Alain Masudi

Alain Masudi

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Personal information
Full name	Alain Masudi Ekakanga
Date of birth	(1978-02-12) February 12, 1978
Place of birth	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Position(s)	Forward, Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Number	4
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997	SC Bastia	1	(0)
1997-1999	Nîmes Olympique	39	(3)
1999-2000	AS Saint-Étienne	8	(1)
2000-2001	Lausanne Sports	14	(1)
2001-2003	Sturm Graz	48	(10)
2003-2004	Al-Ittihad	24	(8)
2004-2005	Bnei Sakhnin	26	(5)
2005-2006	Maccabi Netanya	30	(9)
2006-2007	Maccabi Haifa	24	(5)
2007	F.C. Ashdod	14	(1)
2008	Maccabi Tel Aviv	14	(6)
2008-2009	Maccabi Herzliya	30	(8)
2009	Dalian Shide	11	(1)
2010-2011	Maccabi Herzliya	31	(13)
2011-2012	Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon	32	(4)
2012-present	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	103	(28)
International career‡
1998-2006	Congo DR	12	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 May 2007

Alain Masudi (born February 12, 1978) is a Congolese football player who currently plays for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in Israel's Liga Leumit.

He was part of the Congolese 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. Masudi managed to score the only goal for Congo in the competition.

In 2004 Masudi first ventured into Israeli football playing for Bnei Sakhnin. For the 2005-06 season, Masudi moved on to play for the newly promoted Maccabi Netanya in the Israeli Premier League. During the close season of 2006, Masudi moved to his third Israeli club, Maccabi Haifa and in the 2007-08 season he played in F.C. Ashdod and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

On 26/06/2008 he decided to join Daniel Jammer's Maccabi Netanya after having troubles with officials from Maccabi Tel Aviv. On 29/7/2008 he was released from the team after he requested to extend the contract.

On 12/9/2008 Masudi agreed on a one-year-contract with Maccabi Herzliya from the second league. Masudi will reunite with Eyal Lahman, the man who brought him to Israel four years ago to Bnei Sakhnin.

On 30/7/2009 Dalian Shide signed Masudi with a contract worth $330,000 for a season and a half.

On July 2010 he returned to Israel and agreed again on a one-year deal with Herzlyia in the second league.

On June 2011 he made his return to the Israeli Premier League as he will be a part of the newly promoted Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon in their debut season in the top flight.

Honours

• Austrian Bundesliga:
  • Runner-up (1): 2001-02
• ÖFB-Cup:
  • Runner-up (1): 2002
• Libyan Premier League:
  • Runner-up (1): 2003-04

External links

• Stats at IFA
• Alain Masudi at Soccerway