Faycal Rherras

Faycal Rherras
Personal information
Date of birth	7 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Liège, Belgium
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Full-back
Youth career
0000–2001	J.S. Pierreuse
2002–2005	FC Liège
2005–2010	Standard Liège
2010	Club Brugge
2010–2012	Standard Liège
2012–2013	Beerschot
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2014	CS Visé
2014–2016	Sint-Truiden
2016–2017	Heart of Midlothian
2017–2018	KV Mechelen
2018	→ Hibernian (loan)
2018–2019	Béziers
2019–2020	Qarabağ
2020–2021	Mouloudia Oujda
2021	Levski Sofia
2022–2023	URSL Visé
International career
2016	Morocco U23
2016	Morocco
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:51, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Faycal Rherras (born 7 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays full-back. Born in Belgium, he represented Morocco at international level.

Club career

Rherras signed for Heart of Midlothian in June 2016.^[1] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 draw with Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 29 October 2016.^[2] Rherras was released by Hearts during May 2017,^[3] then signed for KV Mechelen.^[4] He returned to Scottish football in January 2018, signing on loan for Hibernian.^[5]

On 15 July 2019, Rherras signed a two-year contract with Qarabağ FK.^[6] On 22 June 2020, Qarabağ announced that Rherras had left the club.^[7]

After a spell in Morocco, Rherras signed for 1,5 years with Levski Sofia in Bulgaria.^[8]

International career

He played for the Morocco national football team in a friendly match with Albania in August 2016, which ended in a goalless draw.^[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 May 2019^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			League Cup		National Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vise	2013–14	Belgian Second Division	31	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	29	7
Sint-Truiden	2014–15	Belgian Second Division	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	1
	2015–16	Belgian Pro League	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
	Total		47	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	50	7
Heart of Midlothian	2016–17	Scottish Premiership	19	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	23	1
KV Mechelen	2017–18	Belgian Division 1	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Hibernian (loan)	2017–18	Scottish Premiership	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Béziers	2018–19	Ligue 2	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	2
Qarabağ	2019–20	Azerbaijan Premier League	6	0	2	0	-		1	1	-		9	1
Career total			136	11	2	0	7	0	5	1	0	0	150	12

Honours

Club

Qarabağ

Azerbaijan Premier League (1): 2019–20

References

^ "Hearts to complete moves for Faycal Rherras and Conor Sammon". BBC. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ "Inverness 3-3 Hearts". BBC. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ "Rherras leaves club". Heart of Midlothian FC. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
^ "FAYCAL RHERRAS NAAR KV MECHELEN". Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
^ "Hibernian: Former Hearts defender Faycal Rherras signs on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ "Xoş gəldin, Rherras Faycal !". www.facebook.com/FKQarabagh (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 23 June 2019.
^ "Təşəkkürlər, Ailton, Vaqner və Faysal !". www.facebook.com/FKQarabagh (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 22 June 2020.
^ "Левски подписа с Файсал Рерас". levski.bg (in Bulgarian). 3 February 2021.
^ Bakkali, Achraf. "Fiche de :Faycal Rherras". Mountakhab.net (in French). Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ Faycal Rherras at Soccerway