Idriss Saadi

Idriss Saadi (Arabic: إدريس سعدي; born 8 February 1992) is a professional footballer. He operates primarily in the lead striker role.[1] A former France youth international, Saadi now represents Algeria internationally after making his senior debut in 2017.

Idriss Saadi
Saadi in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992
Place of birth Valence, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2000–2004 Chabeuillois
2004–2005 Arménienne Valence
2005–2006 Valence
2006–2010 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Saint-Étienne B 29 (20)
2010–2014 Saint-Étienne 18 (0)
2012 → Reims (loan) 10 (1)
2012–2013 → Gazélec Ajaccio (loan) 32 (7)
2014–2015 Clermont 39 (18)
2015–2017 Cardiff City 2 (0)
2016–2017 → Kortrijk (loan) 32 (14)
2017–2021 Strasbourg 34 (4)
2019–2020 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 16 (3)
2018 Strasbourg B 2 (1)
2021–2022 Bastia 13 (2)
2022 CR Belouizdad 4 (0)
International career‡
2007–2008 France U16 4 (1)
2008–2009 France U17 5 (3)
2010 France U18 1 (0)
2010–2011 France U19 3 (1)
2017– Algeria 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:36, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Saint-Étienne

Saadi started his professional career at Saint-Étienne, making his professional debut on 28 August 2010 in a league match against Lens in a 3–1 victory.[2]

During his time at Saint-Étienne, Saadi had loan spells at Reims and Ajaccio.

Clermont Foot

In January 2014, Saadi joined Ligue 2 side Clermont, where he impressed with 20 goals in 42 games.

Cardiff City
Saadi warming up for Cardiff City prior to a match in 2015.

On 31 August 2015, Saadi joined Championship side Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee.[3] Manager Russell Slade stated that the club had been scouting Saadi for several months and described him as strong, powerful and technically good.[4] Due to an injury picked up the previous season, Saadi didn't make his debut till 7 November 2015, in a 2–0 win over Reading,[5] where he had lasted 13 minutes before suffering another injury ruling him out for another 6 weeks.[6] He made just one more substitute appearance during his first season at the Cardiff City Stadium, during a 2–1 defeat to Fulham on 9 April.

Loan to Kortrijk

In July 2016, Saadi joined Belgian side Kortrijk on loan.[7] He made his debut in a 1–1 draw with Gent and went on to score his first and second goal against Club Brugge on 20 August.

Strasbourg

On 21 July 2017, Saadi joined Strasbourg for an undisclosed fee.[8]


CR Belouizdad

On 5 July 2022, Saadi joined CR Belouizdad.[9]

International career

Saadi is a former youth international for France.[10] He debuted for the Algeria national football team in a friendly 1–0 win over Guinea on 6 June 2017.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 July 2019[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Saint-Étienne 2010–11 Ligue 1 903010—130
2011–12 701010—90
2012–13 100000—10
2013–14 1000001[lower-alpha 1]020
Total 180402010250
Reims (loan) 2011–12 Ligue 2 1010000—101
Ajaccio (loan) 2012–13 Ligue 2 3270000—327
Clermont 2013–14 Ligue 2 1870000—187
2014–15 21112100—2312
Total 39182100004119
Cardiff City 2015–16 Championship 200000—20
Kortrijk (loan) 2016–17 First Division A 291420—8[lower-alpha 2]23916
Strasbourg 2017–18 Ligue 1 2642110—295
2018–19 100000—10
Total 274211000305
Career total 15744102309217948
  1. Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in the Belgian First Division A European play-offs

References
  1. IDRISS SAADI: «FAUT PAS TOMBER EN PANNE D’ESSUIE-GLACES ICI!» Archived 13 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine sofoot.com
  2. "Saint-Étienne v. Lens Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 28 August 2010. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  3. "Cardiff City sign striker Idriss Saadi from Clermont Foot". BBC Sport. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. "Cardiff City boss Russell Slade: Why I brought unknown Idriss Saadi to the Bluebirds". WalesOnline. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  5. "Cardiff City 2–0 Reading". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. "Idriss Saadi: Injury rules out Cardiff City striker for six weeks". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  7. Phil Smith (1 July 2016). "Cardiff City striker Idriss Saadi joins KV Kortrijk on loan". Wales Online. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  8. "Idriss Saadi: Cardiff City striker joins Strasbourg for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  9. "IMercato : Idriss Saadi s'engage en faveur du CRB". 5 July 2022. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  10. "Joueur - Idriss SAADI - FFF". Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  11. "LIVE wedstrijd - - Live stream - 2017-06-06 - soccernews.nl". www.voetbalnieuws.be. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  12. Idriss Saadi at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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