Rafik Halliche joins Fulham

Algeria’s team international and defender, Rafik Halliche, also player in Benfica Lisbonne, on loan during the last two seasons at Nacional Madeira, a Portuguese 1st div club, pledged on Monday to three years with Fulham, the English 1st division club said on its website.

• Halliche, 23, subjected to medical treatment last Tuesday then joined the London club.
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• The transfer fee was not disclosed.
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• “For me, the English Premiere League is the best Championship in the World, where amazing players and hard competition against the best players of the world. It was my dream to play there”, Rafik Halliche told the club’s website.
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• Halliche has 20 caps for Algeria, and played every minute of the country’s three group matches at the World Cup this summer.