Karim Ziani

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Karim Ziani
Karim Ziani 2012.jpg
Karim Ziani (2012)
Personnel
Surname Karim Koceila Yanis Ziani
birthday 17th August 1982
place of birth Sèvres ,  France
size 169 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1995-1998 RC Paris
1998-2001 ES Troyes AC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2002 ES Troyes AC B 57 (12)
2001-2005 ES Troyes AC 63 0(1)
2004-2005 →  FC Lorient  (loan) 24 0(1)
2005-2006 FC Lorient 37 0(7)
2006-2007 FC Sochaux 36 0(8)
2007-2009 Olympique Marseille 49 0(4)
2009-2011 VfL Wolfsburg 15 0(0)
2011 →  Kayserispor  (loan) 13 0(0)
2011-2013 al-Jaish 40 0(1)
2013-2014 al-Arabi Doha 23 0(3)
2014 Ajman Club 3 0(0)
2015 al-Fujairah SC 11 0(0)
2016 Petrolul Ploiesti 14 0(0)
2016-2019 US Orléans 82 0(9)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2003 Algeria U-23 2 0(0)
2003-2011 Algeria 61 0(5)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of career

Karim Koceila Yanis Ziani ( Arabic كريم زياني, DMG Karīm Ziyānī ; * August 17, 1982 in Sèvres , France ) is a former Algerian soccer player .

Career

society

Ziani initially completed his training at the local RC Paris . At the age of 16, he agreed with the then second division club ES Troyes AC on a change in its youth department. Three years later he signed his first professional contract with the northern French, who had meanwhile achieved promotion to Ligue 1 . After settling in during his first professional season, he managed to gain a permanent place at Troyes. Both the relegation of his club to Ligue 2 in 2003 and the loss of his leadership role in the team a season later, however, increased his dissatisfaction. For this reason, he was loaned out to league rivals FC Lorient in January 2005 and ultimately also committed. With the Bretons he succeeded through his strong performances to receive the award "Best player of Ligue 2 2005/06" and thus to attract the attention of numerous Ligue 1 clubs. Although he was promoted to Ligue 1 with FC Lorient during the same season, he moved to FC Sochaux in the summer of 2006 . The now 24-year-old became a key player in Alain Perrin's team and secured the Coupe de France 2007 with his teammates by winning on penalties against Olympique Marseille. After this most successful season so far for Karim Ziani, he moved to the traditional club Olympique Marseille for a transfer fee of eight million euros. This move enables him to play his first UEFA Champions League games. While Ziani initially had problems establishing himself at Marseille, he was used more often in his second year. In 2009 he was also runner-up with the club.

On July 7, 2009, the German champions VfL Wolfsburg announced the commitment of Ziani, who received a contract there until 2013. In the first season he was still used regularly in the first half of the season and also gave two assists, in the second half he was only substituted on once. When it became apparent in his second year that he could not establish himself in the team, he was loaned to the Turkish first division club Kayserispor in January 2011 .

On July 8, 2011, VfL Wolfsburg announced that the contract with Ziani had been terminated by mutual agreement. Ziani then moved to the Qatari first division club al-Jaish , where he was also appointed captain by coach Péricles Chamusca . He stayed until 2013 before joining league rivals al-Arabi Doha . In 2014 he moved to the United Arab Emirates .

From the summer of 2015 to the beginning of 2016, Ziani was without a club for six months before the Romanian first division team Petrolul Ploieşti signed him . With Petrolul he had to relegate at the end of the 2015/16 season . He then joined US Orléans in the French Ligue 2 today and ended his active career there in the summer of 2019.

National team

Karim Ziani was born in Sèvres, France, but comes from an Algerian family. He decided to play for the Algerian national team, where he made his debut against Belgium on February 12, 2003 at the age of 20. Since then he has been one of the stars of this team and was therefore voted the best player in Algeria in 2004, 2005 and 2006. He also took part in the Africa Cup of Nations 2004 with Algeria and reached the quarter-finals together with his teammates.

successes

society
Personally

Web links

Commons : Karim Ziani  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ VfL signs Algerian international Karim Ziani ( Memento from July 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://ligareporter.de/wolfsburg-endung-ziani-zu-kayserispor-aus-1552669
  3. ↑ Contract with Karim Ziani was terminated ( Memento from June 7, 2016 in the web archive archive.today )
personal data
SURNAME Ziani, Karim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ziani, Karim Koceila Yanis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-Algerian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Sèvres , France