Alaeddine Yahia

Alaeddine Yahia (Arabic: علاء الدين يحيى‎; born September 26, 1981) is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Alaeddine Yahia
Personal information
Full name Alaeddine Yahia
Date of birth (1981-09-26) September 26, 1981
Place of birth Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Louhans-Cuiseaux 4 (0)
2001–2004 Guingamp 37 (1)
2004–2005 Southampton 0 (0)
2005 → Saint-Etienne (loan) 7 (0)
2005–2006 Saint-Etienne 10 (0)
2006–2007 Sedan 20 (0)
2008–2009 Nice 9 (1)
2008–2009 → Lens (loan) 23 (3)
2009–2014 Lens 154 (11)
2014–2017 Caen 75 (4)
2017–2018 Nancy 20 (0)
National team‡
2002– Tunisia[1] 21 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:52, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:53, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Yahia has previously played for Stade Tunisien, Guingamp and had a brief spell at Southampton, although he did not play a first team game for the club.

Yahia was part of the Tunisian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, finishing third in group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina and group runners-up Australia. He was part of the squad that won the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

On February 24, 2007 Yahia played his first Ligue 1 match for Sedan against Rennes.[2]

References
  1. "Alaeddine Yahia". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved February 26, 2007.


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