Jonathan Zebina
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Jonathan Zebina is a French
footballer playing for Stade Brestois 29
. He plays as a right back and occasionally as a centre back, though he started out as a striker.
He also owns a large collection of contemporary art and owns an art gallery in Milan.
in the French Championnat National
in 1996. He then moved to Cagliari
in 1998, and on to AS Roma
in 2000 in co-ownership
deal, for 9.5 billion Italian lire, where he won the Scudetto in 2001. Roma bought him outright in July 2001.
at the start of the 2004–05 season on free transfer.
During the career with Juventus, Zebina was criticized for his instability a numbers of times but after he followed Juventus relegated to Serie B in 2006, he still occasionally played as one of the starting XI. After 2006 Italian football scandal, Juventus sold its starting right back Gianluca Zambrotta
to FC Barcelona
and failed to find a replacement better than him until today.
Primary a backup player, Zebina also occasionally played in the full-back position and Zambrotta on the another flank during the 2005-06 season under Capello, as Zambrotta replaced Giorgio Chiellini
as left back.
He signed a new 4-year deal right after the Juventus won Serie B champion and promoted back to Serie A.
He was injured in at the start of 2008-09 season and ruled him out half of the season. Zdeněk Grygera
replaced him as right back but also not favoured by fans, in 2007-08 season, Zebina also competed with Grygera for the starting place.
In 2009-10 season, Zebina wore number 15 instead of number 5, following former captain Fabio Cannavaro
's return to the club. He lost his starting place to Martín Cáceres
that season, despite Cáceres was also criticized for his instability. After the injury of Cáceres, Zebina returned to starting XI, but Juventus also faced a landslide slip on their result, starting from shocking exit from 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by losing to Fulham
. Zebina also received a red card on final minutes (and suspended 2 matches). Zebina remained in starting XI ahead Cáceres despite Cáceres was recovered from injury. That season Juventus finished as the 7th and numbers of players were sold or their contract were not renewed, including Cannavaro.
At the end of season Juventus decided not to buy Cáceres outright, but signed Marco Motta
from Udinese on loan as new right back. In although he was included in Juventus's 25-men squad list A for 2010–11 UEFA Europa League playoffs round (he was excluded in qualifying round), Juventus was had to include him in order to let Zebina served the ban he received last season. He also not attended the pre-season camp as he had a international duty which delayed his vacation.
Follow Motta quickly became the starting right back for Juventus in the first 4 matches of the season in Europa League, Zebina was not call-up to the Serie A first round of the season.
On the last day of transfer windows, his contract was mutually terminated. On the same day Juve also released Mauro Camoranesi
and David Trezeguet
few days before.
.
On 8 July 2011 he mutually terminated his contract.
and Juventus he has earned only one cap for France
on 9 February 2005 in a 1–1 draw against Sweden
. Zebina was in Jacques Santini plans, however after he left the national side Zebina was never called up for France again as he fell out of favor when new coach Raymond Domenech
took over the team.
|1996/97||rowspan="2"|Cannes
||rowspan="2"|Division 1
||6||0||||||||||colspan="2"|-||6||0
|-
|1997/98||21||0||||||||||colspan="2"|-||21||0
|-
|1998/99||rowspan="2"|Cagliari
||rowspan="2"|Serie A
||22||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||26||0
|-
|1999/00||26||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||32||0
|-
|2000/01||rowspan="4"|Roma
||rowspan="4"|Serie A
||22||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0||26||0
|-
|2001/02||24||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0||36||0
|-
|2002/03||19||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||8||0||31||0
|-
|2003/04||23||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0||32||1
|-
|2004/05||rowspan="6"|Juventus
||rowspan="2"|Serie A
||24||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0||31||0
|-
|2005/06||10||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0||14||0
|-
|2006/07||Serie B
||24||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||24||0
|-
|2007/08||rowspan="3"|Serie A
||16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||0
|-
|2008/09||8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0||8||0
|-
|2009/10||16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||5||1||22||2
|-
|2010/11||Brescia
||Serie A
||28||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||28||0
|-
|2011/12||rowspan="1"|Brest
||rowspan"1"|Ligue 1
||7||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0
27||0||||||||||colspan="2"|-||27||0
234||1||23||0||colspan="2"|-||42||1||299||3
289||1||23||0||0||0||42||1||326||3
|}
|2005||1||0
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!Total||1||0
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
footballer playing for Stade Brestois 29
Stade Brestois 29
Stade Brestois 29 is a French football club based in Brest. The club was founded in 1903 under the name Armoricaine de Brest and adopted its current name in 1950...
. He plays as a right back and occasionally as a centre back, though he started out as a striker.
He also owns a large collection of contemporary art and owns an art gallery in Milan.
Club career
Zebina began his career with CannesAS Cannes
Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin...
in the French Championnat National
Championnat National
The Championnat de France National, commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...
in 1996. He then moved to Cagliari
Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....
in 1998, and on to AS Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
in 2000 in co-ownership
Co-ownership (football)
Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club...
deal, for 9.5 billion Italian lire, where he won the Scudetto in 2001. Roma bought him outright in July 2001.
Juventus
Zebina came to Juventus with coach Fabio CapelloFabio Capello
Fabio Capello is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the manager of the England national football team.Capello has the distinction of winning the domestic league title with every club he has coached throughout his career...
at the start of the 2004–05 season on free transfer.
During the career with Juventus, Zebina was criticized for his instability a numbers of times but after he followed Juventus relegated to Serie B in 2006, he still occasionally played as one of the starting XI. After 2006 Italian football scandal, Juventus sold its starting right back Gianluca Zambrotta
Gianluca Zambrotta
Gianluca Zambrotta is a world cup winning Italian footballer who currently plays as a full back for Serie A club Milan.Zambrotta was decorated as Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2000 and he was made an Officer of the same order in 2006.-Como:Zambrotta began his...
to FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
and failed to find a replacement better than him until today.
Primary a backup player, Zebina also occasionally played in the full-back position and Zambrotta on the another flank during the 2005-06 season under Capello, as Zambrotta replaced Giorgio Chiellini
Giorgio Chiellini
Giorgio Chiellini is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He is a centre back, who started his career playing as a left back.-Livorno:...
as left back.
He signed a new 4-year deal right after the Juventus won Serie B champion and promoted back to Serie A.
He was injured in at the start of 2008-09 season and ruled him out half of the season. Zdeněk Grygera
Zdenek Grygera
Zdeněk Grygera is a Czech football player who is currently playing for English club Fulham. He is usually a right back or centre back but can play anywhere in defence.-Early career:...
replaced him as right back but also not favoured by fans, in 2007-08 season, Zebina also competed with Grygera for the starting place.
In 2009-10 season, Zebina wore number 15 instead of number 5, following former captain Fabio Cannavaro
Fabio Cannavaro
Fabio Cannavaro, Ufficiale OMRI is a former Italian footballer considered one of the greatest defenders of all time and was given the name "Muro di Berlino" which means The Berlin wall by Italian supporters. He spent the majority of his career in Italy...
's return to the club. He lost his starting place to Martín Cáceres
Martín Cáceres
José Martín Cáceres Silva is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Sevilla FC in La Liga.His primary position is central defender, but he can also operate at right or left back.-Early years:...
that season, despite Cáceres was also criticized for his instability. After the injury of Cáceres, Zebina returned to starting XI, but Juventus also faced a landslide slip on their result, starting from shocking exit from 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by losing to Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
. Zebina also received a red card on final minutes (and suspended 2 matches). Zebina remained in starting XI ahead Cáceres despite Cáceres was recovered from injury. That season Juventus finished as the 7th and numbers of players were sold or their contract were not renewed, including Cannavaro.
At the end of season Juventus decided not to buy Cáceres outright, but signed Marco Motta
Marco Motta
Marco Motta is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Juventus.Motta is a former youth international and participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Atalanta:...
from Udinese on loan as new right back. In although he was included in Juventus's 25-men squad list A for 2010–11 UEFA Europa League playoffs round (he was excluded in qualifying round), Juventus was had to include him in order to let Zebina served the ban he received last season. He also not attended the pre-season camp as he had a international duty which delayed his vacation.
Follow Motta quickly became the starting right back for Juventus in the first 4 matches of the season in Europa League, Zebina was not call-up to the Serie A first round of the season.
On the last day of transfer windows, his contract was mutually terminated. On the same day Juve also released Mauro Camoranesi
Mauro Camoranesi
Mauro Camoranesi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian Argentine World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Lanús in the Argentine Primera División. He is a midfielder, usually on the right wing...
and David Trezeguet
David Trézéguet
David Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....
few days before.
Brescia
On the same day he was released, he signed a 2-year contract with Serie A newcomer BresciaBrescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
.
On 8 July 2011 he mutually terminated his contract.
International career
Despite being a regular during his time at RomaA.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
and Juventus he has earned only one cap for France
France national football team
The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...
on 9 February 2005 in a 1–1 draw against Sweden
Sweden national football team
The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
. Zebina was in Jacques Santini plans, however after he left the national side Zebina was never called up for France again as he fell out of favor when new coach Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech
Raymond Domenech is a retired French footballer and the former manager of the France national team.-2006 World Cup:On 12 July 2004, Domenech was a surprise choice to succeed Jacques Santini after the country's disappointing exit from UEFA Euro 2004 by losing in the quarter-final match to the...
took over the team.
Club career statistics
|-|1996/97||rowspan="2"|Cannes
AS Cannes
Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin...
||rowspan="2"|Division 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
||6||0||||||||||colspan="2"|-||6||0
|-
|1997/98||21||0||||||||||colspan="2"|-||21||0
|-
|1998/99||rowspan="2"|Cagliari
Cagliari Calcio
Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....
||rowspan="2"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||22||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||26||0
|-
|1999/00||26||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||32||0
|-
|2000/01||rowspan="4"|Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
||rowspan="4"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||22||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0||26||0
|-
|2001/02||24||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0||36||0
|-
|2002/03||19||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||8||0||31||0
|-
|2003/04||23||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0||32||1
|-
|2004/05||rowspan="6"|Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
||rowspan="2"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||24||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0||31||0
|-
|2005/06||10||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0||14||0
|-
|2006/07||Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
||24||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||24||0
|-
|2007/08||rowspan="3"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||0
|-
|2008/09||8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0||8||0
|-
|2009/10||16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||5||1||22||2
|-
|2010/11||Brescia
Brescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||28||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||28||0
|-
|2011/12||rowspan="1"|Brest
Stade Brestois 29
Stade Brestois 29 is a French football club based in Brest. The club was founded in 1903 under the name Armoricaine de Brest and adopted its current name in 1950...
||rowspan"1"|Ligue 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
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27||0||||||||||colspan="2"|-||27||0
234||1||23||0||colspan="2"|-||42||1||299||3
289||1||23||0||0||0||42||1||326||3
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International career statistics
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