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Mehdi Khelaifia

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Mehdi Khelaifia
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-03-13) 13 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Algeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
–2003 USM Annaba
2003–2007 Olympique Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Atlantis FC 3 (0)
International career
2006–2008 Algeria U-23 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2006

Mehdi Khelaifia (born 13 March 1985 in Algeria) is an Algerian footballer. He formerly played as a defender for Atlantis FC in the Finnish Ykkönen.

Career

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Khelaifia began his football career in the junior ranks of his hometown club of USM Annaba. During an international tournament with his club in France, he was spotted by Olympique Marseille scouts who quickly signed him to the academy. A regular member of the reserve side, he was not given a professional contract and he would eventually leave the club and sign with Atlantis FC in Finland.

International

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He has been capped for Algeria at the Under-23 level.[1]

Personal

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He is the nephew of former Algerian international Yacine Slatni.

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