Karim Ziani

Karim Ziani (born the August 17th 1982 with Sevres, in the Hauts-de-Seine) is a international footballer Algérie N currently evolving/moving at the station of general-purpose offensive medium (droitier but mainly playing on the left) to the Olympique of Marseilles. It gained the Coupe de France of football 2006-2007 with FC Sochaux.

Career of player

Karim Ziani, born with Sevres in 1982 in Paris region in an Algerian family kabyle, is initially located by the Racing club of France which integrates it into its young teams of 1995 with 1998. He joined then the training center of Troyes, signing its first contract pro with the club aubois in 2001. Under the orders of the trainer Alain Perrin, it presses for the first time the lawns in championship of Ligue 1 in December 2001. It makes its beginnings in the Algerian selection the February 12th 2003, at the time of a match against the Belgium.

A time had a presentiment of to join the Italy and the club of His, it leaves finally in loan on October 11th 2004 to FC Lorient. Become a element-key of the device lorientais, the team of Christian Gourcuff recruits it for the season 2005-2006 which will see it to affirm like one of the large craftsmen of the increase in Ligue 1. It is indicated besides better player of Ligue 2 at the end of this season.

This title and its big number of selections in team of Algeria attract the interest of many clubs to him of which FC Nantes, the Olympique of Marseilles and the ACE Saint-Etienne. It is finally for FC Sochaux-Montbeliard that it engages for three years in August 2006, thus finding the trainer of its beginnings, Alain Perrin.

In 2006 and 2007, he is elected Ballon of Algerian Gold.

May 12th, 2007, it gains the cut of France with the FC Sochaux against OM. With a decisive graduated master key with the 116e minute with its fellow-member Tallec, it makes rock the course of the match and makes it possible its team to equalize and pass to the penalties.

In June 2007 it is recruited by the Olympique of Marseilles, for one 4 years duration, in order to replace Franck Ribéry left to the Bayern Munich. This transfer, evaluated to 8 million euros, in particular enables him to discover prestigious the Ligue of the champions.

Ziani registers its first goal under the colors of the OM on August 15th, 2007 at the time of the 3rd day against Valencian FC.

Prize list

2004 : Member of the standard team of the EDGE with the
2005 and 2006: Gold DZFoot (better player Algeria N)
2006: Better player of League 2 with the
2006: Algerian Gold balloon (Gold Balloon El Haddaf it Striker)
2007: Winner of the Coupe de France with the
2007: Algerian Gold balloon (Gold Balloon El Haddaf it Striker)

Career

Last update on December 1st, 2007

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