Youssouf Hadji
At his arrival in Rennes, Youssouf Hadji joined Laszlo Bölöni, who had offered him his first games in the French first league with Nancy. Rarely included in the starting eleven, Mustapha Hadji’s little brother started his Rennes career on a high, scoring three goals for his first three games (including one in the 2005/2006 UEFA Cup). Despite his visible envy, he never managed to convince neither Laszlo Bölöni nor Pierre Dréossi, the latter leaving him on the substitute bench on a regular basis during the 2006-2007 season. In 2007, he was transferred back to his first club, Nancy, where he got back on track after being repositioned at centre forward by Pablo Correa. In four and a half seasons, he scored close to forty goals for the Lorrains. At the end of August 2011, when the Rennes management failed to transfer Turkish striker Mevlüt Erding, Youssouf Hadji finally returned to Brittany, where he signed a new two years contract. A “comeback” in which he will hope to make up for his first failed spell with the “Rouge et Noir”
Surname : Hadji
Name : Youssouf
Nationality : Moroccan
Date of Birth : 25/02/1980
Place of Birth : Ifrane (Morocco)
Height : 1,83 m
Weight : 70 Kg
Position : Striker
Number: 19
International : Morocco (57 caps, 12 goals)
Career :
Amateur :
AS Nancy-Lorraine (1996-1999)
Professional :
AS Nancy-Lorraine (1998-2003)
SC Bastia (2003-2005)
Stade Rennais FC (June 2005 - December 2006)
AS Nancy-Lorraine (January 2007 - August 2011)
Stade Rennais FC (since August 2011)
Honours :
2004 African Nations Cup finalist
Contracted to Rennes until: June 2013 (with an option for one additional year)
Statistics :
- First Ligue 1 game (with Nancy) : Sochaux - Nancy (1-1), Mai 29th, 1999 (replaced Abdelnasser Ouadah on the 82nd minute)
- First Ligue 1 goal (with Bastia) : Bastia - Sochaux (2-0), September 27th, 2003 (7’, 1-0)
- First Game with Rennes : Nancy - Rennes (6-0, Ligue 1), August 27th, 2005 (replaced Olivier Monterrubio on the 64th minute)
- 2005-2006 Season :
| Competition | Played | Started | Goals | Yellow | Red | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 1 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1233 |
| Coupe de France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| European Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 197 |
| Total | 25 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1462 |
- 2006-2007 Season :
| Competition | Played | Started | Goals | Yellow | Red | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 779 |
| Coupe de France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| Total | 15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 896 |
- Total :
| Competition | Played | Started | Goals | Yellow | Red | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligue 1 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2012 |
| Coupe de France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 |
| European Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 197 |
| Total | 40 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2358 |
Goals for the Stade Rennais :
- 1 - 10/09/05, Rennes - Auxerre (3-1), Ligue 1, GW6 (48’, 1-0)
- 2 - 10/09/05, Rennes - Auxerre (3-1), Ligue 1, GW6 (73’, 3-1)
- 3 - 15/09/05, Rennes - Osasuna (3-1), UEFA Cup, 1st Round (84’, 3-1)
- 4 - 11/03/06, Rennes - Ajaccio (3-0), Ligue 1, GW30 (83’, 3-0)