 Yahia in an interview from 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anther Yahia | ||
| Date of birth | 21 March 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Mulhouse, France | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1996 | Racing Club de Belfort | ||
| 1996–2000 | Sochaux | ||
| 2000–2001 | Inter Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Bastia (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Bastia | 72 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Nice | 30 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → VfL Bochum (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2007–2011 | VfL Bochum | 103 | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | VfL Bochum II | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Al Nassr | 13 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Kaiserslautern | 13 | (0) |
| 2013 | Espérance | 7 | (0) |
| 2014 | Platanias | 11 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Angers B | 10 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Orléans (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Orléans | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 304 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998 | France U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2000 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2004 | Algeria U23 | 1 | (1) |
| 2004–2012 | Algeria | 53 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Orléans (sporting director) | ||
| 2020–2021 | USM Alger (sporting director) | ||
| 2022 | FC Spartak Moscow (director of academy) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Anther Yahia[1][2] (Arabic: عنتر يحيى; born 21 March 1982) is a French-born Algerian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Yahia is a former French youth international having earned caps for both the under-16 and under-18 youth teams for a brief period of time. He was the first footballer to profit from the 2004 change in FIFA eligibility rules as he had played as a French youth international.[3] After his switch of national allegiance he was called up to the Algeria Under-23 side, scoring on his debut in a 1–0 win against Ghana in an Olympic Games qualifier on 2 January 2004.[4][5] A few days later he was called up to a training camp held in Algiers in preparation of the 2004 African Nations Cup.
At international level, Yahia played for the Algeria national team prior to his retirement from international football on 1 May 2012.[6] He is considered a national hero by many Algerians, as he was the scorer of the goal that put them into their first World Cup finals since 1986, at the expense of bitter rivals Egypt. He struck in the 40th minute of the play-off by scoring a Marco van Basten-esque goal.[7][8][9] He participated in two continental tournaments 2004 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, the latter in which Algeria finished fourth, and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Overall, he participated in 53 official games for Algeria, in which he scored six goals. He captained the team during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, holding the position from June 2010 to May 2012.
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