Abderraouf Zarabi (born 26 March 1979) is an Algerian former professional

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who played as a

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. He made 22 appearances for the Algeria national team.

Club career

Hibernian

Zarabi was born in

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, Algeria. He signed with the

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club Hibernian in January 2008, but was released from his contract at the end of the 2007–08 season. He was released because his wife and child were rejected visas to come and live in Edinburgh.

Nîmes

Zarabi decided to return to French football, signing a contract with newly promoted

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side

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. On 1 August 2008, he made his debut for the club, starting in a Ligue 2 match against

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Personal life

Abderraouf is the son of former

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and

NA Hussein Dey Nasr Athlétique de Hussein Dey ( ar, نصر حسين داي), known as NA Hussein Dey or NAHD for short, is an Algerian football club based in Hussein Dey, Algiers. The club was founded in 1947 and its colours are red and yellow. Their home sta ...

star

Abdelaziz Zarabi Abd al-Aziz ( ar, عبد العزيز, DMG: ''ʽAbd al-ʽAzīz''), frequently also transliterated Abdul-Aziz, is a male Arabic Muslim given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the words '' ʽAbd'', the Arabic definite article an ...

. His younger brother

Kheireddine Zarabi Kheireddine "Kiko" Zarabi (born 18 July 1984) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a central defender. Club career Born in Hussein Dey District, Algiers, Zarabi started his career at age 10 with IRB Ouargla. When he turned 13 his ...

is also a footballer.

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