Idriss Saadi

Idriss Saadi
Saadi with Cardiff City in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-08) 8 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Valence, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Andrézieux
Number 10
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)
2015–2017 Cardiff City 2 (0)
2016–2017 → Kortrijk (loan) 32 (14)
2017–2021 Strasbourg 34 (4)
2019–2020 → Cercle Brugge (loan) 16 (3)
2018 Strasbourg B 2 (1)
2021–2022 Bastia 13 (2)
2022 CR Belouizdad 4 (0)
2023– Andrézieux 20 (5)
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)
2017 Algeria 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:14, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Idriss Saadi (Arabic: إدريس سعدي; born 8 February 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championnat National 2 club Andrézieux.[1] Born in France, he played for the Algeria national team.

Club 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.[2]

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

Saadi warming up for Cardiff City prior to a match in 2015.

On 31 August 2015, Saadi joined Championship side Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee.[3] Manager Russell Slade stated that the club had been scouting Saadi for several months and described him as strong, powerful and technically good.[4] 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,[5] where he had lasted 13 minutes before suffering another injury ruling him out for another 6 weeks.[6] 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.

Loan to Kortrijk

In July 2016, Saadi joined Belgian side Kortrijk on loan.[7] He made his debut in a 1–1 draw with Gent and went on to score his first and second goal against Club Brugge on 20 August.

Strasbourg

On 21 July 2017, Saadi joined Strasbourg for an undisclosed fee.[8]

CR Belouizdad

On 5 July 2022, Saadi joined CR Belouizdad.[9]

International career

Saadi is a former youth international for France.[10] He debuted for the Algeria national football team in a friendly 1–0 win over Guinea on 6 June 2017.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 July 2019[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Saint-Étienne 2010–11 Ligue 1 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 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
Total 18 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 25 0
Reims (loan) 2011–12 Ligue 2 10 1 0 0 0 0 — 10 1
Ajaccio (loan) 2012–13 Ligue 2 32 7 0 0 0 0 — 32 7
Clermont 2013–14 Ligue 2 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 2015–16 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Kortrijk (loan) 2016–17 First Division A 29 14 2 0 — 8[b] 2 39 16
Strasbourg 2017–18 Ligue 1 26 4 2 1 1 0 — 29 5
2018–19 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 27 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 30 5
Career total 157 44 10 2 3 0 9 2 179 48
  1. ^ Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in the Belgian First Division A European play-offs

References

  1. ^ IDRISS SAADI: «FAUT PAS TOMBER EN PANNE D’ESSUIE-GLACES ICI!» Archived 13 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine sofoot.com
  2. ^ "Saint-Étienne v. Lens Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 28 August 2010. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Cardiff City sign striker Idriss Saadi from Clermont Foot". BBC Sport. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Cardiff City boss Russell Slade: Why I brought unknown Idriss Saadi to the Bluebirds". WalesOnline. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Cardiff City 2–0 Reading". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Idriss Saadi: Injury rules out Cardiff City striker for six weeks". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  7. ^ Phil Smith (1 July 2016). "Cardiff City striker Idriss Saadi joins KV Kortrijk on loan". Wales Online. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Idriss Saadi: Cardiff City striker joins Strasbourg for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 21 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  9. ^ "IMercato : Idriss Saadi s'engage en faveur du CRB". 5 July 2022. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Joueur - Idriss SAADI - FFF". Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  11. ^ "LIVE wedstrijd - - Live stream - 2017-06-06 - soccernews.nl". www.voetbalnieuws.be. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  12. ^ Idriss Saadi at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 October 2017.