Mohamed Noureddine Abdusalam Zubya (Arabic: محمد نور الدين عبد السلام زعبية; born March 20, 1989) is a Libyan retired footballer who played as a forward.

Mohamed Zubya
Zubya in 2007
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Noureddine Abdusalam Zubya
Date of birth (1989-03-20) March 20, 1989 (age 37)
Place of birth Tripoli, Libya
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Aschat
2006–2011 Al-Ittihad Tripoli 73 (29)
2011–2012 Al-Arabi Kuwait
2012–2013 Partizan 4 (1)
2013–2014 JS Kabylie 11 (3)
2014–2016 MC Oran 32 (17)
2016–2017 Espérance Tunis 14 (0)
2017–2023 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
International career
2008–2021 Libya 24 (6)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Born in Tripoli, he was playing with Aschat SC when he moved in 2006 to Al-Ittihad where he stayed until 2011 and where he won 4 successive Libyan Premier League championships.

In 2007 Zubya was handed a one-year ban by CAF[1] for trying to assault the assistant referee in his side's CAF Champions League match against FAR Rabat of Morocco. He returned after a six-month suspension and scored two goals.[2] in the Libyan SuperCup final against Al Akhdar.

In August 2011, Zubya sign for Al Arabi Kuwait.[3]

In June 2012, Zubya signed a four-year contract with Serbian club Partizan.[4] He made his debut for Partizan in club's first official match of the season, on July 17, 2012, in a 2012–13 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first-leg match, away, against Valletta.[5] Zubya was released from his Partizan contract in January 2013.[6]

In November 2013, Zubya sign for JS Kabylie.[7]

He then played with Esperance Sportive de Tunis in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1.[8]

In April 2023, Zubya was kidnapped by an armed group, says the human rights committee in Libya.[9]

International career

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Zubya played for the Libyan national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[10]

International goals

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Scores and results list Libya's goal tally first.[11]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 December 2008Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar Qatar1–12–5Friendly
2.28 March 2016Petro Sport Stadium, New Cairo, Egypt São Tomé and Príncipe1–04–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.2–0
4.4–0
5.9 June 2017Petro Sport Stadium, New Cairo, Egypt Seychelles4–05–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6.16 October 2018Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia Nigeria1–32–32019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

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Al Ittihad Tripoli

Al Arabi Kuwait

Partizan

Riffa SC

Esperance Tunis

Individual

References

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  1. Al Ittihad's Zubya banned by Caf . BBC News (2007-07-31). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
  2. Goals scored by: Mohamed Zubya. Goalzz (2010-12-21). Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
  3. يصل الأسبوع المقبل... والفريق يبدأ تدريباته غداً Archived August 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Alraimedia.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
  4. Mohamed Zabija potpisao za crno-bele at Sportski žurnal, 12-6-2012 (in Serbian)
  5. Mohammad Zubya at Soccerway
  6. Doviđenja, Zabija at Sportski žurnal, 23-1-2013 (in Serbian)
  7. . radioalgerie.dz. Retrieved on 2017-11-7.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mohamed Zubya at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. Un ancien joueur de l’Espérance enlevé par des armés en Libye
  10. Mohamed Zubya at FIFA.com
  11. "Zubya, Mohamed". National Football Teams. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
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