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Hassan Yebda
Personal information
Date of birth	14 May 1984 (age 25)
Place of birth	Saint-Maurice, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Portsmouth; (on loan from Benfica)
Number	32
Youth career
2000–2004	Auxerre
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:33, 29 November 2009 (UTC).; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:54, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Hassan Yebda (Arabic: حسان يبدة ‎) (born May 14, 1984 in Saint-Maurice, France) is an Algerian footballer who plays for English club Portsmouth as a midfielder, on loan from Benfica until the end of the 2009–10 season.

[edit] Club career

A product of Auxerre's youth system, Yebda could not, however, manage to appear once for its first team, being loaned to Ligue 2's Stade Lavallois in between.^[1]

In January 2007, he was definitely released and moved to Le Mans, making his Ligue 1 debut on 17 February 2007, in a 2–0 loss at Sochaux: brought on in the 70th minute, Yebda scored an own goal 10 minutes later, in his only appearance of the 2006–07 season.

In 2007–08, Yebda appeared regularly for Le Mans, helping the team achieve a comfortable ninth place in the league. On 29 May 2008, he signed a four-year contract with Benfica, on a free transfer.^[2] A constant midfield fixture with Benfica, he was voted the Portuguese Liga's "Player of the Month" in September. In February 2009, Yebda netted his first league goal, in a 1–1 draw at F.C. Porto.^[3]

During the 2009 off-season, Yebda was linked with a £3 million move to Everton.^[4] Yebda made a move to Premier League side Portsmouth on 1 September 2009 on a season-long loan for the 2009–10 season.^[5] He scored his first goal for Portsmouth on 3 October 2009 against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molyneux, the winner in Portsmouth's first victory of the season.^[6]

[edit] International career

Yebda represented France at youth levels, being part of the squad at the victorious 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

However, as a senior, he switched allegiances to Algeria, He is set to be called up in October for a match against Rwanda to sit in for the suspended Yazid Mansouri.

[edit] Personal

Although born in France, Yebda is originally from the village of Taourirt Adène in the Tizi Ouzou Province in the Kabylie region of Algeria.^[7] He understands both Kabyle and Arabic but does not speak either language fluently.^[8]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

Benfica:
- Portuguese League Cup: 2008–09

[edit] Country

France U17:
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: 2001

[edit] Club statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	(Apps) + Minutes Played	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
AJ Auxerre	2004–05	* . * mins	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
AJ Auxerre	2005–06	* . * mins	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Stade Lavallois	2005–06	14 . 1202 mins	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	14	1
Le Mans	2006–07	1 . 22 mins	0	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	0
Le Mans	2007–08	23 . 1611 mins	3	*	*	*	*	*	*	23	3
Total (France)		38 . 2835 mins	4	*	*	*	*	*	*	38	4
Benfica	2008–09	25 . 1657 mins	1	1	1	*	*	*	*	25	1
Total (Portugal)		25 . 1657 mins	1	1	1	*	*	*	*	26	2
Career Total		63 . 4492 mins	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	64	6

* - Not available

[edit] References

^ Basinas makes Mallorca move; UEFA.com, 20 January 2006
^ Lisbon giants move to strengthen; UEFA.com, 25 June 2008
^ Porto maintains edge as AZ strike clear; UEFA.com, 9 February 2009
^ "Everton offered Benfica’s French midfielder Hassan Yebda". IMScouting.com. http://www.imscouting.com/global_news_item.aspx?id=2577. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
^ "Pompey confirm move for Ben Haim". BBC Sport. 2009-09-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8230914.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
^ "Wolverhampton 0 - 1 Portsmouth". BBC. 3 October 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8283498.stm. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
^ http://www.lebuteur.com/reportage/actualites/yebda-accueilli-tel-un-heros-a-taourirt
^ http://www.lebuteur.com/entretien/actualites/exclusif-yebda-jespere-rejoindre-les-verts-bientot

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[0] Basinas makes Mallorca move; UEFA.com, 20 January 2006

[1] Lisbon giants move to strengthen; UEFA.com, 25 June 2008

[2] Porto maintains edge as AZ strike clear; UEFA.com, 9 February 2009

[3] "Everton offered Benfica’s French midfielder Hassan Yebda". IMScouting.com. http://www.imscouting.com/global_news_item.aspx?id=2577. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

[Pompey_confirm_move_for_Ben_Haim-4] "Pompey confirm move for Ben Haim". BBC Sport. 2009-09-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8230914.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-05.

[5] "Wolverhampton 0 - 1 Portsmouth". BBC. 3 October 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8283498.stm. Retrieved 4 October 2009.

[6] ttp://www.lebuteur.com/reportage/actualites/yebda-accueilli-tel-un-heros-a-taourirt

[7] ttp://www.lebuteur.com/entretien/actualites/exclusif-yebda-jespere-rejoindre-les-verts-bientot

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