Nicolas Sahnoun

Nicolas Sahnoun
Personal information
Date of birth	3 September 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Bordeaux, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1997–2000	Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2003	Bordeaux
2000–2001	→ Fulham (loan)
2002	→ Ajaccio (loan)
2004–2005	Almería
2005–2006	Brest
2007–2008	Dijon
2008–2010	Montpellier
2009–2010	→ Racing Ferrol (loan)
2010–2013	Lège-Cap-Ferret
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolas Sahnoun (born 3 September 1980) is a French retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career[edit]

Born in Bordeaux of Algerian descent, Sahnoun emerged through local FC Girondins de Bordeaux's youth ranks, but appeared sparingly for its first team during his spell as a senior, also being loaned twice: he helped English club Fulham achieve promotion to the Premier League for the first time ever, repeating the feat back in his country with Ligue 2's AC Ajaccio.

In January 2004, aged 23, Sahnoun moved to Spain, after signing with Segunda División side UD Almería, where he would play for one-and-a-half seasons. Subsequently, he returned to France, spending three years – one-and-a-half apiece – with Stade Brestois 29 and Dijon FCO in the second level.

Sahnoun achieved his third second tier promotion in the 2008–09 campaign, with Montpellier HSC, but appeared rarely for the Rolland Courbis-led team (also his manager at Bordeaux) and left for Racing de Ferrol in the Spanish Segunda División B for one season, on loan.^[1]

Personal life[edit]

Sahnoun's father, Omar, was also a footballer and a midfielder. He too played for Bordeaux.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Nicolas Sahnoun: "Autant de plaisir"" [Nicolas Sahnoun: "So much pleasure"] (in French). Sud-Ouest. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
^ "Match – Hommage à Omar Sahnoun" [Match – Honouring Omar Sahnoun] (in French). Girondins. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

External links[edit]

Nicolas Sahnoun – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
Nicolas Sahnoun at L'Équipe Football (in French)
Nicolas Sahnoun at BDFutbol

[1] "Nicolas Sahnoun: "Autant de plaisir"" [Nicolas Sahnoun: "So much pleasure"] (in French). Sud-Ouest. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

[2] "Match – Hommage à Omar Sahnoun" [Match – Honouring Omar Sahnoun] (in French). Girondins. 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.

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