Mehdi Mostefa Sba'a ( ar, مهدي مصطفى سبع; born 30 August 1983) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defensive midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...
for
Béziers. Born in France, he played for
Algeria national team at international level.
Personal
Mostefa was born in
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated)
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* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
The earlies ...
, France, to an Algerian father and a French mother. His father is originally from the town of
Mazouna
Mazouna is a town and commune in Relizane Province, Algeria
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in the
Relizane Province
Relizane ( ar, ولاية غليزان) is a province (''wilaya'') of Algeria. Relizane is the capital. Other localities include Bendaoud, Bouzegza, Hamri, Kalaa, Mazouna and Zemmoura. The Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998 happ ...
in
Algeria
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Club career
On 6 June 2011, Mostefa signed a two years contract with newly promoted
Ligue 1 side
AC Ajaccio
Athletic Club Ajaccio ( co, Athletic Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as AC Ajaccio, ''ACA'' or simply Ajaccio, is a French association football club based in the city of Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. The club was founded in 1910 and ...
.
On 7 August 2014, Mostefa moved to
FC Lorient
Football Club Lorient Bretagne Sud (; commonly referred to FC Lorient or simply Lorient) is a French association football club based in Lorient
Lorient (; ) is a town ('' commune'') and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in we ...
for a three years contract because he's interested with the club project.
On 27 August 2015,
Bastia
Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...
reached an agreement with Lorient to sign Mostefa.
International career
On 30 October 2010, Mostefa was called up to the
Algeria national team by head coach
Abdelhak Benchikha
Abdelhak Benchikha (born November 22, 1963) is an Algerian football manager, currently in charge of Mouloudia Oujda.
Personal
Benchikha was born on November 22, 1963, in the Soustara neighborhood of Algiers. for a friendly against Luxembourg. He made his debut in that game as a starter, before being substituted off in the 69th minute. On 30 March 2011, Mostefa played his first official match for Algeria in a
2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
.
Algérie 1-0 Maroc
He played the entire match as Algeria went on to win 1–0.
References
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Living people
1983 births
Sportspeople from Dijon
Footballers from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Men's association football midfielders
Algerian men's footballers
French men's footballers
Nîmes Olympique players
AS Monaco FC players
ASOA Valence players
Montluçon Football players
FC Sète 34 players
AC Ajaccio players
FC Lorient players
SC Bastia players
Pafos FC players
AS Béziers (2007) players
Ligue 2 players
Ligue 1 players
French expatriate men's footballers
Algerian expatriate men's footballers
Algeria men's international footballers
2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
2014 FIFA World Cup players