Ali Sami Yachir

Ali Sami Yachir

Personal information
Full name	Ali Sami Yachir
Date of birth	(1985-01-02) January 2, 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth	Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	ASO Chlef
Number	TBA
Youth career
1998–2000	Caen
2000–2004	Montpellier
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2006	Montpellier	51	(0)
2006–2008	Strasbourg	3	(0)
2007–2008	→ Reims (loan)	1	(0)
2010–2012	USM El Harrach	31	(5)
2012–2015	MC Alger	74	(9)
2015–	ASO Chlef	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, July 13, 2015 (EST)

Ali Sami Yachir (born January 2, 1985) is an Algerian football player who plays for ASO Chlef in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.^[1]

Early life

Yachir was born in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. His father Djafar was born in Ouadhia and his mother Zahia in Hussein-Dey, French Algeria.

The family settled in France, in the Seine-Maritime department, around 1990. Yachir acquired French nationality on 14 May 1996, through the collective effect connected to the reinstatement of his parents in French nationality.^[2]

Club career

In September 2013, a video of a miss by Yachir in a league match against CR Belouizdad went viral.^[3] The striker failed to score into an empty net after the goalkeeper had tripped over the ball.

Honours

MC Alger

• Algerian Cup: 2014
• Algerian Super Cup: 2014

References

1. "La Fiche de Ali Sami YACHIR - Football algérien". Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
2. "JORF n° 0114 du 16 mai 1996 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 7440. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
3. Ben Curtis (September 17, 2013). "The worst miss of all time? Watch Ali Sami Yachir send the ball wide in front of an open goal". Mirror. Retrieved September 24, 2013.

• Official website
• Ali Sami Yachir at L'Équipe Football (in French)