Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walid Cheddira[1] | ||
Date of birth | 22 January 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Loreto, Italy | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Frosinone (on loan from Napoli) | ||
Number | 70 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Loreto | 49 | (9) |
2017–2019 | Sangiustese | 72 | (20) |
2019–2021 | Parma | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Arezzo (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2020 | → Lecco (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Mantova (loan) | 38 | (9) |
2021–2023 | Bari | 65 | (23) |
2023– | Napoli | 0 | (0) |
2023– | → Frosinone (loan) | 14 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Morocco | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:08, 20 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023 (UTC) |
Walid Cheddira (Arabic: وليد شديرة; born 22 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Frosinone, on loan from Napoli. Born in Italy, he plays for the Morocco national team.
Cheddira spent the first four seasons of his senior career in the lower, non-professional tiers of Italian football.[2]
On 10 July 2019, Cheddira signed a three-year contract with Serie A club Parma,[3] who loaned him to Arezzo in Serie C on 22 July.[4] He made his professional Serie C debut on 25 August, as a starter in a game against Lecco.[5] After half a season, Parma sent Cheddira on loan to Lecco on 31 January 2020,[6] and to Mantova on 4 September.[7]
On 18 July 2021, Cheddira joined Bari on loan,[8] who made the deal permanent on 30 June 2022, signing a contract until June 2025.[9]
On 20 August 2023, Cheddira was signed by Napoli and loaned to Frosinone for the 2023–24 season.[10]
Cheddira was born in Italy and is Moroccan by descent.[11] He was called up to play for the Morocco national team for two friendlies against Chile and Paraguay on 23 and 27 September 2022, respectively;[12] he made his debut against Chile as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 win.[13]
On 10 November 2022, Cheddira was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[14][15] He made his competition debut as an 82nd-minute substitute in the round of 16 against Spain, a penalty shoot-out victory for Morocco following a 0–0 draw after extra time.[16] In the quarter-finals against Portugal, Cheddira came on in the 65th minute, and was sent off for two yellow cards in stoppage time. Morocco won 1–0.[17][18]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sangiustese | 2017–18 | Serie D | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 36 | 11 |
2018–19 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 40 | 10 | ||
Total | 72 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 76 | 21 | ||
Arezzo (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Lecco (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Mantova (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie C | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 39 | 9 |
Bari | 2021–22 | Serie C | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3[d] | 0 | 37 | 6 |
2022–23 | Serie B | 31 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 4[e] | 0 | 38 | 22 | |
Total | 65 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 75 | 28 | ||
Frosinone (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie A | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
Career total | 204 | 53 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 224 | 60 |
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