Adel Bettaieb (Arabic: عادل بالطيب; born 28 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Universitatea Cluj. Born in France, he has been called up to the Tunisia national team.

Adel Bettaieb
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Villiers-le-Bel, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Universitatea Cluj
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2010 Villiers-le-Bel
2010–2011 INF Clairefontaine
2011–2012 Red Star
2012–2014 Angers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Angers B 52 (6)
2018–2019 La Louviere 28 (18)
2019–2022 Dudelange 61 (33)
2022–2023 Ümraniyespor 21 (0)
2023–2024 Boluspor 19 (2)
2024 Politehnica Iași 17 (4)
2024– Universitatea Cluj 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2024

Professional career

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A youth product of a local club in Villiers-le-Bel for 4 years, Bettaieb moved to the famed French academy INF Clairefontaine at the age of 13, and followed that up with stints at the youth sides of Red Star and Angers.[1] He began his senior career with their reserves in 2014. He transferred to the Belgian National Division 1 club La Louviere on 2 July 2018.[2] He moved to the Luxembourgian club Dudelange in the summer of 2019.[3] He helped Dudelange win the 2021–22 Luxembourg National Division. On 30 June 2022, he signed a professional 1+1 year contract with the newly promoted side Ümraniyespor in the Turkish Süper Lig.[4] He made his professional debut with Ümraniyespor in a 3–3 Süper Lig tie with Fenerbahçe on 8 August 2022.[5]

International career

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Born in France, Bettaieb is of Tunisian descent through his father. He was called up to the senior Tunisia national teams in September 2019 without featuring.[6]

Honours

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Dudelange

References

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  1. ^ Kampfsportarten, Christelle DiederichNach drei Jahren Romanistik an der Uni Lëtzebuerg und der Sorbonne-Paris IV schloss die ehemalige Judoka ihr Masterstudium in grenzüberschreitender Kommunikation an der Université Paul Verlaine in Metz ab Seit Februar 2011 Teil der Sportredaktion des "Tageblatt" Schwerpunkte: nationaler Fußball und. "F91-Neuzugang und erster Torschütze Adel Bettaieb "will nachlegen"". www.tageblatt.lu.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Par sudinfo.be (2 July 2018). "Football - Adel Bettaieb, nouveau transfert à l'UR La Louvière Centre". sudinfo.be (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. ^ Butel, Simon. "[BGL Ligue] F91 : Bettaïeb parti… pour rempiler".
  4. ^ "Tunuslu forvet Adel Bettaieb, Ümraniyesporda". Fanatik.
  5. ^ Mollereau, Julien. "Adel Bettaieb : "Je me suis demandé où j'étais"".
  6. ^ "[Exclu TF] : Interview d'Adel Bettaïeb".
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