Ziri Hammar ( ar, زيري حمّار; born July 25, 1992 in

Akbou Akbou or Aqvu ( ar, أقبو) is a town in the Kabylie region in northern Algeria in Béjaïa Province. It is a growing city with a population of 52,300 in 2008. This is a number approximately 20,000 more than what was recorded in 1998. Histor ...

) is an Algerian

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player. He currently players for US Biskra in the

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 ...

. He plays as an attacking midfielder and can play on both sides of the field.

Club career

On February 12, 2011, Hammar made his professional debut for AS Nancy in a

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game against AJ Auxerre. Hammar started the game on the bench and came on as a substitute in the 89th minute in place of Alexandre Cuvillier, as Nancy went on to win 3-1. Before the 2013-2014 Süper Lig season, Hammar moved to Kayseri Erciyesspor. He played his first match for his new team in a Turkish Cup meeting against

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International career

Hammar was a member of the Algerian Under-17 National Team at the

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in Nigeria. He played in all three of Algeria's group stage games at the World Cup, coming on as a substitute in the first two and starting the final one against South Korea. However, Algeria lost all three games and failed to progress to the second round. On March 24, 2010, Hammar was called up to the Algerian Under-20 National Team for the

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in Algeria.EN U20 : La sélection pour le tournoi de l'UNAF

Honours

Club

; USM Alger *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammar, Ziri 1992 births Living people People from Akbou Kabyle people Algerian men's footballers Ligue 1 players AS Nancy Lorraine players JS Saoura players MC Oran players Kayseri Erciyesspor footballers Algerian expatriate men's footballers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in France Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Algeria men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Algerian people