Riadh Ben-Khemais Bouazizi (Arabic: رياض بن خميس بوعزيزي; born 8 April 1973) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
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| Full name | Riadh Ben-Khemais Bouazizi | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bizerte, Tunisia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–2000 | Étoile du Sahel | 205 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Bursaspor | 46 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Gaziantepspor | 90 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Kayseri Erciyesspor | 35 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | CA Bizertin | 44 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 420 | (22) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2007 | Tunisia | 92 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bouazizi started his career with Étoile du Sahel where he amassed over 200 league appearances. He played for Turkish clubs Bursaspor, Gaziantepspor and Kayseri Erciyesspor in the Süper Lig[1] before finishing ending his career with CA Bizertin.
He has 83 caps for the Tunisia national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup. He also played at the World Cups in 1998 and 2002. In addition, he was on the winning Tunisian team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations.
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bouazizi goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1[2] | 15 November 2000 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia |  Switzerland |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 30 December 2001 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia |  Liberia |
7–2 | 7–2 | Friendly |
| 3 | 30 March 2003 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, Tunisia |  Cameroon |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2003 Tunis Four Nations Tournament Final[3] |
| 4 | 22 January 2006 | Harras El-Hedoud Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt |  Zambia |
2–1 | 4–1 | 2006 African Cup of Nations |
Honours
editTunisia
References
edit- ^ "RIADH BEN KHEMAIS BOUAZIZI". TFF. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ^ "Tunisia v Switzerland, 15 November 2000".
- ^ "Four Nations Tournament (Tunis) 2003".
- ^ "Tunisia win Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
External links
edit- Riadh Bouazizi at National-Football-Teams.com
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