Abderraouf Zarabi (born 26 March 1979) is an Algerian former professional

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who played as a

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. He made 22 appearances for the Algeria national team.

Club career

Hibernian

Zarabi was born in

Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...

, Algeria. He signed with the

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club Hibernian in January 2008, but was released from his contract at the end of the 2007–08 season. He was released because his wife and child were rejected visas to come and live in Edinburgh.

Nîmes

Zarabi decided to return to French football, signing a contract with newly promoted

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side Nîmes Olympique. On 1 August 2008, he made his debut for the club, starting in a Ligue 2 match against Brest.

Personal life

Abderraouf is the son of former Algeria international and

NA Hussein Dey Nasr Athlétique de Hussein Dey (), known as NA Hussein Dey or NAHD for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Hussein Dey, Algiers. The club was founded in 1947 and its colours are red and yellow. Their home stadium, 20 Aug ...

star Abdelaziz Zarabi. His younger brother Kheireddine Zarabi is also a footballer.

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