Houssine Kharja

Youth

Kharja began his career with Paris Saint-Germain's youth side and in 1998 he joined Gazélec Ajaccio.

Portugal

In 2000 he joined the Portuguese side Sporting CP.

Italy

After only one season at Sporting, he joined Ternana in 2001. He played four impressive Serie B seasons for the Rossoverdi, gaining a place in the Moroccan national team, and being loaned to Roma in 2005, with the option to buy him in a co-ownership deal for €3.6 million. Kharja played 12 matches and scored one goal during a 1–1 draw against Juventus. At the end of the 2005–06 season, Roma decided not to extend Kharja's loan, so the Moroccan player had to return to Ternana, but he refused to go back and play because in the meantime the Rossoverdi had been relegated to Serie C1. Ternana considered him as their own player, and Lega Calcio Serie C even suspended him until 26 April 2007. After appeals, FIGC's court decided that Kharja was a free agent, and so, on 20 March 2007 he signed a three-year contract with Serie B team Piacenza. In January 2008, he was loaned to Siena for the second half of the season, with this deal being turned a permanent one on 11 July. In June 2009, Genoa announced the club was reaching an agreement to sign the player and on 2 July the transfer from Siena was completed. Genoa got Kharja for €6.5 million, while Siena signed the remain 50% registration rights of Manuel Coppola for €1.5 million and the full rights of Gianluca Pegolo for €1 million. It was…

Club

International

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kharja goal.

Inter Milan

Coppa Italia: 2010–11 Steaua București

League Cup: 2015–16 Morocco

Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2004 Individual

Africa Cup of Nations Top-scorer: 2012