Zahir Zerdab

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Zahir Zerdab

| image = Zerdab intw-jsmb3.jpg

| caption = Zahir Zerdab in 2016.

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|1|9}}

| birth_place = Amiens, France

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = US Camon

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| youthyears1 =

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| years1 = 2003–2004 |clubs1 = US Camon |caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 2004–2006 |clubs2 = Roye |caps2 = 35 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2006–2007 |clubs3 = Beauvais |caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2007–2008 |clubs4 = Reims |caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2008–2009 |clubs5 = Zulte Waregem |caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2009–2011 |clubs6 = JSM Béjaïa |caps6 = 74 | goals6 = 15

| years7 = 2011–2013 |clubs7 = Rouen |caps7 = 48 | goals7 = 9

| years8 = 2013–2014 |clubs8 = CS Constantine |caps8 = 22 | goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2014–2016 |clubs9 = MO Béjaïa |caps9 = 56 | goals9 = 15

| years10= 2016–2017 |clubs10= MC Alger |caps10= 18 | goals10= 4

| years11= 2018–2022 |clubs11= US Camon |caps11= |goals11=

| years12= 2022–2023 |clubs12= AC Amiens |caps12=23 |goals12=8

| years13= 2023– |clubs13 = US Camon |caps13= |goals13=

| nationalyears1 = 2010 | nationalteam1 = Algeria A' | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2010 | nationalteam2 = Algeria | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| club-update = 16:29, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

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Zahir Zerdab ({{langx|ar|زهير زرداب}}; born 9 January 1982) is a former professional footballer who now plays as an amateur midfielder for US Camon. Born in France, he played for Algeria national team.

Club career

Zerdab started his career with ASM Rivery, moving to US Camon at the age of nine, where he would spend the next ten years. He gradually progressed from the regional leagues to the professional level, moving to US Roye-Noyon and AS Beauvais Oise before signing a professional contract with Stade de Reims in Ligue 2 and then for S.V. Zulte Waregem in the Belgian Pro League.{{cite web|url=https://www.gazettesportslemag.fr/2023/12/05/portrait-zahir-zerdab-quoi-quil-arrive-le-football-restera-toujours-ma-passion/|title=PORTRAIT - Zahir Zerdab : Quoi qu'il arrive, le football restera toujours ma passion|publisher=Gazette Sports|language=fr|date=5 December 2023}} In 2009 he had an offer from Algeria and joined JSM Béjaïa.

On 16 June 2011, Zerdab announced that he would be leaving JSM Béjaïa and joining Championnat National side FC Rouen at the end of the 2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcrouen.net/zahir-zerdab-rejoint-le-fc-rouen-4063.html|title=fcrouen.net|website=www.fcrouen.net|language=en|access-date=8 February 2018}} With Rouen promoted on the field in toe Ligue 2, but demoted administratively, Zerdab returned to Algeria with first CS Constantine and then MO Béjaïa, where he was runner up in the 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and scored the only goal in the 2015 Algerian Cup final. Success with MO Béjaïa secured a move to MC Alger for the 2016–17 season.

After finishing his professional career in Algeria, Zerdab moved back to France where he re-joined US Camon for four seasons in the regional divisions, before spending a season in Championnat National 3 with AC Amiens.{{cite web|url=https://gazettesports.fr/2022/08/02/football-zahir-zerdab-passe-de-lus-camon-a-lac-amiens/|title=FOOTBALL : Zahir Zerdab passe de l’US Camon à l’AC Amiens|publisher=Gazette Sports|language=fr|date=2 August 2022}} He returned to US Camon in the summer of 2023 at the age of 41, scoring the only goal as the club beat Championnat National 2 opposition in the fifth round of the 2023–24 Coupe de France.{{cite web|url=https://le11hdf.fr/us-camon-zahir-zerdab-fait-encore-et-toujours-de-la-resistance/|title=US Camon – Zahir Zerdab fait encore et toujours de la résistance !|publisher=Le11 Hauts-de-France|language=fr|date=16 October 2023}}

International career

On 8 October 2010, Zerdab made his debut for the Algerian A' National Team in a friendly against Mali.[http://www.dzfoot.com/news-7555/en-a-amical-algerie-1-1-mali/ EN A' – Amical : Algérie 1–1 Mali] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009193511/http://www.dzfoot.com/news-7555/en-a-amical-algerie-1-1-mali/ |date=9 October 2010 }} He started the game and was subbed off by Moustapha Djallit.