Zahir Zerdab ( ar, زهير زرداب; born 9 January 1982) is a former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who now plays as an amateur midfielder for US Camon. Born in France, he played for Algeria national team.

Club career

Zerdab started his career with ASM Rivery, moving to US Camon at the age of nine, where he would spend the next ten years. He gradually progressed from the regional leagues to the professional level, moving to

US Roye-Noyon Union Sportive Roye-Noyon Cœur de Picardie is a French association football club founded in 2010 as a result of a merger between Union Sportive Royenne (founded in 1928) and Sporting Club Noyon (founded in 1927). It is based in Roye, Somme, F ...

and AS Beauvais Oise before signing a professional contract with

Stade de Reims Stade de Reims () is a French professional association football, football club based in Reims. The club was formed in 1910 and plays in Ligue 1, the top level of Football in France, having been promoted from Ligue 2 in 2017–18 Ligue 2, 2018. ...

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and then for S.V. Zulte Waregem in the Belgian Pro League. In 2009 he had an offer from Algeria and joined

JSM Béjaïa Jeunesse Sportive Madinet de Béjaïa ( ar, الشبيبة الرياضية لمدينة بجاية), known as JSM Béjaïa or simply JSMB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Béjaïa. The club was founded in 1936 and its colours are ...

. On 16 June 2011, Zerdab announced that he would be leaving

and joining Championnat National side FC Rouen at the end of the 2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 season. With Rouen promoted on the field in toe Ligue 2, but demoted administratively, Zerdab returned to Algeria with first CS Constantine and then MO Béjaïa, where he was runner up in the

2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 53rd season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with USM Alger as the defending champions. Following the death of ...

and scored the only goal in the 2015 Algerian Cup final. Success with MO Béjaïa secured a move to

MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home sta ...

for the 2016–17 season. After finishing his professional career in Algeria, Zerdab moved back to France where he re-joined US Camon for four seasons in the regional divisions, before spending a season in

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with

AC Amiens Athlétic Club Amiens is a French association football club founded in 1977. They are based in Amiens, Picardie, located in northern France, north of Paris. They are currently playing in the Championnat National 3 the fifth tier of the French f ...

. He returned to US Camon in the summer of 2023 at the age of 41, scoring the only goal as the club beat Championnat National 2 opposition in the fifth round of the

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International career

On 8 October 2010, Zerdab made his debut for the Algerian A' National Team in a friendly against Mali.EN A' – Amical : Algérie 1–1 Mali
He started the game and was subbed off by

Moustapha Djallit Moustapha Djallit (born September 21, 1983, in Béchar) is an Algerian former footballer. Club career He previously played for IR Mecheria before joining WA Tlemcen. On January 4, 2012, Djallit joined MC Alger on a free transfer from JSM Béja� ...

References

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* 1982 births Living people Kabyle people Footballers from Amiens French men's footballers Algerian men's footballers French sportspeople of Algerian descent French people of Kabyle descent Algerian expatriate men's footballers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium JSM Béjaïa players AS Beauvais Oise players S.V. Zulte Waregem players Stade de Reims players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Ligue 2 players Belgian Pro League players Algeria men's A' international footballers Algeria men's international footballers FC Rouen players CS Constantine players MO Béjaïa players Men's association football midfielders {{Algeria-footy-midfielder-stub