Abderraouf Zarabi

Abderraouf Zarabi
Personal information
Date of birth	26 March 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Algiers, Algeria
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
1989–1996	IRB Ouargla
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	IRB Ouargla
1997–2003	NA Hussein Dey
2003–2007	Ajaccio
2005–2006	→ Gueugnon (loan)
2007–2008	Gueugnon
2008	Hibernian
2008–2011	Nîmes
2011–2012	JS Kabylie
2012	CS Constantine
2013	MC Oran
2013	PK-35 Vantaa
International career
2003–2009	Algeria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abderraouf Zarabi (born 26 March 1979) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He made 22 appearances for the Algeria national team.^[1]

Club career

Hibernian

Zarabi was born in Algiers, Algeria. He signed with the Scottish Premier League club Hibernian in January 2008, but was released from his contract at the end of the 2007–08 season.^[2] He was released because his wife and child were rejected visas to come and live in Edinburgh.^[2]

Nîmes

Zarabi decided to return to French football, signing a contract with newly promoted Ligue 2 side Nîmes Olympique.^[3] On 1 August 2008, he made his debut for the club, starting in a Ligue 2 match against Brest.^[4]

Personal life

Abderraouf is the son of former Algeria international and NA Hussein Dey star Abdelaziz Zarabi. His younger brother Kheireddine Zarabi is also a footballer.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Algeria	2003	5
	2004	0
	2005	0
	2006	4
	2007	7
	2008	5
	2009	1
Total		22

Notes

^ "Zarabi : "J'ai réalisé mon rêve de rester dans le football"". 24 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Abdel Zarabi". Hibernian official website. 21 May 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ Nîmes : Arrivée de Zarabi Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Ligue de Football Professionnel : Ligue 2, actualités, résultats, classements, statistiques". www.lfp.fr. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008.

External links

Abderraouf Zarabi at L'Équipe Football (in French)
"Player profile – dzfoot.com". Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2007.
Abderraouf Zarabi at Soccerbase
Abderraouf Zarabi at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Zarabi : "J'ai réalisé mon rêve de rester dans le football"". 24 February 2019.

[hibs-2] "Abdel Zarabi". Hibernian official website. 21 May 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[3] Nîmes : Arrivée de Zarabi Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "Ligue de Football Professionnel : Ligue 2, actualités, résultats, classements, statistiques". www.lfp.fr. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008.

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