- Karim Ziani
Football player infobox
playername= Karim Ziani
fullname = Karim Ziani
height = height|m=1.69
weight = 66 kg
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|8|17|mf=y
cityofbirth =Sèvres
countryofbirth =France
currentclub = Marseille
clubnumber = 6
position =Midfielder
youthyears =1995 -2001
youthclubs =RC Paris
years = 2000–2005
2004–2005
2005-2006
2006–2007
2007-
clubs = Troyes
→ Lorient "(loan)"
Lorient
Sochaux
Marseile
caps(goals) = 64 (1)
24 (1)
37 (7)
36 (8)
21 (2)
nationalyears = 2003-
nationalteam = Algeria
nationalcaps(goals) = 38 (3)
pcupdate =May 18 ,2007
ntupdate = September 6, 2008Karim Ziani ( _ar. كريم زياني) (born
August 17 ,1982 inSèvres ,France ) is anAlgeria n football player who is currently playing forOlympique de Marseille inLigue 1 .Personal life
He was born in
Sèvres , France, onAugust 17 1982 , of kabyle parents, originally come fromBejaia in theKabylie region ofAlgeria [ [http://www.dzfoot.com/news.php?hot_id=2025 « "Verts d'Europe : Ziani, le ticket gagnant" »] sur DZFoot.] .International career
Ziani made his debut for the Algerian national team in 2003 when he was called up by Belgian caretaker
George Leekens for a friendly against Belgium. He was a member of the Algerian2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition before being defeated by Morocco in the quarter-finals. He was also named as the best player at his position in the2004 African Nations Cup . Karim Ziani scored his first goal for Algeria against Gambia with a penalty in a2008 African Nations Cup qualifier, Algeria won 1-0. Ziani then added two more goals to his tally in a2010 World Cup against Liberia. Algeria won the game 3-0Club career
Ziani started his playing career in the junior ranks at
RC Paris where he was spotted by scouts fromTroyes . Ziani spent three seasons playing with Troyes' junior team before joining the first team. He subsequently spent two seasons playing in Ligue 1 beforeTroyes were relegated toLigue 2 . He spent the next season mostly on the bench for Troyes and in the summer of 2004 was loaned out toFC Lorient . In the next two seasons he would becomeLorient 's top player and would lead them to promotion toLigue 1 . He was voted as the top player inLigue 2 for the 2005–06 season.In the summer of 2006, he signed a three-year deal with
FC Sochaux and reunited with his first coach at TroyesAlain Perrin .The following summer, Ziani saw increasing attention from other French clubs, namelyOlympique de Marseille . This interest culminated on29 June 2007 , when news broke that Ziani had finalized his move to Marseille for a transfer fee ofUS$ 11 million.Karim scored his first goal with Marseille in a match against Valenciennes. He has since then become a familiar face in Albert Emon's starting eleven. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6252966.stm|title=Algeria's Ziani joins Marseille|accessdate=2007-06-30|publisher=BBC Sport]Honours
* Member of
2004 African Nations Cup Top 11 team [ [http://www.lobservateur.bf/Oarticlearchive.php3?id_article=234 L’apport de la légion étrangère] . L'Observateur Paalga - Jan 2004.]
*DZFoot d'Or : 2004, 2005, 2006 [ [http://www.dzfoot.com/dzfootor.php?hot_id=2068 DZFoot d'Or 2006] . DZfoot.com.]
* Top player inLigue 2 : 2005/2006 (FC Lorient)
* Algerian Ballon d’Or (Ballon d’Or El Haddaf): 2006, 2007
*Coupe de France : 2007 (FC Sochaux-Montbéliard)Career
Last updated
September 29 2007 References
External links
* [http://video.lequipe.fr/video/iLyROoaft3rj.html Video report of Karim Ziani (2006–07 season)] , on video.lequipe.fr.
*lfpfr|103211
*FIFA player|205717
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