Noureddine Naybet

Noureddine Naybet

Personal information
Full name	Noureddine Naybet Arabic: نور الدين نبيت
Height	1.85m (6ft 1in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Retired
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 13, 2006

Noureddine Naybet (Template:Lang-ar) (born February 10, 1970) is a retired Moroccan international football player and captain. His position was central defender.

Naybet has earned 115 caps with the Moroccan national team and scored 2 goals. In August 1999 Naybet agreed a move to Treble winning Manchester United. However Naybet failed a medical and United subsequently signed Mikael Silvestre. He was eventually signed by Tottenham Hotspur on August 13th, 2004 and made his English Premiership debut 24 hours later.

Although a regular in the Tottenham first team in 2004-2005, he was a reserve player under new boss Martin Jol, making only one appearance in 2005-2006 against Charlton Athletic at the Valley. The influence brought by his vast experience is widely regarded as one of the factors behind the excellent partnership of Ledley King and Michael Dawson in the heart of the Spurs defence.

Naybet made his greatest career run with Spanish first division team Deportivo La Coruña, winning 1 league title, 1 Copa de Rey and 2 Spanish Super Cups. At that time he was considered one of the best defensive players in Europe.

In January 2006, Naybet appeared for Morocco in the 2006 African Cup of Nations. He remains a popular and respected player at both club and international levels.

He was released from Tottenham Hotspur on May 26 2006 and, in August 2007, became Morocco's national team manager assistant to Henri Michel.

Career statistics

• 1989–1993 : Wydad Casablanca, Moroccan League
• 1993–1994 : FC Nantes, French Ligue
• 1994–1996 : Sporting, Portuguese League
• 1996–2004 : Deportivo de la Coruña, Spanish Liga
• 2004–2006 : Tottenham Hotspur F.C., English Premiership

External links

• Premierleague profile of Naybet

Sources

• Official Tottenham Hotspur Profile
• Noureddine Naybet at 100% Fotball (in Norwegian)
• Noureddine Naybet at RSSSF