# Idriss Saadi

Idriss Saadi (Arabic: إدريس سعدي; born 8 February 1992) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in France, he played for the Algeria national team.

## Club career
### Saint-Étienne

Saadi started his professional career at Saint-Étienne, making his professional debut on 28 August 2010 in a league match against Lens in a 3–1 victory.
During his time at Saint-Étienne, Saadi had loan spells at Reims and Ajaccio.

### Clermont Foot

In January 2014, Saadi joined Ligue 2 side Clermont, where he impressed with 20 goals in 42 games.

### Cardiff City

On 31 August 2015, Saadi joined Championship side Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee. Manager Russell Slade stated that the club had been scouting Saadi for several months and described him as strong, powerful and technically good. Due to an injury picked up the previous season, Saadi didn't make his debut till 7 November 2015, in a 2–0 win over Reading, where he had lasted 13 minutes before suffering another injury ruling him out for another 6 weeks. He made just one more substitute appearance during his first season at the Cardiff City Stadium, during a 2–1 defeat to Fulham on 9 April.

#### Loan to Kortrijk

In July 2016, Saadi joined Belgian side Kortrijk on loan. He made his debut in a 1–1 draw with Gent and went on to score his first and second goal against Club Brugge on 20 August.

### Strasbourg

On 21 July 2017, Saadi joined Strasbourg for an undisclosed fee.

### CR Belouizdad

On 5 July 2022, Saadi joined CR Belouizdad.

### Retirement

On 1 January 2025, Saadi announced his retirement.

## International career

Saadi is a former youth international for France. He debuted for the Algeria national football team in a friendly 1–0 win over Guinea on 6 June 2017.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 1 July 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Saint-Étienne | 2010–11 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Saint-Étienne | Total | Total | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Reims (loan) | 2011–12 | Ligue 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 |
| Ajaccio (loan) | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 7 |
| Clermont | 2013–14 | Ligue 2 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 7 |
| Clermont | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 12 |
| Clermont | Total | Total | 39 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 19 |
| Cardiff City | 2015–16 | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Kortrijk (loan) | 2016–17 | First Division A | 29 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 2 | 39 | 16 |
| Strasbourg | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 5 |
| Strasbourg | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Strasbourg | Total | Total | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 157 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 179 | 48 |
* ↑ Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Appearances in the Belgian First Division A European play-offs