were raised regarding COVID-19 protocols.[1] He moved to Sainte-Geneviève for a couple of months where he couldn't play, before transferring to the reserves of Guingamp in the summer of 2021. In his debut season with Guingamp II for 2021-22 he scored 10 goals in 26 games, and was offered a professional contract with the club.[2] On 10 June 2022, he signed the professional contract with Guingamp for 2 seasons.[3] He made his senior debut with Guingamp in a 4–0 Ligue 2 win over Pau FC on 28 July 2022, coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute.[4]

On 16 January 2023, Baaloudj was loaned to Martigues in Championnat National.[5]

On 30 August 2023, Baaloudj signed a two-year deal with Versailles.[6]

International career

Born in France, Baaloudj is of Algerian descent. He represented the Algeria U20s twice in a call-up in November 2020.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "EN U20 / OM : Enquête sur l'affaire Baaloudj-Khetir". DZfoot.com.
  2. ↑ "Mehdi Baaloudj (Guingamp), en Ligue 2 l'année prochaine?". RMC SPORT.
  3. ↑ "En Avant Guingamp. Mehdi Baaloudj a signé professionnel". Le Telegramme. 20 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Feuille de match". Ligue2 (in French). 28 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "MEHDI BAALOUDJ PRÊTÉ AU FC MARTIGUES" (in French). En Avant Guingamp. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Mercato 2023/2024 : Bienvenue Mehdi Baaloudj !" [Mercato 2023/2024: Welcome Mehdi Baaloudj!] (in French). Versailles. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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