Djebbour with Sivasspor in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rafik Zoheir Djebbour | ||
Date of birth | 8 March 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Grenoble, France | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Aris | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2003 | Auxerre | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2004 | Auxerre | 0 | (0) |
2004–2005 | La Louvière | 21 | (6) |
2005 | Ethnikos Asteras | 21 | (11) |
2006 | Atromitos | 14 | (6) |
2007–2008 | Panionios | 41 | (18) |
2008–2011 | AEK Athens | 58 | (22) |
2011–2013 | Olympiacos | 56 | (39) |
2013–2014 | → Sivasspor (loan) | 10 | (2) |
2014 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | (1) |
2014–2015 | APOEL | 26 | (14) |
2015–2016 | AEK Athens | 22 | (2) |
2016– | Aris | 5 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2006– | Algeria | 33 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:46, 9 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2013 |
Rafik Zoheir Djebbour (Arabic: رفيق جبور ; born 8 March 1984) is an Algerian footballer who plays as a striker for Aris and the Algeria national team.
He is known by the nickname "The Terrorist" as he has the ability to terrorise defences and due also to his machine gun goal celebrations.
Born in Grenoble, France, Djebbour was signed to Auxerre's youth academy at the age of 15 in 1998. He was moved to the senior team in 2003 after spending five years in the youth academy. He made his professional debut at the age of 19.
His impressive debut season caught the eye of R.A.A. Louviéroise, in his second professional season, he did not live up to his expectations. Even though he made 21 appearances he only managed to score six goals. Djebbour was transfer listed by the club at the end of the season, Djebbour mentioned in an interview that he was transfer listed as he wasn't happy with the way the club didn't support him when his brother had been in a coma for 5 months, he stated he was very disappointed with the staff and became disillusioned and felt no attachment to the club. In July 2005, Djebbour signed for Greek outfit Ethnikos Asteras.
In his first season in Greece, he scored 11 goals in 21 appearances from September to January. This earned him a move to Atromitos where he managed six goals until the end of the season.
Djebbour suffered a serious injury in his first season with Atromitos this limited Djebbour to only two appearances without scoring. In January 2006, Djebbour called upon one of the "big three" of Greece (AEK Athens, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos) to acquire his services, however this did not happen and he ended up at Panionios.