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The Topsy-Turvy Career of Hatem Ben Arfa
In joining Lille this January, Hatem Ben Arfa sealed a transfer to a 10th different club in his professional career and the fifth one over the last five years. Despite his age and a history of not quite living up to expectation, the former French international continues to draw attention wherever he goes because of his simultaneous capacity for the sublime and the ordinary. This is the data-driven story of one of football’s great enigmas.