nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
3 70 7 october 1982 al-fujairah 31 january 2015 1999 2007 -- 2008 2008 -- 2011 2011 -- 2014 2014 -- -- 2000 2000 -- 2002 2006 -- 2007 1999 -- 2000 2000 -- 2002 49 11 28 34 81 44 11 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 220px 2004 2004 -- 2015 madjid bougherra 2011.jpg madjid bougherra bougherra in 2012 madjid bougherra 31 january 2015 longvic , france algeria u23 algeria 1.90 m ftin on 24 0 4 as quetigny as longvic as lekhwiya al-fujairah quetigny as longvic sheffield wednesday charlton athletic rangers centre back madjid bougherra

madjid bougherra

madjid bougherra -lrb- ; born 7 october 1982 -rrb- an algerian professional footballer who currently plays for al-fujairah in the uae arabian gulf league .
he is a central defender , who can also play as a midfielder .
bougherra began his professional football career with french club gueugnon before having spells with english sides crewe alexandra , sheffield wednesday and charlton athletic .
bougherra moved to rangers in the summer of 2008 for a fee of # 2.5 million , he made his debut against falkirk in august of that year .
bougherra made 113 appearances for rangers and was a key part of the team that won the scottish premier league championship in seasons 2008 -- 09 , 2009 -- 10 and 2010 -- 11 .
in august 2011 rangers sold bougherra to lekhwiya for # 1.7 million .
an algerian international since 2004 , bougherra has won 64 international caps and scored 4 goals for the algeria national football team , participating in the 2010 africa cup of nations , where algeria finished fourth , and the 2010 world cup in south africa .
he served as the team 's captain for the 2014 world cup .
