Saphir Taïder

Sapphire Sliti Taïder (* 29 February 1992 in Castres ) is an Algerian- French footballer. The midfielder made ​​his debut in 2013 in the Algerian national team.

Sports career

Taïder, which is compared with Claudio Marchisio, learned to play football in his hometown at Castres FC before he came to Grenoble Foot on the youth team of U.S. Albi 2008. In May 2010 he made his debut for the club in Ligue 1 After the descent of the association end of the season in the Ligue 2, he was fitted in July of this year with a professional contract. In the following season, he became the master power and also played in the French youth teams.

After the termination, and crashes from Grenoble Foot in the Fünftklassigkeit the following year Taïder left the club and joined the Italian club Bologna FC. Again, the midfielder established in the squad. In January 2012, Bologna Juventus exchanged with a part of the Trainsferanteile to Taïder for shares in the Dane Frederik Sørensen, bought this but returned five months later.

For the 2013/14 season Taïder moved to Inter Milan, Bologna, however, kept half of his transfer rights.

Taïder whose mother from Algeria and whose father is from Tunisia, ran in several youth teams of his native country France, but decided against the French and the Algerian federation, while his brother Nabil playing for the Tunisian national team. On March 26, 2013, were in the managed by Vahid Halilhodžić Algerian national team against Benin his debut.