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Samir Nasri

Samir Nasri (born 26 June 1987) is a former Frenchfootball player. He also played for the France national team. He is a midfielder. He is of Algerianheritage. Nasri has been called a player whose "vision and imagination make him an unpredictable opponent".[4] His playing style, ability, and cultural background have led people to compare him to French legend Zinedine Zidane.[5][6]

Nasri began his football career playing for local youth clubs in his hometown of Marseille. He joined the professional club, Olympique de Marseille at the age of 9. He spent seven years developing in the club's youth academy at La Commanderie, which is the club's training center. Nasri made his professional debut in the 2004–05 season at the age of 17. In the next season, he became a regular starter in the team. He also took part in European competition for the first time in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup. In the 2006–07 season, Nasri won the National Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) Young Player of the Year award and was also named in the Team of the Year. He finished his career with Marseille making over 160 appearances. He played in the teams that reached back-to-back Coupe de France finals in 2006 and 2007.

In June 2008, Nasri joined Premier League club Arsenal. He agreed on a four-year contract. He reached fame with the team in his third season where he won the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Fans' Player of the Month award three times. He was alson named in the PFA's Team of the Year. In December 2010, he was named the French Player of the Year for his performances during the year.[7] In August 2011, after three seasons with Arsenal, Nasri joined Manchester City. He agreed on a four-year contract. In his first season with the club, they won the 2011–12 of the Premier League. This was Nasri's first important honour as a player.

Nasri was a French youth international. He has played for his nation at every level for which he was able to. He played on the France under-17 team that won the 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. Nasri made his senior team debut in March 2007. It was a friendly match against Austria. Two months later, he scored his first senior international goal in a 1–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying win over Georgia. Nasri has played for France at two major international tournaments: UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2012.

Career statistics

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Club

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International

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National teamYearAppsGoals
France200772
200870
200910
201040
201181
201281
201361
Total415
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nasri goal.[14]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 June 2007Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre, France Georgia

1–0

1–0

UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
2 16 November 2007Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France Morocco

2–1

2–2

Friendly
3 11 October 2011Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–1

1–1

UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
4 11 June 2012Donbas Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine England

1–1

1–1

UEFA Euro 2012
5 10 September 2013Central Stadium, Gomel, Belarus Belarus

3–2

4–2

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Marseille

Arsenal

Manchester City

France U17

Individual

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References

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  1. ↑"Acta del Partido celebrado el 29 de octubre de 2016, en Gijón" [Minutes of the Match held on 29 October 2016, in Gijón] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ↑Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 304. ISBN .
  3. ↑"Samir Nasri". Manchester City F.C. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. ↑"Samir Nasri ESPN Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  5. ↑Doyle, Paul (23 March 2007). "Samir Nasri: the new Zidane?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  6. ↑Lawton, Matt (4 March 2011). "Nasri: We had an argument but Thierry was cool – then I had a problem with Gallas". Daily Mail. UK. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  7. ↑"Nasri, numéro 1 à 23 ans" (in French). France Football. 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  8. ↑"Samir Nasri LFP Profile" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  9. ↑"Samir Nasri". OMPlanete (in French). Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  10. ↑"Samir Nasri Footballdatabase.eu Profile". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  11. ↑"Samir Nasri ESPN Profile". ESPNsoccernet. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  12. ↑"Samir Nasri » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  13. ↑"S. Nasri". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  14. ↑ 14.014.1Nasri, Samir at National-Football-Teams.com
  15. ↑"Marseille 5-1 Deportivo (Aggregate: 5 - 3)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  16. ↑McNulty, Philip (27 February 2011). "Arsenal 1–2 Birmingham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  17. ↑ 17.017.1"Samir Nasri: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  18. ↑McNulty, Phil (2 March 2014). "Manchester City 3–1 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  19. ↑McNulty, Phil (11 May 2013). "Man City 0–1 Wigan". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
  20. ↑Samir Nasri at Soccerway
  21. ↑"Samir Nasri: Arsenal's crown prince". Sportskeeda.com.
  22. ↑"Palmarès Trophées UNFP – Oscars du football – Equipe-type de Ligue 1". Sport Palmares.eu (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  23. ↑"ARSENAL MIDFIELDER SAMIR NASRI WINS FRANCE FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD". Goal.com.
  24. ↑"Arsenal's Samir Nasri named PFA Fans' Player of the Month". SB Nation.com.
  25. ↑"Spurs' Gareth Bale wins PFA player of the year award". BBC Sport. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  26. ↑"Winners honoured at British Muslim Awards". Asian Image. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  27. ↑"Alan Hardaker Trophy". EFL.com.

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