Toufik Zerara

Toufik Zerara (born 3 February 1986 in Mulhouse) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing for CR Belouizdad in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[3]

Toufik Zerara
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-02-03) 3 February 1986
Place of birth Mulhouse, France
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 CR Belouizdad
Number 29
Youth career
FC Kingersheim
FC Mulhouse
2002–2006 FC Sochaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Sochaux[1] 0 (0)
2007 Germinal Beerschot[2] 8 (0)
2008–2009 Al Dhafra ? (2)
2009–2010 Falkirk 3 (0)
2010 Al Dhafra - (2)
2010–2011 SR Colmar 36 (1)
2012–2013 JSM Béjaïa 41 (10)
2013–2016 ES Sétif 71 (3)
2016–2018 CS Constantine 0 (0)
2018–2020 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj 0 (0)
2020– CR Belouizdad 0 (1)
National team‡
2007 France U-21 1 (0)
2013– Algeria A' 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 June 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Career

Youth career

He began his football career in the youth side for FC Kingersheim[4] and joined later to the cult club FC Mulhouse.[5]

Professional career

Zerara began his professional career with the second team of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard who was promoted to the Ligue 1 team in 2006. After one year without a game in the Ligue 1 for Sochaux[6] signed for Jupiler League club K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot.[7] He played in only season for G.B.A. seven games and joined now to Al Dhafra Club in the UAE League during the 2008–09 season and was released by Emirati club Dhafra a few months ago.[8] On 12 January 2012 Zerara signed for Algerian club JSM Bejaia.[9] On 28 January 2012 he made his debut for the club as a starter in a league game against CS Constantine,

Falkirk

He then signed for Scottish Premier League club Falkirk in November 2009; although this was outside of the transfer window, Zerara was able to sign as a free agent.[10] On 6 January 2010 Zerara left the club after rejecting a contract extension which did not meet his wage demands.[11]

International career

Zerara is former France national under-21 football team member, played in 2007 only one game for his country.[12]

References
  1. Toufik Zerara - Fussballdaten - Die Fußball-Datenbank
  2. Toufik Zerara | FOOTGOAL Archived 2008-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "CRB: Zerara, deuxième recrue hivernale".
  4. vaubanenforce. "le blog des 18dh du vauban". Skyrock (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  5. "fcmulhouse.com" (PDF). www.fcmulhouse.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  6. Toufik Zerara – French league stats at LFP (also available in French)
  7. Zerara rejoint le GBA Archived 2012-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Toufik Zrarah - Goalzz.com
  9. "Radio Algérienne". www.radioalgerie.dz. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  10. Zerara agrees deal with Falkirk, The Scotsman, 27 November 2009.
  11. "Zerara leaves Bairns". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  12. "French player close to completing deal with Bairns". www.falkirkherald.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
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