Fakhreddine_Ben_Youssef
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
Tunisian footballer (born 1991)
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Arabic: فخر الدين بن يوسف; born 23 June 1991) is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a striker for Egyptian Premier League club Al-Masry and the Tunisia national team.
_(cropped).jpg) Ben Youssef lining up with Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 32)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tunis, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Masry | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | CS Sfaxien | 73 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Metz (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Metz B (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | ES Tunis | 41 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Al-Ettifaq | 27 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Al-Ismaily | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Al-Ismaily | 30 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Pyramids | 36 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Al-Masry | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Tunisia | 47 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:14, 20 September 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:48, 17 July 2019 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Ben Youssef started his career playing for CS Sfaxien, in which he was loaned out to Metz. He then played for ES Tunis, before joining Saudi club Al-Ettifaq. He later had chosen to terminate his contract with his team Al-Ettifaq. In January 2020, he joined Egyptian club Al-Ismaily, then he rejoined them in November after being a free agent since summer, before moving to the newly founded Pyramids FC in 2021.[3]
Ben Youssef was a member of the Tunisian squad at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[4]
In June 2018, he was named in Tunisia's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[5][6] He scored an equalizer in Tunisia's last group stage match against Panama. This goal was the 2,500th goal in FIFA World Cup history.[7]
Club
- As of match played on 17 July 2019[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| CS Sfaxien | 2011–12 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 3 | |||
| 2012–13 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 21 | 2 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 4 | 30 | 8 | |||
| 2014–15 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 5 | 21 | 10 | |||
| Total | 73 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 86 | 23 | ||
| Metz | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Metz B | 2014–15 | CFA | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| ES Tunis | 2015–16 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | |
| 2016–17 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 5 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | 24 | 5 | |||
| Total | 41 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 55 | 20 | ||
| Al-Ettifaq | 2017–18 | Saudi Professional League | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 4 | |||
| 2018–19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 20 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | ||
| Career totals | 149 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 177 | 50 | ||
International
- As of 17 July 2019[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 6 | |
- Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ben Youssef goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 December 2012 | Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |  Iraq | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 8 June 2013 | National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone |  Sierra Leone | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 10 September 2014 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt |  Egypt | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 4 | 12 June 2015 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia |  Djibouti | 6–1 | 8–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5 | 28 May 2018 | Estádio Municipal, Braga, Portugal |  Portugal | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 6 | 28 June 2018 | Mordovia Arena, Saransk, Russia |  Panama | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
- "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- "OFFICIAL: Fakhreddine Ben Youssef rejoins Ismaily". kingfut.com. 15 November 2020.
- "Two cut as Tunisia settle on final squad". Eurosport. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- Fakhreddine Ben Youssef at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "Fakhreddine Ben Youssef". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- Fakhreddine Ben Youssef at Soccerway
- CSS.org.tn
- fcmetz.com
- e-s-tunis.com
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