Mohamed Zubya

Mohamed Zubya
Zubya in 2007
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Noureddine Abdusalam Zubya
Date of birth (1989-03-20) March 20, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Tripoli, Libya
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Aschat
2006–2011 Al-Ittihad Tripoli 73 (29)
2011–2012 Al-Arabi Kuwait
2012–2013 Partizan 4 (1)
2013–2014 JS Kabylie 11 (3)
2014–2016 MC Oran 32 (17)
2016–2017 Espérance Tunis 14 (0)
2017– Al-Ittihad Tripoli
International career‡
2008– Libya 25 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 November 2021

Mohamed Noureddine Abdusalam Zubya (Arabic: محمد نور الدين عبد السلام زعبية; born March 20, 1989) is a Libyan footballer who plays for Al-Ittihad Tripoli.

Club career

Born in Tripoli, he was playing with Aschat SC when he moved in 2006 to Al-Ittihad where he stayed until 2011 and where he won 4 successive Libyan Premier League championships.

In 2007 Zubya was handed a one-year ban by CAF[1] for trying to assault the assistant referee in his side's CAF Champions League match against FAR Rabat of Morocco. He returned after a six-month suspension and scored two goals.[2] in the Libyan SuperCup final against Al Akhdar.

In August 2011, Zubya sign for Al Arabi Kuwait.[3]

On June 11, Zubya agreed a four-year contract with Serbian team Partizan. After passing medical exams and after reaching an agreement with Al-Arabi, Zubya officially signed on June 12 and was prepared to join his new teammates as it was designated as priority by Partizan manager Vladimir Vermezović to have the team complete as soon as possible to start preparing the team for the UEFA Champions League qualification which were a little more than a month away.[4]

Zubya made his debut for Partizan in club's first official match of the season, on July 17, 2012, in a 2012–13 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first-leg match, away, against Valletta.[5]

Zubya was released from his Partizan contract in January 2013.[6]

In November 2013, Zubya sign for JS Kabylie.[7]

He then played with Esperance Sportive de Tunis in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[8]

In April 2023, Zubya was kidnapped by an armed group, says the human rights committee in Libya.[2].

International career

Zubya played for the Libyan national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Libya's goal tally first.[10]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 30 December 2008 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Qatar 1–1 2–5 Friendly
2. 28 March 2016 Petro Sport Stadium, New Cairo, Egypt  São Tomé and Príncipe 1–0 4–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3. 2–0
4. 4–0
5. 9 June 2017 Petro Sport Stadium, New Cairo, Egypt  Seychelles 4–0 5–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6. 16 October 2018 Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia  Nigeria 1–3 2–3 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Al Ittihad Tripoli

Al Arabi Kuwait

Partizan

Riffa SC

Esperance Tunis

Individual

References

  1. ^ Al Ittihad's Zubya banned by Caf . BBC News (2007-07-31). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
  2. ^ Goals scored by: Mohamed Zubya. Goalzz (2010-12-21). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
  3. ^ يصل الأسبوع المقبل... والفريق يبدأ تدريباته غداً Archived August 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Alraimedia.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
  4. ^ Mohamed Zabija potpisao za crno-bele at Sportski žurnal, 12-6-2012 (in Serbian)
  5. ^ Mohammad Zubya at Soccerway
  6. ^ Doviđenja, Zabija at Sportski žurnal, 23-1-2013 (in Serbian)
  7. ^ [1]. radioalgerie.dz. Retrieved on 2017-11-7.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Mohamed Zubya at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ^ Mohamed Zubya at FIFA.com
  10. ^ "Zubya, Mohamed". National Football Teams. Retrieved April 2, 2017.