Karim Ziani
Karim Ziani (2012 )
Karim Ziani Koceila Yanis (Arabic كريم زياني, DMG Karīm Ziyānī; born August 17, 1982 in Sèvres, France) is an Algerian football player. The attacking midfielder currently playing for Al- Jaish.
Career
Association
His education completed Ziani first with the local RC Paris. At the age of 16, he agreed with the then second division ES Troyes AC to AC in the youth department. Three years later he signed for the Northern French, which is now the climb was succeeded in the Ligue 1, his first professional contract. After he settled during his first professional season, he managed to carve out a permanent place in Troyes. Both the relegation of his club in Ligue 2 in 2003, and the loss of his leadership role in the team after a season, but increasingly enlarged his dissatisfaction. For this reason, he was loaned out in January 2005 to the league rivals FC Lorient and ultimately committed. In the Bretons succeeded by his strong performances to receive the " Best Player of Ligue 2 2005 / 06", and thus to draw the attention of numerous Ligue 1 clubs up. Although it during the same season with FC Lorient promotion to Ligue 1, he joined in the summer of 2006 to FC Sochaux. The now 24 -year-old became the top performers in the team of Alain Perrin and secured with his teammates the Coupe de France in 2007 with a victory on penalties against Olympique Marseille. After this most successful Karim Ziani for season, he moved for a transfer fee of eight million euros to the traditional club Olympique Marseille. This change allows him to deny his first games in the UEFA Champions League. While Ziani initially had problems establishing itself at Marseille, he came in his second year already frequently used. In 2009 he was also runner-up with the club.
On 7 July 2009, the German champions VfL Wolfsburg announced the commitment of Ziani. , Which was there a contract until 2013. In the first season he was still regularly used in the first round and gave two assists in the second half he came on only once. When it became clear also in his second year that he could not establish himself in the team, he was loaned out to Turkish first division club Kayserispor in January 2011.
On 8 July 2011, the VfL Wolfsburg announced that the contract had been terminated with Ziani mutual agreement. Ziani then moved up to the first division Qatari Al- Jaish, where he was also appointed by the coach Péricles Chamusca captain.
National
Karim Ziani was born in the French Sèvres, but comes from an Algerian family. He opted for the national team of Algeria aground, where he celebrated on 12 February 2003 at the age of 20 years against Belgium his debut. Since then he has one of the stars of this team and therefore was the best player of Algeria in 2004, elected in 2005 and 2006. He took with Algeria also in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2004 and arrived together with his teammates the quarterfinals.
Achievements
- Coupe de France 2007 (FC Sochaux)
- Best Player of Ligue 2 2005 /06 ( FC Lorient)