Alaeddine Yahia

Alaeddine Yahia

Personal information
Full name	Alaeddine Yahia
Date of birth	September 26, 1981 (1981-09-26)
Place of birth	Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Central defender
Club information
Current club	Lens
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2001	CS Louhans-Cuiseaux	4	(0)
2001–2004	Guingamp	37	(1)
2004–2005	Southampton	0	(0)
2005–2006	AS Saint-Etienne	17	(0)
2005–2008	CS Sedan-Ardennes	20	(0)
2008–	OGC Nice	9	(1)
2008–	Lens	103	(8)
National team‡
2002–	Tunisia	14	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2010

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 Racing Club de Lens 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.

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

External links

• Alaeddine Yahia at Soccernet
• Alaeddine Yahia career stats at Soccerbase
• Alaeddine Yahia French league stats at LFP.fr (French)