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Hameur Bouazza
Personal information
Full name	Hameur Bouazza
Date of birth	February 22, 1985 (1985-02-22) (age 22)
Place of birth	Evry, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Winger,Striker
Club information
Current club	Fulham
Number	24
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2007 2005-2006 2007-	Watford → Swindon Town (loan) Fulham	83 (8) 13 (2) 14 (1)
National team2
2007-	Algeria	03 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:46, 16 December 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 15:37, 15 December 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Hameur Bouazza (Arabic: هامور بوعزة) (born 22 February 1985 in Evry, France) is a professional footballer, usually playing for Fulham as a left winger. Although French, he plays for Algeria^[1] as it is the birthplace of both his parents.

Bouazza earned a scholarship at Watford and had been in and out of the first team, scoring - in two seasons - two goals in thirty-seven games.

During the 2005-06 season Bouazza was overshadowed by Darius Henderson, Marlon King, and Ashley Young and missed a lengthy spell with a broken metatarsal but this didn't prevent him scoring three goals in nineteen games, one of which was the fourth in Watford's 4-1 win over Championship runners-Up Sheffield United.

Bouazza was loaned out to Swindon Town for part of the season, where he scored two goals in eleven games. He was a regular on the Watford substitute bench, but throughout the 2006-07 season he started most of the games, principally as a left-sided winger.

On 8 August 2007, Bouazza joined Fulham, on a four-year deal, for an initial fee of £3m, which could rise to £4m, depending on appearances, and Fulham's divisional status.

Hameur started out the season strongly making 3 appearances before he dislocated his shoulder. He returned after a few weeks into the Fulham starting eleven. He scored his first Fulham goal with a close-range free kick against Man City in a 3-3 draw at Craven Cottage (22/09/07).^[2][3]

Originally contacted in November 2006 by the Fédération Algérienne de Football about the possibility of playing for the Algeria national football team, against Burkina Faso, Bouazza turned the request down, hoping for a call-up by France. He eventually accepted another offer in February, 2007, and made his debut against Libya on 7 February. Bouazza scored his first international goal for Algeria in an exciting 3-2 victory over Mali on the 20th November 2007, he scored a powerful shot from the edge of the box which the goalkeeper misjudged, now he says he can't wait to pull on an Algerian shirt again.

• Hameur Bouazza career stats at Soccerbase