Sofiane Zaaboub

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Sofiane Zaaboub
Personal information
Full name	Sofiane Zaaboub
Date of birth	January 23, 1983 (age 24)
Place of birth	Montereau-Surville, France
Height	1.81m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Swindon Town
Number	4
Youth clubs
1998-2003	AS Saint-Etienne
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Modena FC FC Brussels Swindon Town	? (?) 20 (1) ? (?)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Sofiane Zaaboub (born January 23, 1983) in Montereau-Surville, France, is an French-Algerian football player who is currently playing for Swindon Town in England.

[edit] Club Career

Prior to joining Swindon he played for ASA Montereau, AS Saint-Étienne, Modena F.C., Sora, Real Jaén, FC Brussels.

Zaaboub was Paul Sturrock's first signing as Town manager, Zaaboub signed on a short term deal in November 2006, after leaving Belgian top flight club FC Brussels during the summer. Prior to joining Swindon, he had many trials at higher-level clubs - including Preston North End, Swansea City, Plymouth Argyle, Luton Town, Dundee and FC Metz - but his longest trial was at Sturrock's former club Sheffield Wednesday. Sturrock returned to bring Zaaboub to Swindon just days after his own arrival at the County Ground.

In January 2006 Zaaboub signed a contract extension to keep him in Swindon until the end of the 2007/2008 season, after impressing Swindon fans and management alike on the left side of midfield.^[1]

[edit] Notes

Swindon Town F.C. - Current Squad
1 Brezovan | 2 J. Smith | 3 Vincent | 4 Zaaboub | 5 Ifil | 6 Williams | 7 Whalley | 8 Brown | 9 Roberts | 10 Peacock | 12 Shakes | 13 Stewart | 15 Nicholas | 16 Noubissie | 18 Evans | 19 Pook | 20 Brownlie | 21 Jutkiewicz | 22 B. Sturrock | 23 Weston | 24 Holgate | 25 P. Smith | 27 Wells | 28 Caton | 34 Timlin | Manager: P. Sturrock