1. Sofiane Hanni is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Qatari club Al-Khor.
32 Facts About Sofiane Hanni
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Sofiane Hanni played in a different types of the midfield position, mostly attacking.
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When he turned eighteen, Sofiane Hanni signed his first professional contract with FC Nantes.
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On 11 June 2010, Sofiane Hanni was slated to sign a one-year contract with hometown club Paris Saint-Germain.
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However, Sofiane Hanni ultimately give in to a trial at after there was no offers in his homeland, France, and went on a trial at second Turkish club division side Kayseri Erciyesspor.
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Sofiane Hanni quickly impressed the side at the trial, resulting in him signing for the club.
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Sofiane Hanni later added two more goals for the side later in the year.
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Sofiane Hanni then went on a goal scoring spree between 1 April 2012 and 14 April 2012, including scoring twice against Goztepe.
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Sofiane Hanni set up five goals in three matches between 11 November 2012 and 24 November 2012, including twice against Kartalspor.
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Sofiane Hanni set up two goals in two separate matches earlier in the season.
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Sofiane Hanni then set up two goals in three separate matches, starting against Adana Demirspor on 19 February 2014, then against Gaziantep on 2 March 2014 and against Mersin Idman Yurdu on 20 April 2014.
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Sofiane Hanni cited a move to Belgium over family reasons and staying closer to Paris.
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Sofiane Hanni spent three months without scoring a goal and this ended, scoring in the two matches between 22 February 2015 and 28 February 2015 against Lierse and Zulte Waregem.
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Shortly after, Sofiane Hanni scored the next two goals in two matches on 14 February 2016 and 21 February 2016, scoring against Sint-Truidense and Zulte Waregem.
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Sofiane Hanni played his first official game with his new club in the preliminary round of the UEFA Champions League against the Russian club Rostov scored his first goal with the team and after that missing a significant opportunity by not fit, delivers an assist to Tielemans which doubles the score in the first Continental participation in its history.
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Sofiane Hanni spoke about his development as the club's captain in Defour's absent.
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Sofiane Hanni then played an important role as captain when he provided three assists in the UEFA Europa League Group Stage that saw them qualified for the knockout stage.
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Sofiane Hanni then scored two goals in two matches between 12 February 2017 and 19 February 2017 against Zulte Waregem and Oostende.
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Sofiane Hanni was nominated for Belgian Lion Award and Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year but lost out to Ishak Belfodil and Youri Tielemans respectively.
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On 31 January 2018, Sofiane Hanni signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Russian defending champions Spartak Moscow.
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Sofiane Hanni played a role when he set up two goals between 26 September 2018 and 4 October 2018 against Chernomorets Novorossiysk and Villarreal.
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Sofiane Hanni then scored three goals in three separate competitions, scoring against Rangers, Anzhi Makhachkala and Krylia Sovetov Samara.
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Sofiane Hanni responded to the claims, stating his desire to stay at the club on two separate statements.
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Sofiane Hanni appeared as an unused substitute in the opening game of the season against PFC Sochi.
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The club's sporting director Tomas Zorn said Sofiane Hanni left the club because he wanted to pursue first team football.
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Sofiane Hanni announced his intent to play for Algeria at international level in November 2009, though he was still eligible at that moment to play for France.
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Sofiane Hanni explained his decision to choose for Algeria, citing lack of competition compared to France.
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In December 2016, it was announced that Sofiane Hanni was called up to the national team by manager Georges Leekens for the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.
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Sofiane Hanni is a Muslim and credited the religion with making it easier for him to settle during his time at Turkey, though he still faced a culture shock.
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Sofiane Hanni said he studied until seventeen and earned a diploma for BEP accounting, which pleased his parents and described himself as "a good student but dispersed" at school, and ultimately couldn't balance it with his footballing career.
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Sofiane Hanni is married to his wife, Nadia, and has a daughter, Camilla.
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Sofiane Hanni said in an interview that he would like to be a coach once his playing days are over and referred to 94, the ZIP code in his hometown, as his lucky number and the one he used as a shirt number in the clubs he's played for.