Mehdi Zeffane
Zeffane with Rennes in 2016
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Embareck Zeffane[1]
Date of birth (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Clermont
Number 2
Youth career
2003–2012 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Lyon B 74 (1)
2012–2015 Lyon 0 (0)
2015–2019 Rennes 52 (2)
2020–2021 Krylia Sovetov Samara 45 (0)
2022 Yeni Malatyaspor 9 (0)
2022– Clermont 18 (1)
International career‡
2014– Algeria 15 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Algeria
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2019 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:29, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:41, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Mehdi Embareck Zeffane (Arabic: مهدي إمبارك زفان; born 19 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Clermont. He plays primarily as a right-back, but has also been used as a left winger or left midfielder. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Club career

Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon, Zeffane made his debut for the Olympique Lyonnais B side on 21 August 2010 against RCO Agde at the Stade Louis Sanguin, in which he played the full 90 minutes, as Lyon's B team lost the match 1–0.[3] He scored his first goal for the Lyon B team the next season on 13 August 2011 against FC Villefranche at the Stade Armand Chouffet, when he found the net in the 54th minute in what turned out to be Lyon B's last goal in a 6–0 rout over Villefranche.[4]

In August 2015, Zeffane joined Ligue 1 club Rennes, signing a four-year contract with the club.[5] On 22 August 2015, he scored the winning goal against his former side Lyon in a 2–1 away win for Rennes.[6]

On 30 January 2020, Zeffane signed a two-year contract with Russian Premier League club Krylia Sovetov Samara.[7]

On 14 January 2022, he joined Süper Lig club Yeni Malatyaspor on a one-and-a-half-year contract, with an option to extend for another year.[8] He agreed the termination of his contract in April after the club failed to play his salary and that of teammates.[9] He made nine appearances while Yeni Malatyaspor placed last in the league.[9]

On 15 June 2022, Zeffane returned to France and signed a contract with Clermont for two years with an option for a third year.[10]

International career

Born in France to Algerian parents, Zeffane was initially eligible to represent either France or Algeria. In August 2014, he was named in a provisional 31-man squad by new Algeria coach Christian Gourcuff for a pair of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ethiopia and Mali.[11] Ten days later, he was included in the final squad for the matches.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 December 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyon 2012–13 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2013–14 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 9 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Total 0 0 2 0 3 0 7 0 12 0
Rennes 2015–16 Ligue 1 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 1
2016–17 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
2017–18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2018–19 20 1 3 0 2 0 6 0 31 1
Total 52 2 3 0 5 0 6 0 66 2
Krylia Sovetov Samara 2019–20 Russian Premier League 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2020–21 Russian National League 24 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
2021–22 Russian Premier League 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Total 45 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 50 0
Career total 97 2 10 0 8 0 13 0 128 2

International

As of matches played on 26 July 2019[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Algeria 2014 1 0
2015 5 0
2016 5 0
2017 0 0
2018 0 0
2019 4 0
Total 15 0

Honours

Rennes

Algeria

References

  1. ^ "Algeria" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 1. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Zeffane". Stade Rennais F.C. (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ "AGDE VS. OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS II 1 - 0 Summary". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. ^ "VILLEFRANCHE VS. OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS II 0 - 6". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Mehdi Zeffane rejoint le Stade Rennais F.C." (in French). Stade Rennais F.C. / Ouest Médias. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Olympique Lyonnais vs. Stade Rennais F.C". ligue1.com. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Зеффан Мехди – первый новичок "Крыльев" в этом году" (Press release) (in Russian). PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 30 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Kulübümüz, Cezayir Milli Takımı oyuncusu sağ bek Mehdi Zeffane ile 1 yılı opsiyonlu 1.5 yıllık sözleşme imzalamıştır" (in Turkish). Yeni Malatyaspor. 14 January 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Mehdi Zeffane résilie au Yeni Malatyaspor". L'Équipe (in French). 2 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  10. ^ "MEHDI ZEFFANE, 3ÈME RECRUE DU CLERMONT FOOT 63" (in French). Clermont. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  11. ^ Amar K (14 August 2014). "Liste : retours de Belfodil, Boudebouz et Chaouchi, première pour Zeffane" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  12. ^ HMF (25 August 2014). "CAN 2015 : Les 27, Zeffane convoqué, retour de Belfodil et Boudebouz" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  13. ^ Mehdi Zeffane at Soccerway
  14. ^ Mehdi Zeffane at National-Football-Teams.com
  15. ^ "Algeria hold on against Senegal to win Afcon". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019.

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