Youssef Sofiane

Youssef Sofiane (Arabic: يوسف سُفيان; born 8 July 1984, in Villefranche-sur-Saône) is a French footballer who played in England, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Algeria and Germany.

Youssef Sofiane
Personal information
Full name Youssef Sofiane[1]
Date of birth (1984-07-08) 8 July 1984[1]
Place of birth Villefranche-sur-Saone, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2000–2002 AJ Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 West Ham United 1 (0)
2004 → Lille (loan) 3 (0)
2004 → Notts County (loan) 4 (0)
2005 → Roda JC (loan) 3 (0)
2005–2006 Coventry 1 (0)
2006 La Louviere 8 (0)
2006–2007 Sportfreunde Siegen 6 (0)
2007–2008 US Lesquin 5 (0)
2008–2009 Lille B 20 (7)
2009 Lille 1 (0)
2009–2010 R.F.C. Tournai 20 (1)
2010–2011 MC Alger 14 (2)
2012 ES Sétif 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Club career

Of Algerian descent, Sofiane began his footballing career in August 2000 as a trainee at AJ Auxerre.[3] He joined West Ham United in June 2002,[4] when he was signed by manager Glenn Roeder on a free transfer as back-up to the club's strikers.[5] Opportunities were rare however and he made only two appearances for West Ham, as a substitute in a 2–1 away win against Preston, and in a 3–1 win over Rushden in the first round of the League Cup, both in August 2003.[6][7] He was loaned to Lille in January 2004 until the end of the 2003–04 season,[3] and to Notts County on a one-month loan deal in September 2004, where he made three appearances, scoring one goal against Wrexham in the Football League Trophy.[8][9][10] He then joined Dutch club Roda JC on loan through January–May 2005, where he made three substitute appearances.[3] Despite playing in pre-season games, he was not given a squad number by West Ham for the 2005–06 season and his contract was terminated by mutual consent in August 2005.[11] After trials with MK Dons[12] and Coventry City, he joined Coventry on non-contract terms in October 2005.[13] However, he made only one substitute appearance for Coventry before being released in January 2006.[3]

After leaving Coventry, he played for La Louviere in the Belgian Jupiler League,[14] Sportfreunde Siegen of the German Regionalliga,[15] and US Lesquin in France.[16]

On 7 December 2011, Sofiane signed an 18-month contract with ES Sétif.[17] He signed as a free agent having been without a club after his contract with MC Alger ended in summer 2011.

Sofiane later became a football agent.

Representative honours

Sofiane represented France at Under-15 to Under-18 level.[12]

Honours

ES Sétif

References
  1. "Youssef Sofiane". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. "Youssef Sofiane". Ligue de Football Professionnel. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  3. "Youssef Sofiane". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  4. "Football Transfers". BBC Sport. 26 June 2002. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  5. "Roeder swoops for teenager". BBC Sport. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  6. "Preston 1 – 2 West Ham". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  7. "West Ham 3 – 1 Rushden". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  8. "Sofiane nets Magpies deal". BBC Sport. 7 September 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  9. "Notts County 2–3 Wrexham". BBC. 28 September 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  10. "Sofiane returns to West Ham". BBC Sport. 11 October 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  11. "Hammers release striker Sofiane". BBC Sport. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  12. "Trialist Sofiane to play for Dons". BBC Sport. 6 September 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  13. "Nalis swaps Blades for Sky Blues". BBC Sport. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  14. "Youssef Sofiane à La Louvière ?" (in French). Footgoal. 31 January 2006. Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  15. "Spiele von Youssef Sofiane 2006/2007" (in German). Fussballdaten. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  16. "Youssef Sofiane à Lesquin" (in French). Allezlesdogues. 2 October 2007. Archived from the original on 8 January 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  17. ESS, signature de Youssef Sofiane Archived 12 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine; DZFoot, 7 December 2011.
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