Pierre Zebli (born 12 June 1997) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Bulgarian First League club Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a defensive midfielder.
![]() Pierre Zebli in Lokomotiv Plovdiv | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pierre Desiré Zebli | ||
Date of birth | (1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 25)[1] | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2012 | AC Bastia | ||
2012–2014 | Inter | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | Inter | 0 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Perugia (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Perugia | 49 | (0) |
2017–2021 | Genk | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Ascoli (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Cattolica | 11 | (0) |
2022 | Tsarsko Selo | 11 | (0) |
2022– | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 14 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | Ivory Coast U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:05, 8 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 March 2017 |
Zebli is a youth product of AC Bastia and then Inter Milan.[2] He made his professional debut for Perugia on loan from Inter, in a 2–0 Serie B win over Bari.[3] He formally signed for Perugia in August 2015.[4]
After a couple successful seasons with Perugia, Zebli arrived to Genk on 31 January 2017.[5]
On 7 August 2018, after no appearances in the Belgian league for Genk, he returned to Italy, joining Serie B club Ascoli on a season-long loan. Ascoli held the option of permanent transfer at the end of the loan.[6] On 25 January 2019, Ascoli terminated the loan contract early as Zebli was recovering from two eye surgeries performed to correct detached retina.[7]
In January 2022 he joined Bulgarian team Tsarsko Selo.[8] In June 2022 he signed a three-year contract with another Bulgarian team - Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[9]
Zebli was born in Ivory Coast, and moved to Italy at a young age with his father. Zebli holds both Ivorian and Italian citizenship.[10] He represented the Italy under-21 Serie B representative team in a 4–0 loss to Iran.[11]
Zebli debuted for the Ivory Coast national under-20 football team in a 3–2 win over Qatar U20 on 21 March 2016.[12][13][14]
PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv – current squad | |
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