El Arabi Hillel Soudani
Soudani in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | El Arabi Hillel Soudani | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Chlef, Algeria | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2006 | ASO Chlef | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | ASO Chlef | 108 | (48) |
| 2011–2013 | Vitória Guimarães | 37 | (13) |
| 2013– | Dinamo Zagreb | 92 | (45) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2011 | Algeria A' | 11 | (5) |
| 2011– | Algeria | 39 | (21) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2016. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2016.
El Arabi Hillel Soudani (Arabic: العربي هلال سوداني), (born 25 November 1987) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a forward for Dinamo Zagreb and the Algeria national football team.
Soudani made his international debut in 2011, and featured at the 2013 and 2015 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. As of June 2016, he has won 38 international caps and scored 18 goals, making him Algeria's seventh-highest goalscorer in history.
Born in Chlef, Soudani began his career in the junior ranks of his hometown club ASO Chlef. In May 2006, aged 19, he made his first team debut for the club as a substitute against USM Annaba in the 28th round of the 2005–06 Algerian Championnat National, coming on for Samir Zaoui in the 72nd minute.
In 2008, Soudani was chosen as the 2008 Young Player of the Year by DZFoot after scoring 11 goals in 24 games in the 2007-2008 season.
In June 2011, Soudani went on trial with French Ligue 2 club Le Mans FC.
On 8 August 2011, Soudani signed a three-year contract with Portuguese club Vitória S.C. The transfer fee was rumoured to be €800,000. On August 25, 2011, Soudani made his official debut for Vitória as a 66th-minute substitute in a 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round match against Atlético Madrid. On October 16, 2011, Soudani opened his scoring account for the club with a brace in the third round of the 2011–12 Taça de Portugal against Moura Atlético Clube. After going down 1–0, Soudani scored the equalizer in the 89th minute of the game to send the game to extra-time, before scoring the winner in the 117th minute. On April 1, 2012, Soudani scored his first goal in the Primeira Liga in a 3–1 win against Paços de Ferreira. On April 21, he scored a brace in a 3–2 win against União de Leiria.
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