Adrián Luciano Santos Sahibeddine (born 24 August 1994), known as Adrián Sahibeddine, is a French-Chilean professional

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who plays as a

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for French club Louhans-Cuiseaux.

Professional career

Sahibeddine began playing football with his local sides Gradignan FC and RC Bordeaux before taking a four-year break to focus on his studies. He joined 's academy in 2010, and after a couple years his Chilean mother connected him with her cousin who worked for the Chilean club

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

. He signed with

, but was plagued by injuries and homesickness, and declined professional contract to return to France. After four months of not playing, he re-signed with Mérignac Arlac in the Division d'Honneur (the sixth division of France). In his first match against Sarlat FC, Sahibeddine ruptured ligaments in his knee and ankle and was out for 5 months. He finished the last 7 games of the season with Arlac and barely missed promotion, and Sahibeddine was convinced by his coach Antoine Vergès to remain another year. The following season, Sahibeddine helped Arlac get promoted to the

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, finishing as one of the top scorers with 11 goals in 33 games. After his success with Merlac,

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

club

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

offered Sahibeddine a trial and was subsequently offered a one-year contract. Sahibeddine joined the reserve side of Dijon, with the goal of getting into the first-team in the summer of 2017. After success with Dijon's reserve side, Sahibeddine made his professional debut with the senior Dijon team in a 3–1

loss to

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

on 28 April 2018. In July 2022, Sahibeddine rejoined

Stade Bordelais Stade Bordelais are a French rugby union club, based in Bordeaux. The club was established in 1889. Bordelais were a major force in the French championship during the 1900s. Until 2005–06, the senior team competed in the second level of dom ...

after his stint with them in 2018. In July 2024, he switched to Louhans-Cuiseaux.

Personal life

Sahibeddine was born in

, France to a Brazilian father, and a Chilean mother of Moroccan descent. As such, he is available to represent

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and

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. He holds Chilean nationality by descent.

References

External links

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LFP Profile

Dijon Profile
1994 births Living people Footballers from Bordeaux French people of Brazilian descent Sportspeople of Brazilian descent French people of Chilean descent Sportspeople of Chilean descent French sportspeople of Moroccan descent French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Colo-Colo B footballers Dijon FCO players Stade Bordelais (football) players Vevey-Sports players Bergerac Périgord FC players Louhans-Cuiseaux FC players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Ligue 1 players Championnat National 3 players Championnat National 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in Chile French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub