Rafik Djebbour

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Rafik Djebbour
Djebbour with Sivasspor in 2013
Personal information
Full name Rafik Zoheir Djebbour
Date of birth (1984-03-08) 8 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Grenoble, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)
winger
Youth career
1998–2003 Auxerre
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Auxerre 14 (2)
2004–2005 La Louvière 21 (6)
2005–2006 Ethnikos Asteras 21 (6)
2006 Atromitos 14 (6)
2006–2008 Panionios 41 (19)
2008–2011 AEK Athens 58 (22)
2011–2014 Olympiacos 56 (39)
2013–2014 → Sivasspor (loan) 10 (2)
2014 Nottingham Forest 7 (1)
2014–2015 APOEL 26 (14)
2015–2016 AEK Athens 22 (5)
2016–2017
Aris
 5 (0)
2017–2018
Athlético Marseille
 1 (0)
Total 296 (122)
International career
2006–2014 Algeria 39 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rafik Zoheir Djebbour (

winger. Born in France, he represented Algeria
at international level.

Club career

Auxerre

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.

Louviéroise

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 was not happy with the way the club did not support him when his brother had been in a coma for five months, he stated he was very disappointed with the staff and became disillusioned and felt no attachment to the club.[1] In July 2005, Djebbour signed for Greek outfit Ethnikos Asteras.

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.

Atromitos

Djebbour suffered a serious injury in his first season with

Panathinaikos) to acquire his services, however this did not happen and he ended up at Panionios
.

Panionios

Before signing to Panionios, Djebbour went on trial at English club

Watford but was not retained as Aidy Boothroyd stated "He wasn't what I was looking for".[2]
His first six months with Panionios, Djebbour scored four goals in the remaining 14 games. He would go on to score 15 goals in 27 appearances. In the summer of 2008, AEK Athens expressed their interest in signing Djebbour. He completed his move to the "Dikefalos-Aetos" on 1 July 2008.

AEK Athens

In 2008, Djebbour transferred to AEK for €3.2 million. Djebbour scored his first goal for AEK in the 93rd minute in the home 2–1 win against

Dusan Bajevic and was not allowed to train with the rest of the season for four months. During his absence from AEK Athens' training, Djebbour had been training with Celtic[3] and Blackburn Rovers.[4] On 7 September 2010, Djebbour signed a three-year deal keeping at the club until 2013. Djebbour's contract is worth €3.3 million with a buy-out clause of €7 million.[5]

After signing his contract extension in 2010, he began the 2010 season in great form, scoring 3 goals in three games (2–1 loss to Kerkyra, 1–0 win against Panserraikos, and a 2–2 draw with Asteras Tripolis) for the regular season as well as a goal during AEK's 3–1 Europa League win against

Hajduk Split
.

On 2 January 2011, Djebbour had another clash, this time with

Manolo Jimenez, the current AEK Athens coach. Jimenez reportedly stressed to Djebbour that he is not allowed to attend the next day training and that he should instead meet with the chairman of AEK Athens.[6]

After the incidents with Manolo Jimenez, Djebbour requested immediately to be released on a free transfer by AEK. He also requested to be paid his remaining wages doubled. Lens and other French teams declared interest in buying him.[7] Djebbour threatened AEK's board and was ready to seek a solution in court.

Olympiacos

2010–11

On 21 January 2011,

AEL 1964 FC after a superb assist of Albert Riera

2011–12

Djebbour scored his first goal of the season with a last-minute winner in a thrilling home win 2–1 against

OFI Crete and a goal in a 1–1 home draw with Panathinaikos. He also scored in a 2–0 home win against Panetolikos. His second European goal came in a 3–1 home win against Arsenal in a Champions League home game. He also scored a goal in a 2–0 home win against PAS Giannina
.

Djebbour scored a goal in a 7–2 home win against

Asteras Tripoli. His third European goal of the season came in a 1–0 home win against Rubin Kazan in the Europa League. He also scored two goals in a 4–0 away win against PAS Giannina. Djebbour also scored in the Greek Cup Final in Olympiacos' win 2–1 against Atromitos
.

In all competitions, Djebbour made 31 appearances, scoring 12 goals in the Greek Superleague and 16 goals in all competitions.

2012–13

Djebbour started the season with a goal in a 2–1 away win against

PAOK. The next goal came in a 2–0 home win against Panachaiki, with a wonderful header at a Greek Cup match. He next scored two goals in an away draw 2–2 at the classical Greek derby against Panathinaikos after two assists of Djamel Abdoun and David Fuster. These goals marked his 4th goal in the classic derby Olympiacos-Panathinaikos with Olympiacos team. He scored 10 goals against Panathinaikos at his charge at Greece and he intrigued illustrious European football clubs such as Olympique de Marseille. His next goal came in an away win 2–1 against Panionios
after an assist of Kostas Mitroglou.

Rafik Djebbour finished the first half of Greek Superleague with 12 goals in 11 appearances.

At January transfer window Rafik Djebbour renew his contract with Olympiacos until 2016.

The second half of Greek Superleague begins with a goal in a 3–0 home win against Veria with a penalty shot. With this goal has already surpass his previous record with Olympiacos of 12 goals in Greek Superleague. He scored his next goal against Levadiakos in a 1–0 away win at the last minute of the game with a wonderful header, after an assist of

Aris
after an assist from Holebas.

He next scores two goals in an away win 4–0 against

OFI after an assist of Djamel abdoun. With these two goals he reached 20 goals at 20 performances at Greek Superleague. At a home win against AEK Athens Djebbour did not score a goal but gave two assists at Djamel Abdoun and Avraam Papadopoulos. With that win Olympiacos claimed the 40th championship in its history. Djebbour made the assist to Kostas Mitroglou at a home draw 1–1 against Panathinaikos
at the classical Greek derby.

He ended the season at

Greek Superleague
being the top scorer, scoring 20 goals in 24 appearances.

Loan to Sivasspor

On 6 September 2013, Djebbour joined

Roberto Carlos.[8]
He played 13 games with the club in all competitions and scored 4 goals.

Nottingham Forest

Djebbour joined Nottingham Forest on 29 January 2014 for €1.5 million, initially on loan with the deal becoming permanent at the end of the season.[9] Despite a debut goal, Djebbour, along with countryman Djamel Abdoun, was dropped by caretaker manager Gary Brazil due to a perceived lack of effort in training and bad attitude.[10]

At the end of the season, Forest believed they could cancel the permanent transfer with his club Olympiacos, but were unable to. On 15 July 2014, it was confirmed Djebbour and Forest had reached an agreement to terminate his contract.[11]

APOEL

On 5 August 2014, Djebbour signed a one-year contract with

Ermis Aradippou and celebrated the double, as his team secured their third consecutive championship title.[21][22]

Return to AEK

On 17 June 2015, Djebbour signed a one-year contract with the option of a further season with AEK Athens, returning to his former club after four years.[23]

He missed the start of the season and started training in November.[24]

On 6 December 2015, in a home win against

Cup's final at the Olympic Stadium of Athens and won the title for 15th time in their history.[26]

Aris F.C.

On 7 September 2016 Djebour made the move to

Aris on a 3-year contract.[27] On 6 November 2016, the Algerian striker had a beef with his team's fans after disappointing home draw (1-1) against Aiginiakos F.C.
at Thessaloniki. Οn 18 July 2017, the administration of Aris has decided to terminate the contract of experienced Algerian striker Rafik Zoheir Djebbour, a year after his signing.

Later years

On 3 October 2017 Djebbour signed a contract with

GS Consolat, a team that plays at the Championnat National
, making his return to France after 12 years.

International career

He made his debut with the Algeria in an unofficial friendly game against Istres in August 2006 and his first official game was the following day against Gabon, which Algeria lost 0–2. He scored his first international goal against Liberia on 6 June 2008. He played a key role in Algeria’s winning campaign to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and scored a crucial goal in Algeria’s 3–1 victory over Egypt in June 2009. He also played at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa but failed to score.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[28]
Club Season League Cup League Cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
La Louvière 2004–05 Belgian Pro League 21 6 2 1 — — 23 7
Ethnikos Asteras 2005–06 Beta Ethniki 21 11 2 1 — — 23 12
Atromitos 2005–06 Super League Greece 12 6 0 0 — — 12 6
2006–07 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Total 14 6 0 0 — — 14 6
Panionios 2006–07 Super League Greece 14 4 0 0 — — 14 4
2007–08 27 15 0 0 — 6 2 33 17
Total 41 19 0 0 — 6 2 47 21
AEK Athens 2008–09 Super League Greece 28 8 7 2 — 0 0 35 10
2009–10 19 6 0 0 — 1 0 20 6
2010–11 11 5 2 1 — 6 2 19 8
Total 58 22 9 3 — 7 2 74 24
Olympiacos 2010–11 Super League Greece 10 7 1 0 — 0 0 11 7
2011–12 21 12 3 1 — 10 3 34 16
2012–13 25 20 5 2 — 6 0 36 22
Total 56 39 9 3 — 16 3 81 45
Sivasspor (loan) 2013–14 Süper Lig 10 2 3 2 — — 13 4
Nottingham Forest 2013–14
Championship
 7 1 1 0 0 0 — 8 1
APOEL
2014–15
 Cypriot First Division 26 14 6 3 — 6 0 38 17
AEK Athens 2015–16 Super League Greece 22 2 9 3 — — 31 5
Aris 2016–17
Football League Greece
 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Athlético Marseille 2017–18 Championnat National 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Career total 282 122 41 16 0 0 35 7 358 142
  1. ^ Includes Cypriot Super Cup matches.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[29]
National team Year Apps Goals
Algeria 2006 1 0
2007 0 0
2008 6 1
2009 6 2
2010 8 1
2011 3 0
2012 4 1
2013 5 0
2014 1 0
Total 33 5
Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Djebbour goal.
List of international goals scored by Rafik Djebbour
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2008-06-06
Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
, Algeria		  Liberia 1–0 3–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 2009-06-07
Stade Mustapha Tchaker
, Blida, Algeria		  Egypt 3–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 2009-08-12
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
, Algeria		  Uruguay 1–0 1–0 Friendly
4 2010-08-11
Stade 5 Juillet 1962
, Algiers, Algeria		  Gabon 1–2 1–2 Friendly
5 2012-05-26
Stade Mustapha Tchaker
, Blida, Algeria		  Niger 2–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours

Olympiacos

APOEL

AEK Athens

Individual

References

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  4. ^ Djebbour trains with Rovers SkySports.com, 20 October 2009
  5. ^ "Djebbour signs new 3-year deal (GR)". aekfc.gr. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 10 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Στην πόρτα της εξόδου ο Τζιμπούρ". Contra.gr. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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  29. ^ Rafik Djebbour at National-Football-Teams.com

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