Samir Nasri

French association football player (born 1987)

Samir Nasri (born 26 June 1987) is a former French football player. He also played for the France national team. He is a midfielder. He is of Algerian heritage. 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]

Samir Nasri
Nasri with France in 2012
Personal information
Full name Samir Nasri[1]
Date of birth (1987-06-26) 26 June 1987 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1995–1997 Pennes Mirabeau
1997–2004 Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Marseille 121 (11)
2008–2011 Arsenal 86 (18)
2011–2017 Manchester City 129 (18)
2016–2017Sevilla (loan) 23 (2)
2017–2018 Antalyaspor 8 (2)
2019 West Ham United 5 (0)
2019–2020 Anderlecht 7 (1)
Total 379 (52)
National team
2002–2003 France U16 16 (8)
2003–2004 France U17 16 (6)
2004–2005 France U18 4 (0)
2005–2006 France U19 10 (5)
2006–2007 France U21 4 (0)
2007–2013 France 41 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Marseille 2004–05 Ligue 1 24 1 1 0 0 0 25 1
2005–06 Ligue 1 30 1 5 0 0 0 14[c] 1 49 2
2006–07 Ligue 1 37 3 6 0 1 0 6[d] 0 50 3
2007–08 Ligue 1 30 6 2 0 2 0 8[e] 0 42 6
Total 121 11 14 0 3 0 28 1 166 12
Arsenal 2008–09 Premier League 29 6 5 0 0 0 10[f] 1 44 7
2009–10 Premier League 26 2 1 0 1 0 6[f] 3 34 5
2010–11 Premier League 30 10 4 1 4 2 8[f] 2 46 15
2011–12 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 86 18 10 1 5 2 24 6 125 27
Manchester City 2011–12 Premier League 31 5 1 0 4 1 10[g] 0 46 6
2012–13 Premier League 27 2 3 1 0 0 6[f] 1 1[h] 1 37 5
2013–14 Premier League 34 7 2 2 3 1 7[f] 1 46 11
2014–15 Premier League 24 2 1 0 1 0 6[f] 1 1[h] 0 33 3
2015–16 Premier League 12 2 0 0 0 0 1[f] 0 13 2
2016–17 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 129 18 7 3 8 2 30 3 2 1 176 27
Sevilla (loan) 2016–17 La Liga 23 2 2 0 5[f] 1 30 3
Antalyaspor 2017–18 Süper Lig 8 2 0 0 8 2
West Ham United 2018–19 Premier League 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Anderlecht 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 7 1 1 1 8 2
Career total 379 52 35 5 16 4 87 11 2 1 519 73
  1. Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup, Copa del Rey, Belgian Cup
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, League Cup
  3. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Intertoto Cup, ten appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup, four appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Cup
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  7. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. 8.0 8.1 Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[14]
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2007 7 2
2008 7 0
2009 1 0
2010 4 0
2011 8 1
2012 8 1
2013 6 1
Total 41 5
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nasri goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by Samir Nasri
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 June 2007 Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps, Auxerre, France   Georgia
1–0
1–0
UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
2 16 November 2007 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France   Morocco
2–1
2–2
Friendly
3 11 October 2011 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France   Bosnia and Herzegovina
1–1
1–1
UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
4 11 June 2012 Donbas Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine   England
1–1
1–1
UEFA Euro 2012
5 10 September 2013 Central 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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  2. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  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.
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  13. "S. Nasri". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  14. 14.0 14.1 Nasri, 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. 17.0 17.1 "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. Cite error: The named reference 2012CommunityShield was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  20. McNulty, Phil (11 May 2013). "Man City 0–1 Wigan". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
  21. Samir Nasri at Soccerway
  22. "Samir Nasri: Arsenal's crown prince". Sportskeeda.com.
  23. "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.
  24. "ARSENAL MIDFIELDER SAMIR NASRI WINS FRANCE FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD". Goal.com.
  25. "Arsenal's Samir Nasri named PFA Fans' Player of the Month". SB Nation.com.
  26. "Spurs' Gareth Bale wins PFA player of the year award". BBC Sport. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  27. "Winners honoured at British Muslim Awards". Asian Image. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  28. "Alan Hardaker Trophy". EFL.com.

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