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Rachid Ghezzal played for which team from 2010 to 2015?
Rachid Ghezzal Rachid Ghezzal ( ; born 9 May 1992 ) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Beşiktaş on loan from Premier League club Leicester City , and the Algeria national team . He began his career at Lyon , where he made his debut in October 2012 . He played 119 games and scored 13 goals for them across all competitions . In August 2017 , he moved to Monaco on a free transfer . Born in France , Ghezzal represented France at under-20 level . He made his senior debut for his ancestral Algeria in 2015 and was part of their squad at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations . Club career . Lyon . Born in Décines-Charpieu , Metropolitan Lyon , in July 2010 Ghezzal signed a five-year élite contract with Lyon . After featuring with the clubs reserve team in the Championnat de France Amateur for two consecutive seasons , ahead of the 2012–13 season , he was promoted to the senior team by manager Rémi Garde and assigned the number 31 shirt . Ghezzal made his senior team debut on 4 October 2012 in a UEFA Europa League group stage away match against Israeli club Ironi Kiryat Shmona ; he started the match as Lyon won the contest 4–3 . In the 2013–14 season , Ghezzal suffered a back injury for the first six months of Lyons campaign , which saw him out of action until 10 January 2014 , missing 32 of Lyons games in the process . He then returned to the squad but did not make any appearances for Lyon for the rest of the season ; either being not named in match day squads or being named on the bench . Since January 2016 , he had been playing regularly . He finished the 2015–16 season with 8 goals and 8 assists in 29 Ligue 1 matches . In June 2017 , Lyon announced that Ghezzals contract would not be renewed . Monaco . On 7 August 2017 , Ghezzal joined fellow Ligue 1 team Monaco by signing a four-year contract that would run until June 2021 . It was reported that Monaco would pay him a signing bonus of €3 million and a monthly salary of about €180,000 . As his Lyon contract had expired on 30 June 2017 , he arrived on a free transfer . Leicester City . On 5 August 2018 , Ghezzal joined Premier League side Leicester City , signing a four-year deal . In his first start for the club , he scored his first Leicester goal , a long range strike from outside the box , in a 4–0 win over Fleetwood Town . Fiorentina ( loan ) . On 2 September 2019 , Ghezzal was loaned to Serie A side ACF Fiorentina on a season-long deal that includes the option to buy . Beşiktaş ( loan ) . On 5 October 2020 , Ghezzal joined Turkish Süper Lig club Beşiktaş on a season-long loan . On 15 May 2021 , he scored a penalty in a 2–1 away win over Göztepe , to secure the 2020–21 Süper Lig title for Beşiktaş . International career . At international senior level , Ghezzal was eligible to represent both France and Algeria and had stated his preference is to represent the latter nation . In 2013 , he received the call from France U20 to compete in the Toulon Tournament . However , Ghezzal later chose to play for Algeria , scoring his first goal in March 2016 against Ethiopia . Philanthropy . On 9 December 2018 , Ghezzal partnered with Phil Ropy and appeared on the Sport dans la Ville digital philanthropy card . The digital philanthropy card features French non-profit , serving disadvantaged kids through sports and job training . This partnership is his tribute to the organization of which he was part until the age of 12 years . During his meeting on 31 December 2013 with young members of Sport dans la Ville , Rachid described the time he spent with Sport dans la Ville allowed him to reach the status of a professional player . The card was released on 23 April 2019 . The money from the cards purchase price is shared by Ropy with the Sport dans la Ville . Personal life . He is the younger brother of Algerian international Abdelkader Ghezzal . Honours . - Lyon Reserves - Championnat de France Amateur : 2010–11 , 2011–12 - Beşiktaş - Süper Lig : 2020–21 - Türkiye Kupası : 2020–21 Individual - Süper Lig Top Assist Provider : 2020–21 ( 17 assists )