Alaeddine Yahia

Alaeddine Yahia

Personal information
Full name	Alaeddine Yahia
Date of birth	(1981-09-26) September 26, 1981
Place of birth	Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Height
Position(s)	Central defender
Team information
Current team	Caen
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2001	Louhans-Cuiseaux	4	(0)
2001–2004	Guingamp	37	(1)
2004–2005	Southampton	0	(0)
2005	→ Saint-Etienne (loan)	7	(0)
2005-2006	Saint-Etienne	10	(0)
2006–2008	Sedan	20	(0)
2008–2009	Nice	9	(1)
2008–2009	→ Lens (loan)	23	(3)
2008–2014	Lens	154	(11)
2013	Lens B	1	(0)
2014	Caen B	1	(0)
2014–	Caen	28	(2)
International career‡
2002–	Tunisia	21	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:43, 12 December 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:53, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Alaeddine Yahia (Arabic: علاء الدين يحيى‎‎) (born September 26, 1981 in Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French-Tunisian football player who plays for Ligue 1 side Stade Malherbe Caen in France.

Yahia has previously played for Stade Tunisien, Guingamp and had a brief spell at Southampton, although he did not play a first team game for the club.

Yahia was part of the Tunisian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, finishing third in group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina and group runners-up Australia. He was part of the squad that won the 2004 African Cup of Nations.

On February 24, 2007 Yahia played his first Ligue 1 match for Sedan against Rennes

External links

• Alaeddine Yahia at Soccernet
• Alaeddine Yahia career statistics at Soccerbase
• Ala-Eddine Yahia – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)