Camel Meriem

Camel Meriem (born 18 October 1979) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Sochaux, Bordeaux, Marseille, AS Monaco, Aris, Arles-Avignon, OGC Nice, and Apollon Limassol.

Born in Montbéliard to Algerian parents,[3] Meriem began his career with Sochaux, where he played 82 games and scored eight goals in five years.

In January 2002 he signed for Bordeaux and later that season he played and scored as his new side won the 2002 Coupe de la Ligue Final.

On 26 October 2009, it was revealed that Meriem was now training and having talks with Sam Allardyce at Blackburn Rovers in a deal that could see him joining the Lancashire based club until the end of the 2009–10 Premier League season.

[6] On 9 August, Meriem signed a one-year contract plus an option for another year with newly promoted Ligue 1 club AC Arles-Avignon.