Tijany Atallah

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Tijany Atallah
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-12) 12 March 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Muret, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Bordeaux
Youth career
2009–2013 US Venerquoise
2013–2017 Colomiers
2017–2018 Balma
2018–2022 Bordeaux
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019– Bordeaux B 46 (0)
2022– Bordeaux 0 (0)
International career
2019 France U17 1 (0)
2021– Algeria U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2024

Tijany Atallah (born 12 March 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Championnat National 2 club Bordeaux. [2] Born in France, he is a youth international for Algeria.

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Early life

Tijany Atallah grew up in Vernet, Haute-Garonne, where he started playing football at the age of three. He joined Colomiers in 2013 before also joining the federal pôle espoirs  [ fr ] of Castelmaurou two years later. [3] [4]

Club career

After a one-year spell with Balma during the 2017–18 season, Atallah joined the Bordeaux academy in 2018 as an under-16. [3] [4] [5] He made his professional debut for the club's senior team on 2 January 2022, starting as a center-back in a Coupe de France round of 32 game, a 3–0 away loss to Brest. [6]

International career

Atallah is a youth international for France, having played a friendly game against Italy in 2019 with the under-17. [4] [7] [8] In 2021, he was selected with Algeria under-20s for the UNAF Tournament, [9] [10] where despite his side disappointing overall performance, he was among the Algerian revelations. [11]

Style of play

A versatile defender, Atallah is able to play as a center-back or on both flanks of the defense, and even as a defensive midfielder. [3] [4]

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