Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brahim Zafour | ||
Date of birth | 30 November 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Tizi Ouzou, Algeria | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1990–1998 | JS Kabylie | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2005 | JS Kabylie | 136 | (9) |
2005–2006 | Al-Siliya | ? | (?) |
2006–2008 | JS Kabylie | 39 | (0) |
2008–2015 | JSM Béjaïa | 138 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
1998–2005 | Algeria | 28 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 2009 |
Brahim Zafour (in kabyle: Brahim Zafur; born 30 November 1977) is a former Algerian football player.
He was a member of the Algerian 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition before being defeated by Morocco in the quarter-finals.
Algeria national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1998 | 1 | 0 |
1999 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | 3 | 0 |
2002 | 7 | 0 |
2003 | 6 | 0 |
2004 | 9 | 1 |
2005 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 28 | 1 |
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