{{short description|Moroccan footballer (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Karim Chaban | image = | fullname = Karim Mohmet Chaban | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|1|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Marseille, France | height = 1.82m | position = Winger | currentclub = Aubagne Air Bel | clubnumber = 7 | youthyears1 = 2010–2017 | youthclubs1 = SC Air Bel | youthyears2 = 2017–2018 | youthclubs2 = Marseille | youthyears3 = 2018 | youthclubs3 = Anderlecht | youthyears4 = 2018–2019 | youthclubs4 = Gazélec Ajaccio | years1 = 2019–2020 | clubs1 = Câmara Lobos | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2020–2021 | clubs2 = Águilas | caps2 = 12 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2021 | clubs3 = UCAM Murcia B | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 3 | years4 = 2021–2022 | clubs4 = Difaâ El Jadida | caps4 = 3 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2022–2023 | clubs5 = Albacete B | caps5 = 21 | goals5 = 16 | years6 = 2022–2023 | clubs6 = Albacete | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2024–2025 | clubs7 = Gazélec Ajaccio | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2025 | clubs8 = Istres | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2025– | clubs9 = Aubagne Air Bel | caps9 = 12 | goals9 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 2018 | nationalteam1 = Algeria U18 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 3 December 2025 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Karim Mohmet Chaban''' (born 6 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for {{French football updater|Aubagne}} club Aubagne Air Bel. Born in France, he represented Algeria internationally on junior level.
==Club career== Born in Marseille to Algerian parents from Oran,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dzballon.com/2018/01/19/un-jeune-franco-algerien-de-lom-convoite-par-de-gros-clubs-europeens/|title=Un jeune Franco-Algérien de l'OM convoité par de gros clubs Européens|trans-title=A young Franco-Algerian from OM coveted by big European clubs|publisher=DZBallon|language=fr|date=19 January 2018|accessdate=24 October 2022}}</ref> Chaban joined Olympique de Marseille's youth categories in 2017, from SC Air Bel. In March 2018, he agreed to a contract with RSC Anderlecht,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nieuws/2018-03-04/karim-chaban-18-op-weg-naar-anderlecht|title='Anderlecht verwelkomt 18-jarig toptalent uit Frankrijk'|trans-title='Anderlecht welcome 18-year-old top talent from France'|publisher=Voetbalkrant|language=nl|date=4 March 2018|accessdate=24 October 2022}}</ref> but returned to his home country in August after signing for Gazélec Ajaccio.
In 2019, Chaban joined Portuguese side CSD Câmara de Lobos, and made his senior debut with the club in the Campeonato de Portugal. In February of the following year, he signed for Tercera División side Águilas FC.
On 4 August 2020, Chaban renewed with Águilas,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cope.es/emisoras/region-de-murcia/murcia-provincia/lorca/deportes-cope-lorca/noticias/karim-renueva-aguilas-20200804_844603|title=Karim renueva en el Águilas FC|trans-title=Karim renews at Águilas FC|publisher=Cadena COPE|language=es|date=4 August 2020|accessdate=24 October 2022}}</ref> but moved to UCAM Murcia CF the following 19 January, being initially assigned to the reserves in Tercera División RFEF.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucamdeportes.com/ucamcf/noticias/karim-chaban-nuevo-jugador-de-nuestro-filial|title=Karim Chaban, nuevo jugador de nuestro filial|trans-title=Karim Chaban, new player of our reserve team|publisher=UCAM Murcia|language=es|date=19 January 2021|accessdate=24 October 2022}}</ref> On 14 April 2021, he renewed his contract with the latter club until 2023,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucamdeportes.com/ucamcf/noticias/karim-chaban-renueva-con-el-ucam-murcia|title=Karim Chaban renueva con el UCAM Murcia|trans-title=Karim Chaban renews with UCAM Murcia|publisher=UCAM Murcia|language=es|date=14 April 2021|accessdate=24 October 2022}}</ref> but left the club in August after not being involved with the main squad,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laverdad.es/ucamcf/karim-chaban-fuga-20210827012441-ntvo.html|title=Karim Chaban se fuga del UCAM|trans-title=Karim Chaban flees from UCAM|publisher=La Verdad|language=es|date=27 August 2021|accessdate=24 October 2022}}</ref> and subsequently joined Moroccan side Difaâ El Jadida.
In 2022, after featuring rarely, Chaban returned to Spain and signed for Albacete Balompié's B-team in the regional leagues. He made his first team debut on 23 October of that year, coming on as a late substitute for Jonathan Dubasin in a 1–1 Segunda División away draw against SD Eibar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/segunda-division/cronica/2022/10/23/63556ec446163f3b1a8b45a5.html|title=Acoso sin derribo del Eibar ante un sobrio Albacete|trans-title=Bullying without wrecking from Eibar against a sober Albacete|publisher=Marca|language=es|date=23 October 2022|accessdate=24 October 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{BDFutbol|303729}} *{{ForaDeJogo|200001060026}} *{{Soccerway|karim-chaban/634970}}
{{SC Aubagne Air Bel squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaban, Karim}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Marseille Category:French sportspeople of Algerian descent Category:French men's footballers Category:Algerian men's footballers Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Category:Segunda División players Category:Tercera Federación players Category:Tercera División players Category:Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Category:C.S.D. Câmara de Lobos players Category:Águilas FC players Category:UCAM Murcia CF B players Category:Atlético Albacete players Category:Albacete Balompié players Category:Botola players Category:Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi players Category:Championnat National players Category:Championnat National 2 players Category:Gazélec Ajaccio players Category:Istres FC players Category:SC Aubagne Air Bel players Category:Algeria men's youth international footballers Category:French expatriate men's footballers Category:Algerian expatriate men's footballers Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Category:Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Category:21st-century French sportsmen Category:21st-century Algerian sportsmen