Mohamed Noureddine Abdusalam Zubya ( ar, محمد نور الدين عبد السلام زعبية; born March 20, 1989) is a

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

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who plays for

Al-Ittihad Tripoli Al-Ittihad Sport, Cultural & Social Club ( ar, نادي الاتحاد الرياضي الثقافي الاجتماعي) famously known as Al-Ittihad Tripoli, or simply Al-Ittihad, is a Libyan football (soccer), football club based in Bab Ben Ga ...

Club career

Born in

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, he was playing with Aschat S.C. when he moved in 2006 to

Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to: Sports Football Libya *Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier * Al Ittihad Gheryan, a football club bas ...

where he stayed until 2011 and where he won 4 successive

Libyan Premier League The Libyan Premier League ( ar, الدوري الليبي الممتاز) is the men's top professional football division of the Libyan football league system. Administered by the Competition Organizing Committee in the Libyan Football Federatio ...

championships. In 2007 Zubya was handed a one-year ban by CAF for trying to assault the assistant referee in his side's

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match against FAR Rabat of

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. He returned after a six-month suspension and scored two goals. in the

Libyan SuperCup The Libyan Super Cup is a Libyan football championship contested between the winners of the Libyan Premier League and the Alfatih Cup. The game is played at the beginning of the following season, and signals the beginning of the domestic year. The ...

final against Al Akhdar. In August 2011, Zubya sign for Al Arabi Kuwait. On June 11, Zubya agreed a four-year contract with Serbian team

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. After passing medical exams and after reaching an agreement with Al-Arabi, Zubya officially signed on June 12 and was prepared to join his new teammates as it was designated as priority by Partizan manager

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to have the team complete as soon as possible to start preparing the team for the

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qualification which were a little more than a month away. Zubya made his debut for Partizan in club's first official match of the season, on July 17, 2012, in a

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second qualifying round first-leg match, away, against

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. Zubya was released from his Partizan contract in January 2013. He is also known for being the only individual with the surname "Zubya" in Libya, with the only other recipient of that surname in the world living in India. In November 2013, Zubya sign for

JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (in ar, شبيبة القبائل), (Kabyle language, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqbayel, Berber languages, In Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⴻⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ), known as JS Kabyli ...

. He then played with Esperance Sportive de Tunis in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.Mohamed Zubya
at National-Football-Teams.com In April 2023, Mohamed Zaabia was kidnapped by an armed group, says the human rights committee in Liby

International career

Zubya played for the Libya national football team, Libyan national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.Mohamed Zubya
at

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.com

International goals

:''Scores and results list Libya's goal tally first.''

Honours

Clubs

;Al Ittihad Tripoli *

(5): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2021 *

Libyan Cup The Libyan Cup is the main knock-out competition for football clubs in Libya. History *The Libyan Cup competition started in 1976. *From the year 1978 to the year 1995 the Libyan Cup was played only 3 times, The LPL's runner-up was named (''non- ...

(3): 2007, 2009, 2018 *

(4): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 ;Al Arabi Kuwait *

Kuwait Crown Cup The Crown Prince Cup ( ar, كأس ولي العهد) is a Kuwaiti domestic annual football competition created in 1994. Previous winners *1994 : Kuwait SC *1995 : Kazma SC *1996 : Al Arabi SC *1997 : Al Arabi SC *1998 : Qadsia SC *1999 : Al Ar ...

: 2011–12 ;Partizan * Serbian SuperLiga:

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;Riffa SC * Bahraini Premier League: 2014 ;Esperance Tunis * Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2016–17

Individual

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ( ar, الرابطة الجزائرية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم); known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat Natio ...

best goalscorer with

MC Oran ( ar, نادي مولودية وهران), known as , commonly referred to as MC Oran for short, is a football club based in Oran, Algeria. Founded on 1 January 1917 and formed again on 14 May 1946, the club was known as Mouloudia Chaâbia Ouah ...

(13 goals): 2015-16

References

External links

*
Player Profile @ Goalzz.com
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zubya, Mohamed 1989 births Living people Libyan men's footballers Libya men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) players Libyan expatriate men's footballers Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players FK Partizan players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Libyan expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Libyan expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Libyan expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Libyan expatriate sportspeople in Serbia JS Kabylie players MC Oran players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Sportspeople from Tripoli, Libya Kuwait Premier League players Libyan Premier League players