Zahir Belounis is safely back home!!! [Pictures]

Zahir Belounis is safely back home!!! [Pictures]

The Qatar-trapped French footballer is safely back on home soil.

The sad and sorry case of the trapped footballer Zahir Belounis is now over as the French footballer returned home to the joy of his loved ones and football family in general.

The French-Algerian arrived back in Paris on Thursday with his wife and two daughters after an ordeal that he says left him suffering with depression and contemplating suicide.

"I am so happy. I'm feeling so much stronger," the 33-year-old told CNN as he was met by gathered family, friends and media at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport.

"This is not the end of the fight though. I'm happy to be home and have a normal life again."

The media played a huge role in to help solve Zahir Belounis case.

Great news.

Pictures of Belounis reunited with his mother at Charles De Gaulle Airport via James Masters