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Toufik Zerara
Personal information
Full name Toufik Zerara[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-03) 3 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Mulhouse, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
CR Belouizdad
Number 29
Youth career
FC Kingersheim
FC Mulhouse
2002–2006 FC Sochaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Sochaux[2] 0 (0)
2007 Germinal Beerschot[3] 8 (0)
2008–2009 Al Dhafra ? (2)
2009–2010 Falkirk 3 (0)
2010 Al Dhafra - (2)
2010–2011 SR Colmar 36 (1)
2012–2013 JSM Béjaïa 41 (10)
2013–2016 ES Sétif 71 (3)
2016–2018 CS Constantine 0 (0)
2018–2020 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj 0 (0)
2020– CR Belouizdad 0 (1)
International career
2013– Algeria A' 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 June 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Toufik Zerara (born 3 February 1986 in Mulhouse) is a footballer currently playing for CR Belouizdad in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[4] Born in France, he represented that nation at youth level but then opted to represent Algeria.

Career

Youth career

He began his football career in the youth side for FC Kingersheim[5] and joined later to the cult club FC Mulhouse.[6]

Professional career

Zerara began his professional career with the second team of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard who was promoted to the Ligue 1 team in 2006. After one year without a game in the Ligue 1 for Sochaux[7] signed for Jupiler League club K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot.[8] He played in only season for G.B.A. seven games and joined now to Al Dhafra Club in the UAE League during the 2008–09 season and was released by Emirati club Dhafra a few months ago.[9] On 12 January 2012 Zerara signed for Algerian club JSM Bejaia.[10] On 28 January 2012 he made his debut for the club as a starter in a league game against CS Constantine,

Falkirk

He then signed for Scottish Premier League club Falkirk in November 2009; although this was outside of the transfer window, Zerara was able to sign as a free agent.[11] On 6 January 2010 Zerara left the club after rejecting a contract extension which did not meet his wage demands.[12]

International career

Zerara is a former France national under-21 football team member, played in 2007 only one game for his country.[13]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 15 December 2014. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2015.
  2. ^ Toufik Zerara - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank
  3. ^ Toufik Zerara | FOOTGOAL Archived 2008-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "CRB: Zerara, deuxième recrue hivernale". 7 January 2020.
  5. ^ vaubanenforce. "le blog des 18dh du vauban". Skyrock (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  6. ^ "fcmulhouse.com" (PDF). www.fcmulhouse.com (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. ^ Toufik Zerara – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
  8. ^ Zerara rejoint le GBA Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Toufik Zrarah - Goalzz.com
  10. ^ "Radio Algérienne". www.radioalgerie.dz. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  11. ^ Zerara agrees deal with Falkirk, The Scotsman, 27 November 2009.
  12. ^ "Zerara leaves Bairns". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  13. ^ "French player close to completing deal with Bairns". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2018.