Abdeljalil Zaim Idriss Medioub (

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: عبد الجليل زعيم إدريس مديوب ; born 28 August 1997) is a professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Club career

Medioub was a youth product at

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, and spent his early career in various reserve teams in Spain. In 2019, he moved to

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on loan and began his professional career there. He then joined the reserve side of

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, and on 28 September 2020 signed with

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in the Primeira Liga.

International career

Born in France, Medioub is of Algerian descent. He made his debut with the Algeria national team in a friendly 1–0 win over

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on 9 October 2020.

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1997 births Living people Footballers from Marseille Citizens of Algeria through descent Algerian footballers Algeria international footballers French footballers French sportspeople of Algerian descent Association football defenders Olympique de Marseille players Granada CF footballers CP Cacereño players CD Don Benito players Club Recreativo Granada players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players C.D. Tondela players Aris Limassol FC players Ligue 1 players Primeira Liga players Erovnuli Liga players Championnat National 3 players Algerian expatriate footballers French expatriate footballers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal French expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Expatriate footballers in Georgia (country) French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Cyprus {{Algeria-footy-defender-stub