Nadjem Lens Annab (born 20 July 1988) is a Belgian-

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n professional

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player who plays as a

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Personal

Born in

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, Annab's family is originally from

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. His father is an ethnic Chaoui from

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, while his mother is also from the Batna province. He has two brothers and a younger sister.

Club career

Annab signed a contract with Westerlo in April 2008, while he was playing for Eisden Sport in Limburg Third Division, the 7th of 8 levels in the

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. Annab also played

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for ZVK Eisden Dorp at that moment, but quit after his surprise transfer. Lens Annab made his debut at the highest level in a 0–1 victory against

Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch and vls, Moeskroen, ; Picard and Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropoli ...

on 12 September 2009 and from then on featured regularly in the team. Following the relegation of Westerlo in 2012, Annab chose to accept an offer from ES Sétif, allowing him to move to his second home country,

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. On 5 August 2014 Lens Annab signs a contract with second division team ASV Geel.

References

External links

Player profile at sporza.be
* 1988 births Living people People from Maaseik Chaoui people Belgian people of Algerian-Berber descent Belgian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders K.V.C. Westerlo players ES Sétif players Lierse S.K. players A.S. Verbroedering Geel players K.V.V. Thes Sport Tessenderlo players K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen players Belgian Pro League players Footballers from Limburg (Belgium) {{belgium-footy-midfielder-stub