Mehdi Mostefa
Mostefa in 2014
Personal information
Full name Mehdi Mostefa Sba'a
Date of birth (1983-08-30) 30 August 1983
Place of birth Dijon, France
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Béziers
Number 4
Youth career
1994–1997 Fontaine-les-Dijon FC
1997–1998 Dijon
1998–2003 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Valence 37 (1)
2005–2006 Montluçon
2006–2007 Sète 31 (4)
2007–2011 Nîmes 104 (6)
2011–2014 Ajaccio 101 (7)
2014–2015 Lorient 24 (1)
2015–2017 Bastia 56 (0)
2017–2018 Pafos 22 (0)
2018– Béziers 63 (2)
International career
2010–2014 Algeria 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2021

Mehdi Mostefa Sba'a (Arabic: مهدي مصطفى سبع; born 30 August 1983) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Béziers.[1] Born in France, he played for Algeria national team at international level.

Personal

Mostefa was born in Dijon, France, to an Algerian father and a French mother.[2] His father is originally from the town of Mazouna in the Relizane Province in Algeria.[3]

Club career

On 6 June 2011, Mostefa signed a two years contract with newly promoted Ligue 1 side AC Ajaccio.[4]

On 7 August 2014, Mostefa moved to FC Lorient for a three years contract because he's interested with the club project.[5]

On 27 August 2015, Bastia reached an agreement with Lorient to sign Mostefa.[6]

International career

On 30 October 2010, Mostefa was called up to the Algeria national team by head coach Abdelhak Benchikha for a friendly against Luxembourg.[7] He made his debut in that game as a starter, before being substituted off in the 69th minute.[8] On 30 March 2011, Mostefa played his first official match for Algeria in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Morocco.[9] He played the entire match as Algeria went on to win 1–0.

References

  1. "Mehdi MOSTEFA - Football : la fiche de Mehdi MOSTEFA (Bastia)". L'Equipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. Le Buteur chez les Mostefa Archived 7 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Mehdi Mostefa : «J'ai fêté ma convocation en famille» Archived 2 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Mostefa officiellement à l'AC Ajaccio Archived 16 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Mehdi Mostefa signe 3 ans au FC Lorient Archived 8 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Mehdi Mostefa va s'engager deux ans avec Bastia" [Mehdi Mostefa signs for two years with Bastia]. L'Équipe (in French). 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  7. Liste des joueurs retenus pour Luxembourg- Algérie Archived 26 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Luxembourg 0-0 Algérie Archived 23 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Algérie 1-0 Maroc Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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