Yebda playing with Algeria in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hassan Yebda | ||
Date of birth | 14 May 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Saint-Maurice, France | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Belenenses | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2004 | Auxerre | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2007 | Auxerre | 0 | (0) |
2006 | → Laval (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Le Mans | 24 | (3) |
2008–2011 | Benfica | 25 | (1) |
2009–2010 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 18 | (2) |
2010–2011 | → Napoli (loan) | 29 | (0) |
2011–2014 | Granada | 26 | (1) |
2014 | → Udinese (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Fujairah | 13 | (1) |
2016– | Belenenses | 6 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2000–2001 | France U16 | 10 | (0) |
2001–2002 | France U17 | 19 | (2) |
2002–2003 | France U18 | 14 | (1) |
2003–2004 | France U19 | 13 | (0) |
2009– | Algeria | 26 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2017. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2017.
Hassan Yebda (Arabic: حسان يبدة; born 14 May 1984) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club C.F. Os Belenenses as a central midfielder.
During his professional career he played in France, Portugal, England, Italy and Spain, representing a host of clubs.
Yebda appeared for France at youth level, but opted to play for Algeria as a senior in August 2009, taking advantage of FIFA’s new ruling which allowed him to change his national allegiance despite being older than 21 years of age. He represented the latter national team in two World Cups and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
Born in Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, Yebda emerged through AJ Auxerre's youth system, but made no appearances for the first team during his stint, playing regularly for the reserves in the Championnat de France amateur.
In January 2006, he was loaned to Ligue 2's Stade Lavallois. In the same month of the following year, Yebda was definitely released and moved to Le Mans UC72, making his Ligue 1 debut on 17 February 2007 in a 0–2 away loss against FC Sochaux-Montbéliard: brought on in the 70th minute, he scored an own goal ten minutes later, in his only appearance of the season.