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Profile Samir Nasri

Personal information :

Full name : Samir Nasri
Date of birth : 26 June 1987 (age 24)
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height :1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position : Attacking midfielder
Current club : Arsenal
Number : 8
Youth career
1993–1996 Pennes Mirabeau
1996–2004 Marseille
Senior career :
2004–2008 Marseille
2008 Arsenal - sekarang
National team :
2002–2003 France U16
2003–2004 France U17
2004–2005 France U18
2005–2006 France U19
2006–2007 France U21
2007– France

Club career

Marseille

Nasri began playing with Marseille when he was 9 years old. He started playing in Ligue 1 in the 2004/2005 season at the age of 17, where he started 13 games and came on as a substitute in 11 games, scoring one goal. The next season got him experience in both the UEFA Cup (10 games; no goals) and the Intertoto Cup (one game; one goal). In the 2006/2007 season he scored his first goal of the year in Ligue 1 late in the season on 29 April 2007, when he started the match against FC Sochaux-Montbéliard and helped his team to a 4–2 victory. This win allowed Marseille to climb into fourth place with just four games remaining, putting them into the UEFA Cup qualifying spot. Nasri was part of the squad that lost in the Coupe de France final in 2006 versus Paris Saint-Germain and he also lost in the 2007 final against Sochaux.

On 20 May 2007, Nasri was named French Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year ahead of Jimmy Briand and Karim Benzema. He was voted Marseille's player of the year by the fans, receiving 62% of the votes. In addition, like many, he was dubbed the "new Zizou" for his vision and dribbling skills.

Arsenal

Nasri preparing to take a corner kick for Arsenal
Premier League giants Arsenal had been tracking Nasri and moved quickly to head off rival bids from Real Madrid and Inter Milan and a bid of £12.5 million was enough to convince Marseille about his transfer. Nasri scored in his Premier League debut against West Bromwich Albion with a close range effort, after four minutes of the first game of the season, on 16 August 2008. On 27 August in the 3rd Qualifying Round 2nd Leg against FC Twente, Nasri scored in the 26th minute. He scored his third goal of the season in the 3–1 over Everton on October 18, 2008. On 8 November 2008, Nasri scored both of Arsenal's goals in a 2–1 win over Manchester United. On 17 January 2009 he scored the 2nd goal in Arsenal's 3–1 win over Hull City at the KC Stadium. On 21 March, he made the scoresheet again as Arsenal defeated Newcastle 3–1 at St. James' Park. He concluded his debut season with Arsenal with 7 goals and 5 assists.

Nasri missed the early part of the 2009–10 season with a broken leg that was picked up in the summer. On 9 March 2010 Nasri culminated an excellent display in Arsenal's 5–0 victory over Porto in the Champions League with a superb individual effort, dribbling past the Porto defence before driving it across the goalkeeper, sending the ball in off the far post. Nasri concluded his second season at Arsenal with 34 games, 5 goals, and 5 assists.

Nasri started the 2010-11 season fairly well. Many believed he was Arsenal's player of pre-season and big things were expected for the coming season. He was named in Arsenal's starting line-up against Liverpool for the first match of the season. Arsenal confirmed after the draw that Nasri had suffered a knee injury that would keep him out for one month, but the playmaker made a speedy recovery after just three games to be named as a starter for the Champions League opener against Sporting Braga. He helped Arsenal defeat the Portuguese side 6-0. Nasri then scored his first and second goals of the season from penalties during extra time in Arsenal's Carling Cup win against main rivals Tottenham at White Hart Lane. On 25 September 2010, Nasri scored a brace in Arsenal's disastrous 3-2 home defeat by the hands of West Brom, this was his fourth goal in two games. Nasri continued his fine form coming on as a substitute in Arsenal's midweek Champions League 3-1 away win against FK Partizan and he made his first assist of the season to his French compatriot Sébastien Squillaci from a corner late in the second half; this was also Squillaci's first goal for his new club. On 16 October 2010, he equalised from the penalty spot before Marouane Chamakh grabbed the winner in a 2-1 victory over Birmingham City. Nasri then scored a fine left-footed volley in a midweek Champions League versus Shakhtar Donetsk and created Arsenal's fifth goal. On the 24 October Nasri scored the first and set up the third in a 3-0 victory over Manchester City.

International career

Nasri has been involved in the French national set up for a long time, progressing through the Under-16s, 17s, 18s, 19s and 21s. He was part of the team that won the 2004 UEFA U-17 Championship, scoring the game-winning goal in the final match. Nasri received his first cap for the senior team on 28 March 2007 against Austria, in a home friendly match at the age of 19. He delivered a free kick low into the box from which teammate Karim Benzema scored the only goal of the match. He scored his first senior international goal in his third appearance for the senior team in a 1–0 win against Georgia on 6 June 2007 in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier. Nasri was named in Raymond Domenech's final squad for Euro 2008; at age 20, he was one of the youngest members of the French squad selected for the final tournament. He made two appearances as a substitute and played for 26 minutes, scoring 0 goals. However, he was left out of France's initial 30 man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was recalled by new coach Laurent Blanc for the international friendly against Norway on 11 August 2010.

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