in the 40th minute giving Algeria a 1–0 lead against the Pharaohs, in the 67th minute Yahia went off injured but the only goal scored in the play off by Yahia against Egypt was enough to secure Algeria's place in the 2010 World Cup. In December 2009, Yahia was selected by Saâdane to play in the 2010 African Cup of Nations hosted in Angola, but due to an injury Yahia did not play any of the group games. During Algeria's 2010 FIFA World Cup first round match against the United States, Yahia was ejected in the final minutes of the game after receiving his second yellow card of the match. On 1 May 2012, Yahia announced his international retirement. Administrative career On 27 December 2016, it was confirmed, that Yahia would retire and continue at Orléans working as sporting director. Yahia left the club officially on 22 November 2019 after a mutual agreement. On 1 May 2020, Yahia was appointed sporting director of USM Alger. He was close to getting sacked at the end of the year, due to the team's bad results. On 6 August 2021, he was officially fired. On 17 January 2022, Yahia was presented as the new technical director of Russian academy, F.F. Cherenkov Academy, an academy affiliated with FC Spartak Moscow. Yahia left it for family reasons in June 2022. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yahia goal. Algeria Africa Cup of Nations fourth place: 2010 Individual Arab player of the Year: 2009 References External links Antar Yahia at vflbochum.de Living people 1982 births French sportspeople of Algerian descent Chaoui people Footballers from Mulhouse Algerian Muslims Association football central defenders Algerian footballers Algeria international footballers Algeria youth international footballers French footballers France youth international footballers 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players Algerian expatriate footballers French expatriate footballers FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Inter Milan players SC Bastia players OGC Nice players VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players Al Nassr FC players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Angers SCO players Ligue 1 players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 3 players Saudi Professional League players Super League Greece players Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Tunisia