Farid Cheklam

Farid Cheklam (Arabic: فريد شكلام, born September 21, 1984) is an Algerian football player who plays for MO Béjaïa in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.^[1]

Farid Cheklam

Personal information
Full name	Farid Cheklam
Date of birth	(1984-09-21) September 21, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Ouarizane, Algeria
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	MO Béjaïa
Number	25
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2009	ASO Chlef	119	(2)
2009–2011	USM Alger	43	(1)
2011–2015	Najran	91	(1)
2015–2016	CS Constantine	12	(0)
2016–	MO Béjaïa	17	(1)
International career‡
2005	Algeria U23	11	(0)
2008–2010	Algeria A'	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:00, June 18, 2017 (EST) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:00, June 18, 2017 (EST)

Club career

On July 10, 2009, Cheklam signed a two-year contract with USM Alger.^[2]

On August 15, 2011, Cheklam signed a one-year contract with Saudi Professional League club Najran SC.^[3]

International career

He received his first call-up to the Algerian National Team from Meziane Ighil for a World Cup qualifier match against Gabon on October 8, 2005.^[4] After several call-ups in 2006, he received another invitation by Jean-Michel Cavalli for a friendly against Brazil on August 22, 2007, but finally never making any appearance.^[5]

On April 5, 2008, he received his first call up to the Algeria A' National Team for a friendly against USM Blida.^[6]