Zakaria Naidji

Zakaria Naidji (born 19 January 1995) is an Algerian professional footballer. He plays for USM Alger, on loan from Paradou AC, and the Algeria national team.[1]

Zakaria Naidji
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-19) 19 January 1995
Place of birth Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
USM Alger
(on loan from Paradou AC)
Youth career
2009–2016 Paradou AC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Paradou AC 53 (31)
2019Gil Vicente 20 (1)
2020Club Africain 0 (0)
2021–USM Alger 0 (0)
National team
2019– Algeria 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 March 2019

Club career

Naidji was the top scorer of the 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 with 20 goals.[2] Across all competitions, he scored a total of 21 goals and made seven assists during the season.[3]

In August 2019, Naidji joined Portuguese liga NOS club Gil Vicente on loan from Paradou AC. It was reported Gil Vicente paid €50,000 for the loan and also secured an option to sign him permanently for €1.4 million.[4][3]

International career

Naidji made his Algeria national football team debut on 22 March 2019 in an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Gambia, as a 64th-minute substitute for Oussama Darfalou.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 26 May 2019[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paradou AC 2017–18 Ligue Professionnelle 1 2311002311
2018–19 3020113121
Total 5331115432
Career total 4930114930

    Honours

    References

    1. "Accord trouvé avec le Paradou AC pour Naidji".
    2. Walid Z. (27 May 2019). "Ligue 1 : Zakaria Naidji (Paradou AC) meilleur buteur". DZFoot. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
    3. Gomes, Rui Miguel (30 July 2019). "Gil Vicente fecha Naidji por 50 mil euros". ojogo.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2019.
    4. "Officiel : Naidji signe à Gil Vicente". DZfoot (in French). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
    5. "Algeria v The Gambia game report". Confederation of African Football. 22 March 2019.
    6. Zakaria Naidji at Soccerway
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