Salaheddine Sbaï

Salaheddine Sbaï (born 21 August 1985 in Sidi Kacem) is a Moroccan former professional footballer.

Salaheddine Sbaï
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-21) 21 August 1985
Place of birth Sidi Kacem, Morocco
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1993–1995 Lourdes
1995–2001 Nîmes
2001–2002 Stade Lavallois
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Charleroi 41 (0)
2005 → Ronse (loan) 5 (0)
2005–2007 → Tubize (loan) 48 (1)
2009–2013 Nîmes 26 (0)
2011 → Blackpool (loan) 0 (0)
2013 Raja Casablanca
2014–2018 Lyon Duchère
National team‡
2004–2005 Morocco U20 3 (0)
2005–2006 Morocco U23 4 (0)
2008–2013 Morocco 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:20, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:49, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Club career

Sbaï began his career for the youth side at Charleroi and was loaned out for the 2004/2005 season to Ronse. After only five games in the 2004/2005 season for Ronse, he turned back to Charleroi, the club loaned him again to another club and signed a two-year loan deal with Tubize. After forty-eight games, where he scored one goal for Tubize, he returned to Charleroi in August 2008.

On 24 June 2009 Nîmes Olympique signed the defender from Charleroi alongside forward Yohan Bocognano from AC Ajaccio and forward Abdelmounaïm El Hajaoui from FC Sete.[1]

On 27 January 2011, Sbaï signed for English club Blackpool on loan until the end of the season, with a view to a further twelve-month loan, as cover for Stephen Crainey and David Carney. He attended the match against Manchester United and trained with the first team on 27 January. However, he did not make a single appearance for the Tangerines and was released at the end of the season, following Blackpool's relegation from the Premier League.

International career

Sbaï is a former U-21 international for Morocco. He received his first cap for Morocco national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Mauritania on 11 October 2008.

References
  1. Bakkali, Achraf. "Salaheddine Sbai à Nimes". Mountakhab.net (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-14.
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