Toufik Zerara

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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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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]

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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.
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