Yakine Said M'Madi

Yakine Said M'Madi
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-03-11) 11 March 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Olympique de Marseille
Number 5
Youth career
2009–2014 Burel FC
2014–2021 Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Marseille B 19 (1)
International career‡
2022– Comoros 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:56, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:56, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Yakine Said M'Madi (born 11 March 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Olympique de Marseille. Born in France, he plays for the Comoros national team.

Career

Said M'Madi is a youth product of the academies of Burel FC and Marseille. He was promoted to the Marseille reserves for the 2021–22 season in the Championnat National 2 season. On 7 April 2022, he made the bench for the senior side in a UEFA Europa Conference League match against the Greek club PAOK FC.[2] He signed his first professional contract wit the club on 13 July 2022, tying him until 2024.[3]

International career

Born in Marseille, M’Madi is Comorian descent. He was called up to the preliminary squad for Comoros U20 at the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament.[4] He was called up to the senior Comoros national team for a set of friendlies in September 2022.[5] He made his debut with Comoros 1–0 friendly loss to Tunisia on 22 September 2022.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Yakine Said M'Madi (OM)". L'Équipe.
  2. ^ "OM-PAOK : le groupe olympien sans Luan Peres et Milik, première pour Said M'Madi". LaProvence.com. 6 April 2022.
  3. ^ Phocéen, Le (13 July 2022). "OM : M'Madi resigne finalement avec l'OM..." Le Phocéen.
  4. ^ Phocéen, Le (28 May 2022). "OM : déception pour un jeune défenseur marseillais". Le Phocéen.
  5. ^ Lantheaume, Romain (16 September 2022). "Comores : deux nouveaux de l'OM dans la liste pour la Tunisie et le Burkina Faso". Afrik-Foot.
  6. ^ Houssamdine, Boina (22 September 2022). "Les Comores s'inclinent en amical contre la Tunisie".