Youssef Sofiane
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Youssef Sofiane (Template:Langx; born 8 July 1984, in Villefranche-sur-Saône) is a French footballer who played in England, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Algeria and Germany.
Club career
Of Algerian descent, Sofiane began his footballing career in August 2000 as a trainee at AJ Auxerre.[1] He joined West Ham United in June 2002,[2] when he was signed by manager Glenn Roeder on a free transfer as back-up to the club's strikers.[3] 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.[4][5] He was loaned to Lille in January 2004 until the end of the 2003–04 season,[1] 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.[6][7][8] He then joined Dutch club Roda JC on loan through January–May 2005, where he made three substitute appearances.[1] 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.[9] After trials with MK Dons[10] and Coventry City, he joined Coventry on non-contract terms in October 2005.[11] However, he made only one substitute appearance for Coventry before being released in January 2006.[1]
After leaving Coventry, he played for La Louviere in the Belgian Jupiler League,[12] Sportfreunde Siegen of the German Regionalliga,[13] and US Lesquin in France.[14]
On 7 December 2011, Sofiane signed an 18-month contract with ES Sétif.[15] 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.[10]
Honours
ES Sétif
References
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External links
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Villefranche-sur-Saône
- Footballers from Rhône (department)
- French men's footballers
- Algerian men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Algerian descent
- Men's association football forwards
- AJ Auxerre players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Lille OSC players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- English Football League players
- R.A.A. Louviéroise players
- Sportfreunde Siegen players
- Ligue 1 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Eredivisie players
- MC Alger players
- ES Sétif players
- Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- US Lesquin players
- Association football agents
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- 21st-century Algerian sportsmen