Youssef Sofiane (Arabic: يوسف سُفيان; born 8 July 1984, in Villefranche-sur-Saône) is a French footballer who played in England, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Algeria and Germany.
Of Algerian descent, Sofiane began his footballing career in August 2000 as a trainee at AJ Auxerre.
[3] He joined West Ham United in June 2002,[4] when he was signed by manager Glenn Roeder on a free transfer as back-up to the club's strikers.
[3] Despite playing in pre-season games, he was not given a squad number by West Ham for the 2005–06 season and his contract was terminated by mutual consent in August 2005.
[3] After leaving Coventry, he played for La Louviere in the Belgian Jupiler League,[14] Sportfreunde Siegen of the German Regionalliga,[15] and US Lesquin in France.