Saïd Arab

{{short description|French footballer (born 2000)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Saïd Arab

| fullname =

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|7|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.78m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = GOAL FC

| clubnumber = 11

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2013

| youthclubs1 = Racing Club de France

| youthyears2 = 2013–2014

| youthclubs2 = Boulogne-Billancourt

| youthyears3 = 2014

| youthclubs3 = ASM Oran

| youthyears4 = 2014–2015

| youthclubs4 = USA Clichy

| youthyears5 = 2015–2016

| youthclubs5 = Paris Saint-Germain

| youthyears6 = 2016–2018

| youthclubs6 = Metz

| years1 = 2018–2020

| clubs1 = Red Star

| caps1 = 14

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2020–2022

| clubs2 = Paris FC

| caps2 = 30

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2021–2022

| clubs3 = Paris FC II

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2022

| clubs4 = → Bastia-Borgo (loan)

| caps4 = 1

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2023

| clubs5 = ES Sétif

| caps5 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2023–2024

| clubs6 = FC 93

| caps6 = 7

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2024–

| clubs7 = GOAL FC

| caps7 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| club-update = 23:40, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

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Saïd Arab (born 23 July 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for GOAL FC.

Career

Arab began playing football locally with Racing Club de France, before joining the youth academy of Boulogne-Billancourt, and then training with ASM Oran in Algeria. He returned to France to the youth academy of USA Clichy, before training at Paris Saint-Germain and Metz. He signed his first senior contract with Red Star in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.befoot.net/portrait-de-la-semaine-3-said-arab/|title=Portrait de la semaine #3 – Saïd Arab - BeFoot|date=19 October 2020 }} Arab made his professional debut with Red Star in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to Niort on 17 May 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/05/17/france/ligue-2/chamois-niortais-football-club/red-star-fc-93/2792972/|title=Niort vs. Red Star - 17 May 2019 - Soccerway|website=Soccerway}} On 13 June 2020, he transferred to Paris FC, signing a contract for 3 years.{{Cite web|url=https://parisfc.fr/equipe-pro/said-arab-rejoint-le-paris-fc/|title=Saïd Arab rejoint le Paris FC|first=Valentin|last=Paris|date=13 June 2020}}

On 31 January 2022, Arab joined Bastia-Borgo on loan.{{cite press release|publisher=Bastia-Borgo|url=https://www.facebook.com/fcbastiaborgo/posts/1363878137388377|title=Deux signatures lors de ce dernier jour de mercato !|date=31 January 2022|access-date=13 February 2022|language=fr}}

Personal life

Born in France, Arab holds French and Algerian nationalities.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dzfoot.com/2020/04/17/said-arab-jai-ete-sollicite-par-la-faf-180250.php|title=Said Arab : " J'ai été sollicité par la FAF "|website=DZfoot.com|date=17 April 2020 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/said-arab-23960/ | title=Saïd ARAB - }}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 11 February 2022}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals
rowspan="3"|Red Star

|2018–19

|rowspan="1"|Ligue 2

|1

0colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
2019–20

|National

|13

1211Appearance in the Coupe de la Ligue0162
colspan="2"|Total

!14||1||2||1||1||0||17||2

rowspan="3" |Paris FC

|2020–21

|Ligue 2

|28

320colspan="2" |—303
2021–22

|Ligue 2

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|2

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!30

!3

!2

!0

! colspan="2" |—

!32

!3

Paris FC II

|2021–22

|National 3

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|1

|0

Bastia-Borgo (loan)

|2021–22

|National

|1

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|1

|0

colspan="3" |Career total

!46||4||4||1||1||0||51||5

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