Najeh Braham

Najeh Braham

Personal information
Date of birth	May 20, 1977 (1977-05-20) (age 34)
Place of birth	Bembla, Tunisia
Height	189 cm
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Free agent
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
??	US Monastir	?	(?)
0-2001	SC Göttingen 05	?	(?)
2001-2004	SV Eintracht Trier 05	44	(13)
2004-2005	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	12	(1)
2005-2006	SV Eintracht Trier 05	24	(12)
2006-2008	Sportfreunde Siegen	1	(0)
2008-2009	1. FC Magdeburg	45	(18)
2009-2011	FC Erzgebirge Aue	30	(11)
National team‡
2003-2006	Tunisia	14	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:49, 14 June 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:30, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Najeh Braham (born May 20, 1977 in Bembla) is a Tunisian footballer.

Playing career

Braham began his playing career with Tunisian side US Monastir. His first club in Germany was SC Göttingen 05. In 2001 Braham moved to Regionalliga Süd side SV Eintracht Trier 05, but only played in 6 matches in his first season. After Trier's promotion to 2nd Bundesliga, the club looked to off-load him, but no interest was shown. In the next season Braham had his breakthrough with Trier, scoring 13 goals in 29 matches and securing a mid-table finish for the club. However, in the following season, Braham hit a dry spell, not scoring once in all his 15 matches, leading to his transfer to newly-promoted FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt in 2004.^[1] But at Erfurt, Braham's problems continued, he only played in 12 matches, scoring once. Eventually the rest of the team declared itself displeased by Braham's egoistical way of playing, and he moved back to Eintracht Trier. Trier had been relegated to Regionalliga Süd, and Braham's 12 goals in 24 matches could not prevent the club from being relegated to the tier IV Oberliga Südwest.^[2]

From the 2006/07 season onwards Braham played for Regionalliga Süd side Sportfreunde Siegen, but played for the reserves in the tier V Verbandsliga most of the time. In the winter break of the 2007/08 season his contract was terminated, and on January 22, 2008 he signed for 1. FC Magdeburg. Despite the club missing out on qualification for the newly-created 3rd Liga, Braham extended his contract until 2011, but left the club on 13 July 2009 to sign with FC Erzgebirge Aue,^[3] after Magdeburg had told the player that he no longer played a role in their plans.^[4]

International career

Braham has had 14 caps for Tunisia, he was part of the Tunisia squad that won the 2004 edition of the African Cup of Nations, playing in two matches and scoring once.^[5]

References

1. ^ Profile at fussballdaten.de
2. ^ Profile at weltfussball.de
3. ^ Aue verpflichtet Braham
4. ^ "FCM trennt sich von Spielern" (in German). mdr.de. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. 2009-06-04. http://www.mdr.de/sport/fussball_rl/6415606.html. Retrieved 2009-07-13. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ National Football Transfers Profile

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Name	Braham, Najeh
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Date of birth	1977-05-20
Place of birth	Bembla, Tunisia
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