Zana ALLÉE

Even before he made his professional debut, Zana Allée was being tracked by the big European clubs, such as Arsenal. But in the end, the player from Ginglin (Saint-Brieuc) opted to join Stade Rennais in 2009 after completing his pre-training at Ploufragan. Born in Baghdad, into a Kurdish family, he left Iraq as a youngster, and still didn’t speak French when he kicked his first ball in anger. In spite of a 2012/2013 season disrupted by injury, the older of the Allée brothers began the summer pre-season training session with the professional squad. In his first pre-season friendly, this pocket winger (1m 64cm tall) even scored a goal, and justified the great deal of hope that he would succeed. In December 2013, he signed his first professional contract for three years with Stade Rennais. After making just 6 appearances with the pros, he was loaned to Auxerre in January 2014. When he returned from his loan spell, he spent the entire 2014/2015 season playing with the reserves in CFA2 (French Fifth Division). On the 3rd August 2015, he left Rennes to sign for AC Ajaccio in Ligue 2.