Idriss Saadi

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Idriss Saadi
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Valence, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2000–2004 Chabeuillois
2004–2005 Arménienne Valence
2005–2006 Valence
2006–2010 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Saint-Étienne B 29 (20)
2010–2014 Saint-Étienne 18 (0)
2012 → Reims (loan) 10 (1)
2012–2013 → Gazélec Ajaccio (loan) 32 (7)
2014–2015 Clermont 39 (18)
2015–2017 Cardiff City 2 (0)
2016–2017 → Kortrijk (loan) 32 (14)
2017–2021 Strasbourg 34 (4)
2019–2020 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 16 (3)
2018 Strasbourg B 2 (1)
2021–2022 Bastia 13 (2)
2022 CR Belouizdad 4 (0)
International career‡
2007–2008 France U16 4 (1)
2008–2009 France U17 5 (3)
2010 France U18 1 (0)
2010–2011 France U19 3 (1)
2017– Algeria 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:36, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Idriss Saadi (Arabic: إدريس سعدي; born 8 February 1992) is a professional footballer. He operates primarily in the lead striker role.[1] A former France youth international, Saadi now represents Algeria internationally after making his senior debut in 2017.

Club career[edit]

Saint-Étienne[edit]

Saadi started his professional career at Saint-Étienne, making his professional debut on 28 August 2010 in a league match against Lens in a 3–1 victory.[2]

During his time at Saint-Étienne, Saadi had loan spells at Reims and Ajaccio.

Clermont Foot[edit]

In January 2014, Saadi joined Ligue 2 side Clermont, where he impressed with 20 goals in 42 games.

Cardiff City[edit]

Saadi warming up for Cardiff City prior to a match in 2015.

On 31 August 2015, Saadi joined Championship side Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee.[3] Manager Russell Slade stated that the club had been scouting Saadi for several months and described him as strong, powerful and technically good.[4] Due to an injury picked up the previous season, Saadi didn't make his debut till 7 November 2015, in a 2–0 win over Reading,[5] where he had lasted 13 minutes before suffering another injury ruling him out for another 6 weeks.[6] He made just one more substitute appearance during his first season at the Cardiff City Stadium, during a 2–1 defeat to Fulham on 9 April.

Loan to Kortrijk[edit]

In July 2016, Saadi joined Belgian side Kortrijk on loan.[7] He made his debut in a 1–1 draw with Gent and went on to score his first and second goal against Club Brugge on 20 August.

Strasbourg[edit]

On 21 July 2017, Saadi joined Strasbourg for an undisclosed fee.[8]


CR Belouizdad[edit]

On 5 July 2022, Saadi joined CR Belouizdad.[9]

International career[edit]

Saadi is a former youth international for France.[10] He debuted for the Algeria national football team in a friendly 1–0 win over Guinea on 6 June 2017.[11]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 1 July 2019[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saint-Étienne 2010–11 Ligue 1 9 0 3 0 1 0 — 13 0
2011–12 7 0 1 0 1 0 — 9 0
2012–13 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2013–14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
Total 18 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 25 0
Reims (loan) 2011–12 Ligue 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 — 10 1
Ajaccio (loan) 2012–13 Ligue 2 32 7 0 0 0 0 — 32 7
Clermont 2013–14 Ligue 2 18 7 0 0 0 0 — 18 7
2014–15 21 11 2 1 0 0 — 23 12
Total 39 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 41 19
Cardiff City 2015–16 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Kortrijk (loan) 2016–17 First Division A 29 14 2 0 — 8[b] 2 39 16
Strasbourg 2017–18 Ligue 1 26 4 2 1 1 0 — 29 5
2018–19 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 27 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 30 5
Career total 157 44 10 2 3 0 9 2 179 48
  1. ^ Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in the Belgian First Division A European play-offs

References[edit]

  1. ^ IDRISS SAADI: «FAUT PAS TOMBER EN PANNE D’ESSUIE-GLACES ICI!» Archived 13 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine sofoot.com
  2. ^ "Saint-Étienne v. Lens Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 28 August 2010. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Cardiff City sign striker Idriss Saadi from Clermont Foot". BBC Sport. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Cardiff City boss Russell Slade: Why I brought unknown Idriss Saadi to the Bluebirds". WalesOnline. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Cardiff City 2–0 Reading". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Idriss Saadi: Injury rules out Cardiff City striker for six weeks". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  7. ^ Phil Smith (1 July 2016). "Cardiff City striker Idriss Saadi joins KV Kortrijk on loan". Wales Online. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Idriss Saadi: Cardiff City striker joins Strasbourg for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  9. ^ "IMercato : Idriss Saadi s'engage en faveur du CRB". 5 July 2022. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Joueur - Idriss SAADI - FFF". Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  11. ^ "LIVE wedstrijd - - Live stream - 2017-06-06 - soccernews.nl". www.voetbalnieuws.be. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  12. ^ Idriss Saadi at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

External links[edit]

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