Yahia with Algeria at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in 2010
Personal information
Full name
Anther Yahia
Date of birth
(1982-03-21) 21 March 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth
Mulhouse, France
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)
Centre-back
Youth career
1993–1996
Racing Club de Belfort
1996–2000
Sochaux
2000–2001
Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2000–2002
Inter Milan
0
(0)
2001–2002
→ Bastia (loan)
6
(0)
2002–2005
Bastia
72
(2)
2005–2007
Nice
30
(0)
2006–2007
→ VfL Bochum (loan)
16
(1)
2007–2011
VfL Bochum
103
(6)
2009–2010
VfL Bochum II
2
(0)
2011–2012
Al Nassr
13
(1)
2012–2013
Kaiserslautern
13
(0)
2013
Espérance
7
(0)
2014
Platanias
11
(0)
2015–2016
Angers B
10
(1)
2016
→ Orléans (loan)
14
(1)
2016–2017
Orléans
7
(0)
Total
304
(12)
International career
1998
France U16
1
(0)
2000
France U18
2
(0)
2004
Algeria U23
1
(1)
2004–2012
Algeria
53
(6)
Managerial career
2017–2019
Orléans (sporting director)
2020–2021
USM Alger (sporting director)
2022
FC Spartak Moscow (director of academy)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Anther Yahia[1][2] (Arabic: عنتر يحيى; born 21 March 1982) is a retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Yahia is a former French youth international having earned caps for both the under-16 and under-18 youth teams for a brief period of time. He was the first footballer to profit from the 2004 change in FIFA eligibility rules as he had played as a French youth international.[3] After his switch of national allegiance he was called up to the Algeria Under-23 side, scoring on his debut in a 1–0 win against Ghana in an Olympic Games qualifier on 2 January 2004.[4][5] A few days later he was called up to a training camp held in Algiers in preparation of the 2004 African Nations Cup.
At international level, Yahia played for the Algeria national team prior to his retirement from international football on 1 May 2012.[6] He is considered a national hero by many Algerians, as he was the scorer of the goal that put them into their first World Cup finals since 1986, at the expense of bitter rivals Egypt. He struck in the 40th minute of the play-off by scoring a Marco van Basten-esque goal.[7][8][9] He participated in two continental tournaments 2004 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, the latter in which Algeria finished fourth, and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Overall, he participated in 53 official games for Algeria, in which he scored six goals. He captained the team during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, holding the position from June 2010 to May 2012.
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