Stéphane Ziani
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Stéphane Ziani (born 9 December 1971) is a French former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and is currently a manager.
Club career
A product of FC Nantes's renowned youth system, Ziani was a key member for hometown squad from an early age, having represented the side on two separate stints: from 1991 to 94 and from 2000 to 2004.
As a holding midfielder, he scored 11 league goals for RC Lens in 1997–98 for his first national championship, also achieved in 2001 with Nantes (the latter of which he contributed 31 appearances).[1] With Nantes he also won the 2001 Trophée des Champions.[2]
Ziani retired in 2006, having also represented SC Bastia, Stade Rennais F.C., FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Deportivo de La Coruña, Servette FC and AC Ajaccio.
Managerial career
On 11 December 2008, he was sacked as manager by FC Libourne-Saint-Seurin.[3]
Personal
Ziani's father is of Algerian origin, hailing from the Kabyle city of Béjaïa.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | CupTemplate:Efn | ContinentalTemplate:Efn | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nantes | 1991–92 | Division 1 | 28 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 1 | ||
| 1992–93 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 23 | 2 | |||
| 1993–94 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| Total | 81 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 4 | ||
| Bastia | 1994–95 | Division 1 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 41 | 2 | |
| Rennes | 1995–96 | Division 1 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 40 | 1 | |
| Bordeaux | 1996–97 | Division 1 | 37 | 4 | 9 | 1 | – | 46 | 5 | |
| Lens | 1997–98 | Division 1 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 3 | – | 40 | 14 | |
| Deportivo | 1998–99 | Primera División | 36 | 6 | 6 | 0 | – | 42 | 6 | |
| Bordeaux | 1999–00 | Division 1 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 6 |
| Nantes | 2000–01 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 47 | 9 |
| 2001–02 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 39 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2003–04 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
| Total | 119 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 154 | 15 | ||
| Servette | 2004–05 | Super League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bastia | 2004–05 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 1 | |
| Ajaccio | 2005–06 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 436 | 43 | 57 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 523 | 54 | ||
References
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- Living people
- 1971 births
- Kabyle people
- French people of Kabyle descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- French men's footballers
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- SC Bastia players
- Stade Rennais FC players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- RC Lens players
- Deportivo de La Coruña players
- La Liga players
- Servette FC players
- Swiss Super League players
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