Zakaria Naidji

Zakaria Naidji (born 19 January 1995) is an Algerian professional footballer. He plays for Portuguese liga NOS club Gil Vicente, on loan from Paradou AC, and the Algeria national team.

Zakaria Naidji
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995
Place of birth Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Gil Vicente
(on loan from Paradou AC)
Number 9
Youth career
2009–2016 Paradou AC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Paradou AC 53 (31)
2019– → Gil Vicente 0 (0)
National team‡
2019– Algeria 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2019

Club career

Naidji was the top scorer of the 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with 20 goals.[1] Across all competitions, he scored a total of 21 goals and made seven assists during the season.[2]

In August 2019, Naidji joined Portuguese liga NOS club Gil Vicente on loan from Paradou AC. It was reported Gil Vicente paid €50,000 for the loan and also secured an option to sign him permanently for €1.4 million.[3][2]

International career

Naidji made his Algeria national football team debut on 22 March 2019 in an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Gambia, as a 64th-minute substitute for Oussama Darfalou.[4]

Career statistics

Club
As of 26 May 2019[5]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paradou AC 2017–18 Ligue Professionnelle 1 231100——2311
2018–19 302011——3121
Total 533111——5432
Career total 493011——4930

    Honours

    References
    1. Walid Z. (27 May 2019). "Ligue 1 : Zakaria Naidji (Paradou AC) meilleur buteur". DZFoot. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
    2. Gomes, Rui Miguel (30 July 2019). "Gil Vicente fecha Naidji por 50 mil euros". ojogo.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2019.
    3. "Officiel : Naidji signe à Gil Vicente". DZfoot (in French). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
    4. "Algeria v The Gambia game report". Confederation of African Football. 22 March 2019.
    5. Zakaria Naidji at Soccerway
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