Walid Cheddira

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.

Walid Cheddira
Cheddira with Morocco in 2023
Personal information
Full name Walid Cheddira[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-22) 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) 3 (1)
International career‡
2022– Morocco 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 11 June 2023[19]
Club statistics
Club Season League Coppa Italia Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sangiustese 2017–18 Serie D 3410002[lower-alpha 1]13611
2018–19 3810002[lower-alpha 2]04010
Total 722000417621
Arezzo (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 1302010160
Lecco (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 20000020
Mantova (loan) 2020–21 Serie C 389001[lower-alpha 3]0399
Bari 2021–22 Serie C 346003[lower-alpha 4]0376
2022–23 Serie B 3117354[lower-alpha 5]03822
Total 652335707528
Frosinone (loan) 2023–24 Serie A 31000031
Career total 193535513121159
  1. Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie D
  2. One appearance in Coppa Italia Serie D, one appearance in Serie D promotion play-offs
  3. Appearance in Serie C promotion play-offs
  4. One appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C, two appearances in Supercoppa di Serie C
  5. Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs

Honours

Bari

Individual

Orders

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Morocco (MAR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 19. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. Walid Cheddira at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  3. "LUCA ZAMPARO AND WALID CHEDDIRA JOIN PARMA, EMMANUELE MATINO SIGNS FOR CAVESE ON-LOAN" (Press release). Parma. 10 July 2019.
  4. "Cheddira e Madonna vestono l'amaranto" (Press release) (in Italian). Arezzo. 22 July 2019.
  5. "Arezzo v Lecco game report". Soccerway. 25 August 2019.
  6. "Comunicato Ufficiale: Walid Cheddira nuovo giocatore della Calcio Lecco 1912" (Press release) (in Italian). Lecco. 31 January 2020.
  7. "SI ARRICCHISCE L'ATTACCO BIANCOROSSO: WALID CHEDDIRA È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DEL MANTOVA" (Press release) (in Italian). Mantova. 4 September 2020.
  8. "Benvenuto Walid Cheddira !" (in Italian). Bari. 18 July 2021.
  9. "Bentornato Walid 'Walo' Cheddira !" (in Italian). Bari. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  10. "NAPOLI SIGN CHEDDIRA AND LOAN HIM TO FROSINONE". Napoli. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  11. Trentini, Narciso (29 May 2022). "Walid Chedira, il giovane calciatore marocchino che ha sfondato a Bari, in Italia". Gossip Italiano (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  12. Franceschi, Giovanni De (13 September 2022). "Cheddira convocato dalla Nazionale sogna il Mondiale in Qatar "Un onore, una gioia immensa"". Cronache Maceratesi (in Italian). Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  13. "المنتخب الوطني يفوز وديا على تشيلي بهدفين نظيفين في أول اختبار لوليد الركراكي". Cawalisse | كواليس اليوم (in Arabic). 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  14. "Morocco World Cup 2022 squad: Who's in and who's out?". Goal. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  15. "Moroccan coach unveils list of 26 Atlas Lions in 2022 World Cup". HESPRESS English. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  16. "Morocco vs Spain, Live Score, Lineups, Head to Head, Match Timeline, Stats, Result, Venue, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". Indiatimes.com. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  17. Gleeson, Mark (10 December 2022). "Morocco write World Cup history as they reach semi-finals". Reuters. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  18. "Morocco vs Portugal". OneFootball. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  19. W. Cheddira at Soccerway
  20. "Serie C - Group C". Soccer 24. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  21. "Le Marocain Walid Cheddira élu joueur du mois en Serie B".
  22. "Les dix types de wissams royaux accordés par Mohammed VI". Archived from the original on 15 June 2007.
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