Yazid Mansouri
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 February 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Revin, France | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Tinqueux SC | ||
| 1995–1997 | Le Havre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2004 | Le Havre | 134 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | → Coventry City (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Châteauroux | 63 | (2) |
| 2006–2010 | Lorient | 112 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Al Sailiya | 15 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | CS Constantine | 14 | (0) |
| Total | 352 | (6) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2010 | Algeria | 67 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yazid Mansouri (Arabic: يزيد منصوري, Yazīd Manṣūrī) (born 25 February 1978) is a former footballer who played as a midfielder.[1][2] Born in France, he played for the Algeria national team, gaining 67 caps over ten years.[3] He is the current sporting director of Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Espérance de Tunis.
Born in Revin, Ardennes, France, Mansouri began his career at Tinqueux SC, a small team from Tinqueux who were playing in the sixth division. At age 17, he left the club and signed with Le Havre AC who were playing in Ligue 1, where he spent his first two seasons playing in the reserve side. He made his debut in the first game of the 1997–98 season, coming as a second-half substitute against Olympique de Marseille. He would slowly assert himself at the club and would eventually go on to make 134 appearances and scoring 2 goals in 6 seasons in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.
At the start of the 2003–04 season, Mansouri was loaned out for the season to English Championship side Coventry City F.C.[4] Mansouri made 14 appearances in the first half of the season before leaving, against the clubs wishes, to play for Algeria at the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Mali. His contract was subsequently terminated and he remained without a club for the rest of the season.[5]
In the summer of 2004, Mansouri signed with Ligue 2 side LB Châteauroux where he easily imposed himself in the middle of the park. He would go on to make 63 appearances for the club, starting every one of them, and scoring 2 goals. He was also the captain of the team in the 2005–2006 season.
At the beginning of the 2006 season, Mansouri signed a two-year contract with Ligue 1 side FC Lorient.[6]
On 23 June 2010, Mansouri signed a Two-year contract with Qatari-side Al-Sailiya.[7][8]
On 22 December 2011, Mansouri signed a contract until the end of the season with Algerian side CS Constantine.[9]
