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Nabil Taïder Personal information Full name Nabil Taïder Date of birth May 26, 1983 Place of birth Lavaur, Tarn, France Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Free agent Youth career 1999-2001 Toulouse FC Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2001-2007 Toulouse FC 144 (4) 2007 → FC Lorient (loan) 11 (1) 2007-2008 → Stade Reims (loan) 24 (3) 2008-2010 Skoda Xanthi F.C. 29 (2) 2010 Sivasspor 8 (0) Total 216 (10) National team‡ France U-21 2009- Tunisia 4 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 2009Nabil Taïder (born May 26, 1983 in Lavaur, Tarn) is a French-born Tunisian international football midfielder of Algerian descent who last played for Turkish club Sivasspor.
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Personal
Taïder was born in France to a Tunisian father and an Algerian mother of Kabyle descent.[1] His younger brother, Saphir Sliti Taïder, is also a professional footballer and is currently playing for Grenoble.
Club career
Taïder began his career in the youth ranks of Toulouse FC. In 2001 he was promoted to the senior side and would go on to be a key player in the midfield for the French side. In six years at the club Taïder would appear in 144 league matches and score 4 goals. During the 2006/07 season he was loaned to FC Lorient and would appear in 11 matches and score one goal. The following season he went on loan to Stade Reims and was a key player for the club appearing in 24 league matches and scoring 3 goals. In 2008 he left France and joined Greece's Skoda Xanthi F.C.. In his first year with Skoda Xanthi, Taïder played in 24 matches and scored two goals. His second year in Greece saw him feature less frequently. As a result, he left the club during the winter transfer period.
On 8 January 2010, Sivasspor signed the Tunisian midfielder for the second half of the Turkish season.[2] While with Sivasspor, Taïder appeared in 8 league matches.
On 19th April 2011, Taider appeared in a reserve game for npower Championship side Bristol City FC. Nabil played an hour in a 2-1 defeat against Yeovil Town FC.
International career
In 2005, at the age of 21, he attempted to join the Tunisia national football team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup,[3] however FIFA deemed him ineligible as he had played for France U-21, as opposed to the Tunisia national football team, before the age of 21.[4] In 2009 he was finally able to debut for Tunisia. On September 6, 2009 he scored his first goal with Tunisia in a 2-2 draw against Nigeria.
International Goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition . September 6, 2009 Abuja Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria 
Nigeria1 – 1 2 – 2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) References
- ^ elmedan.com
- ^ Sivasspor signs Two African Players
- ^ Shaheen, Amr (2005-04-27). "Taider opts for Tunisia". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4490019.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ Gleeson, Mark (2006-05-01). "Angola make World Cup plea over Portuguese-based duo". Reuters. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=soccer&id=2428548. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
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Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- French footballers
- France under-21 international footballers
- French people of Algerian descent
- French people of Tunisian descent
- Toulouse FC players
- FC Lorient players
- Stade de Reims players
- Algerian footballers
- Tunisian footballers
- Tunisian expatriate footballers
- Tunisia international footballers
- Skoda Xanthi F.C. players
- Sivasspor footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Süper Lig players
- Superleague Greece players
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- People from Tarn
- Tunisian people of Algerian descent
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