Abdallah Yaisien ( arz, عبدالله ياسين، born 23 May 1994) is a

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professional

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who plays as an

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for club Ansar.

Early life

Yaisien was born on April 23, 1994 in Bondy, France, to an Egyptian father who supported

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and an Algerian mother. He holds both French and Egyptian nationalities. His younger brother

Omar Yaisien Omar Yaisien (Arabic: عمر ياسين; born 8 May 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Hamriyah. Born in France, he represents Egypt internationally. International career Yaisien was called up to represent the ...

is an Egypt U20 player.

Career

Yaisien started his career playing at youth team level with

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. At only 16 years old Abdallah signed his first professional contract with PSG. In 2011 he participated to the World Cup in Mexico with the U17 French team. France reached the quarter-finals of the tournament. Hailed as a promising youngster, he was then signed by

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club

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

during the 2013 summer market but was never featured in the first team and was successively loaned out to

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club

Trapani Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an impor ...

in January 2014, where he made only three appearances in the second half of the 2013–14 season. On 23 January 2015, he accepted a loan deal to

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club

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until the end of the season. He was released by Bologna at the end of the season. He signed for

FC Lorient Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (; commonly referred to FC Lorient or simply Lorient) is a French association football club based in Lorient, Brittany. The club was founded in 1926 and currently competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French ...

in January 2016, being mostly featured with the reserve team. During season 2016/2017 Abdallah Yaisien played 12 games in the CFA French national league. He scored 7 goals and provided 5 assists. In July 2017, Yaisien signed a two-year professional contract with

. He left the club at the end of the 2018/19 season.

International career

A youth international for France, Yaisien declared an interest in playing for the

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Honours

Ansar *

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: 2023–24

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* * * 1994 births Living people Footballers from Bondy French men's footballers Egyptian men's footballers France men's youth international footballers French people of Egyptian descent French sportspeople of Algerian descent French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon French expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Serie B players Serie C players Championnat National 2 players Lebanese Premier League players Bologna FC 1909 players FC Trapani 1905 players SS Arezzo players Al Ansar FC players Men's association football midfielders {{France-footy-midfielder-stub