Alaeddine Yahia ( ar, علاء الدين يحيى; born 26 September 1981) is a Tunisian former professional

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who played as a

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. Yahia has previously played for

Stade Tunisien Stade Tunisien (; ar, الملعب التونسي) or ST is a football club from Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia. Alongside Espérance de Tunis and Club Africain it forms the group of three best teams in the capital city region. Founded in 1948, it is th ...

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 6,895 as of 2017, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guinga ...

and had a brief spell at

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, although he did not play a first team game for the club. Yahia was part of the Tunisian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, finishing third in group C, behind group and gold medal winners

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and group runners-up

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. He was part of the squad that won the

2004 African Cup of Nations The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the NOKIA African Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004 for sponsorship reasons (also referred to as AFCON 2004 or CAN 2004) is the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's footb ...

. On 24 February 2007, Yahia played his first Ligue 1 match for Sedan against

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

Honours

Tunisia *

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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* * * * Living people 1981 births Sportspeople from Colombes Footballers from Hauts-de-Seine Tunisian footballers French footballers Association football central defenders Tunisia international footballers AS Saint-Étienne players Louhans-Cuiseaux FC players CS Sedan Ardennes players En Avant Guingamp players OGC Nice players RC Lens players Stade Malherbe Caen players AS Nancy Lorraine players Southampton F.C. players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics French sportspeople of Tunisian descent Olympic footballers of Tunisia Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Tunisia Mediterranean Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Tunisian expatriate footballers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate footballers in England {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub