Farès Ghedjemis

Farès Ghedjemis
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002
Place of birth Montreuil, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Frosinone
Number 7
Youth career
Chelles
Torcy
Neuilly sur Marne
UJA Maccabi
Fc Montfermeil
Créteil
Troyes
Le Havre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Le Havre B 14 (1)
2022–2023 Évreux 16 (1)
2023 Vannes 16 (8)
2023–2024 Rouen 19 (5)
2024– Frosinone 64 (17)
International career‡
2026– Algeria 2 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 June 2026

Farès Ghedjemis (born 6 September 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Frosinone. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Club career

Born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France,[1] Ghedjemis has Algerian origins.[2][3] His mother is from Bejaïa and his father from Kenchela

Coming from a sports family including his father Khalid Ghedjemis, a former N2 player .Having started playing at Chelles, Seine-et-Marne,[4] Ghedjemis is a youth product of Troyes and Le Havre.[2]

After playing with Le Havre's reserve team in National 3, he started playing with the first teams of Évreux and Vannes, both times in National 2.[1][2][4][5]

In the summer 2023, after scoring 6 goals and delivering 6 assists in half a season for Vannes, he was part of the revelations of the 2022–23 National 2, but was a free agent after his club suffered relegation to the fifth tier.[6] Despite being reportedly followed by several French professional leagues clubs,[7] he joined third division side FC Rouen.[2][8][9][10]

In January 2024, he was transferred to Frosinone in Serie A for 300 000 euros, plus 10% of a potential future sale, making it already the record transfer for his French National club.[2][5][11] He signed a 2-years contract with the Italian side.[1]

International career

Born in France, Ghedjemis is of Algerian descent. He was called up to the Algeria national team for a set of friendlies in March 2026.[12] He debuted with Algeria in a 7–0 friendly win over Guatemala on 27 March 2026, and scored his side's 6th goal.[13]

On 31 May 2026, Ghedjemis was named in Vladimir Petković's 26-man Algeria squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[14]

Style of play

A left-footed winger, Ghedjemis can play on both wings, with a preference for the right side on his inverted foot.[3]

He was compared to his fellow Le Havre graduate Riyad Mahrez.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Burban, Quentin (3 January 2024). "Mercato. Du National 2 à la Serie A en six mois : la folle ascension de Farès Ghedjemis". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Football : d'une relégation en National 3 à la Serie A en six mois... La formidable ascension de Farès Ghedjemis, recrue de Frosinone". La Dépêche (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 D, Salim (3 January 2024). "Mercato : Ghedjemis signe en Serie A !". Football Algérien - DZFOOT.COM (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Football. Vannes OC : la trajectoire atypique de Farès Ghedjemis". Ouest-France (in French). 18 March 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. 1 2 Lenud, Victorien (2 January 2024). "Football – National : le FC Rouen officialise le départ de Ghedjemis, Bouzamoucha parti pour rester". Paris-Normandie (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Transferts : Frosinone fonce sur Farès Ghedjemis (Rouen)". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Pardon, Jordan (26 May 2023). "Vannes : Farès Ghedjemis pisté en National 1 et en Ligue 2". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Rouen : Farès Ghedjemis file en Serie A et marque l'histoire du club (off)". Foot National (in French). 2 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  9. ↑ Billeaud, M. (24 November 2023). "Bouzamoucha, A. Allée, Ghedjemis... Trois moteurs du FC Rouen". Foot Normand (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  10. ↑ Mehali, Sofiane (12 June 2023). "Mercato : Fares Ghedjemis signe au FC Rouen". Football Algérien - DZFOOT.COM (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Un joueur de National part en Serie A". So Foot (in French). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Algeria: Petkovic's squad announced with 6 new faces!". Foot-Africa.com. 18 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "Algérie – Guatemala en direct: Zidane écarté, Mastil titulaire à Gênes - El-Balad.com".
  14. ↑ "Mondial 2026 : Petkovic dévoile sa liste des 26 joueurs". Radio Algérienne (in French). 31 May 2026. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Farès Ghedjemis, le dynamiteur du FC Rouen". Foot Normand (in French). 24 November 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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