Karim Ziani Football player

Karim Koceila Yanis Ziani (Arabic: كريم زياني‎) (born 17 August 1982) is an Algerian professional footballer who is playing for Al-Arabi SC (Qatar). He has the talent to play in many different positions in midfielder, but he is best known for being a playmaker.Ziani is considered to be a national hero by many Algerians, as it was his cross that led to the goal that put them into their first World Cup competition since 1986 at the expense of bitter rivals Egypt. He has participated in two continental tournaments 2004 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, the latter in which Algeria finished fourth, and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Overall he has participated in sixty-two official games for the Algerian national team, in which he has scored five goals.

Personal facts

Karim Ziani
Alias (AKA)كريم زياني (Arabic)
Birth dateAugust 17, 1982
Birth place
Sèvres , France
Height (meters)1.69

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Football player

position
Midfielder
teams
Olympique de Marseille
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Troyes AC
Kayserispor
FC Lorient
Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)
El Jaish SC
Algeria national football team
Racing Club de France football Colombes 92
Algeria national under-23 football team
VfL Wolfsburg

Karim Ziani on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://video.lequipe.fr/video/iLyROoaft3rj.html