Alaeddine Yahia
Tunisian footballer (born 1981)
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Alaeddine Yahia (Arabic: علاء الدين يحيى; born 26 September 1981) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Date of birth
26 September 1981
Place of birth
Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position
Centre-back
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Yahia in 2016 with Caen | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 September 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Lens II | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Caen | 75 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Caen II | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Nancy | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Nancy II | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 352 | (20) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2014 | Tunisia[1] | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
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 24 February 2007, Yahia played his first Ligue 1 match for Sedan against Rennes.[2]
Honours
Tunisia
