Karim Matmour

Karim Matmour is the kind of footballer I always root for. Born in Strasbourg yet choosing to represent Algeria, he carried two identities and answered the call of his roots at the 2010 World Cup. His club career reads like a passport stamped across Germany and beyond, and that journeyman path tells me he survived on pace, grit, and willingness to start over again and again. There is something deeply human about a winger who never stops chasing a place to belong. I admire players who measure their careers not in trophies but in distance traveled and pride defended.

Name (English)

Karim Matmour

Name (Japanese)

カリム・マトムール

Reading

かりむ・まとむーる

Born

June 25, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

Origin

Strasbourg, France

Height

181 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.matmour.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%88%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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