Idriss Saadi

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Idriss Saadi
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Personal information
Full name Idriss Saadi
Date of birth (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Valence, France
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Cardiff City
Number 39
Youth career
2000–2004 Chabeuillois
2004–2005 Arménienne Valence
2005–2006 Valence
2006–2010 Saint-Étienne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Saint-Étienne B 29 (20)
2010–2014 Saint-Étienne 18 (0)
2012 Reims (loan) 10 (1)
2012–2013 Gazélec Ajaccio (loan) 32 (7)
2014–2015 Clermont 39 (18)
2015– Cardiff City 2 (0)
International career
2007–2008 France U16 4 (1)
2008–2009 France U17 5 (3)
2010 France U18 1 (0)
2010–2011 France U19 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:02, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Idriss Saadi (Arabic: إدريس سعدي‎‎; born 8 February 1992 in Valence) is a French football player of Algerian descent who currently plays for Cardiff City. He operates primarily in the lead striker role. Saadi is a French youth international and has represented his country at under-16, under-17, and under-18 level.

Career

Saint-Étienne

Saadi started his professional career at Saint-Étienne, making his professional debut on 28 August 2010 in a league match against Lens in a 3–1 victory.[1]

During his time at Saint-Étienne, Saadi had loan spells at Reims and Ajaccio.

Clermont Foot

In January 2014, Saadi joined Ligue 2 side Clermont, where he impressed with 20 goals in 42 games.

Cardiff City

On 31 August 2015, Saadi joined Championship side Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee.[2] Manager Russell Slade stated that the club had been scouting Saadi for several months and described him as strong, powerful and technically good.[3] Due to an injury picked up the previous season, Saadi didn't make his debut till 7 November 2015, in a 2–0 win over Reading, [4] where he had lasted 13 minutes before suffering another injury ruling him out for another 6 weeks.[5] He made just one more substitute appearance during his first season at the Cardiff City Stadium, during a 2–1 defeat to Fulham on 9 April.

Career statistics

Club

Club Division Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saint-Étienne Ligue 1 2010–11 9 0 3 0 1 0 13 0
2011–12 7 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
2012–13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2013–14 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Total 18 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 25 0
Reims (loan) Ligue 2 2011–12 10 1 0 0 0 0 10 1
Total 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
Ajaccio (loan) Ligue 2 2012–13 32 7 0 0 0 0 32 7
Total 32 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 7
Clermont Ligue 2 2013–14 18 7 0 0 0 0 18 7
2014–15 21 11 2 1 0 0 23 12
Total 39 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 41 19
Cardiff City Championship 2015–16 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career Total 100 26 6 1 3 0 0 0 110 27

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