Versatile defender who only made the World Cup squad at the 11th hour. The 24-year-old suffered an ankle injury in Tunisia's friendly meeting with Serbia and Montenegro in March and faced a race against time to take up his place in Roger Lemerre's squad. Yahia may be still in his early 20s but he has plenty of experience of European football having played in both France and England. He started his career at Louhans-Cuiseaux before joining Guingamp a year later. In January 2004 he moved to Southampton but failed to break into the first team at St Mary's. Missed the African Cup of Nations earlier this year after club side St- Etienne objected to his late call-up to the squad.