Youssef Sofiane
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Youssef Sofiane | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Villefranche-sur-Saone, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Free agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2002 | AJ Auxerre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | West Ham United | 1 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Lille (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Notts County (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Roda JC (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Coventry | 1 | (0) |
| 2006 | La Louviere | 8 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Sportfreunde Siegen | 6 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | US Lesquin | 5 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Lille B | 20 | (7) |
| 2009 | Lille | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | R.F.C. Tournai | 20 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | MC Alger | 14 | (2) |
| 2012 | ES Sétif | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 22 April 2011 (UTC). | |||
Youssef Sofiane (Arabic: يوسف سُفيان) (born 8 July 1984 in Villefranche-sur-Saône) is a French–Algerian football player. He has played in England, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Algeria and Germany.
Club career
Sofiane began his footballing career in August 2000 as a trainee at AJ Auxerre.[1] He joined West Ham United in June 2002,[2] when he was signed by manager Glenn Roeder on a free transfer as back-up to the club's strikers.[3] Opportunities were rare however and he made only two appearances for West Ham, as a substitute in a 2–1 away win against Preston, and in a 3–1 win over Rushden in the first round of the League Cup, both in August 2003.[4][5] He was loaned to Lille in January 2004 until the end of the 2003–04 season,[1] and to Notts County on a one-month loan deal in September 2004, where he made three appearances, scoring one goal against Wrexham in the Football League Trophy.[6][7][8] He then joined Dutch club Roda JC on loan through January–May 2005, where he made three substitute appearances.[1] Despite playing in pre-season games, he was not given a squad number by West Ham for the 2005–06 season and his contract was terminated by mutual consent in August 2005.[9] After trials with MK Dons[10] and Coventry City, he joined Coventry on non-contract terms in October 2005.[11] However, he made only one substitute appearance for Coventry before being released in January 2006.[1]
After leaving Coventry, he played for La Louviere in the Belgian Jupiler League,[12] Sportfreunde Siegen of the German Regionalliga,[13] and US Lesquin in France.[14]
On 7 December 2011, Sofiane signed an 18-month contract with ES Sétif.[15] He signed as a free agent having been without a club after his contract with MC Alger ended in summer 2011.
Representative honours
Sofiane represented France at Under-15 to Under-18 level.[10]
Honours
- Won the Algerian Cup once with ES Sétif in 2012
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Youssef Sofiane". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "Football Transfers". BBC Sport. 26 June 2002. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "Roeder swoops for teenager". BBC Sport. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "Preston 1 – 2 West Ham". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "West Ham 3 – 1 Rushden". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "Sofiane nets Magpies deal". BBC Sport. 7 September 2004. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "Notts County 2–3 Wrexham". BBC. 28 September 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ↑ "Sofiane returns to West Ham". BBC Sport. 11 October 2004. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "Hammers release striker Sofiane". BBC Sport. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- 1 2 "Trialist Sofiane to play for Dons". BBC Sport. 6 September 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "Nalis swaps Blades for Sky Blues". BBC Sport. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "Youssef Sofiane à La Louvière ?" (in French). Footgoal. 31 January 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "Spiele von Youssef Sofiane 2006/2007" (in German). Fussballdaten. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "Youssef Sofiane à Lesquin" (in French). Allezlesdogues. 2 October 2007. Archived from the original on 8 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ ESS, signature de Youcef Sofiane; DZFoot, 7 December 2011.
External links
- Youssef Sofiane career statistics at Soccerbase
- Spiele von Youssef Sofiane 2006/2007, Fussballdaten.