Yassine Chikhaoui (Arabic: ياسين الشيخاوي; born 21 September 1986) is a former Tunisian professional footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel.
 Chikhaoui with FC Zürich in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yassine Chikhaoui[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1986 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Radès, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| ES Radès | |||||||||||||||||
| Ariana | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Étoile du Sahel | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Étoile du Sahel | 84 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2015 | FC Zürich | 116 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Al-Gharafa | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Al-Ahli (loan) | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Al-Ahli | 13 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Étoile du Sahel | 35 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2021 | Tunisia | 42 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 14 February 2017 (EST) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editÉtoile du Sahel
editChikhaoui became captain of Étoile du Sahel at the age of 19. He was the youngest player to take up this role in the club.
He achieved a lot of success with Étoile du Sahel and won the CAF Champions League with them.
FC Zürich
editChikhaoui was signed by FC Zürich on a five-year contract on 23 May 2007.
During the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, it was reported that many clubs had scouts present to watch Chikhaoui play.[3][4][5] Unfortunately, after impressing at the African Cup of Nations he was forced to take time out to get a recurring knee problem treated. On 26 April 2009, he completed his recovery by returning to play for the Zurich first team. Weeks later he cemented his comeback with a goal and contributed, as a late substitute, to helping his team win and stay top in the title race.
He was part of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup-winning team and afterwards signed a new three-year contract until 2017. In the 2014–2015 season, he was appointed as the club's captain.
Al-Gharafa
editOn 3 August 2015, Chikhaoui's transfer to Al-Gharafa Sports Club was announced.[6]
International career
editChikhaoui was called up to the Tunisian national team to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup at the age of 19.
Career statistics
edit- Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chikhaoui goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 6 January 2008 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia |  Zambia |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 8 January 2008 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia | Zambia |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 4 June 2008 | Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana |  Cameroon |
2–2 | 2–3 | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 4 | 8 June 2013 | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia |  Botswana |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5 | 19 November 2014 | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia |  Egypt |
1–1 | 2–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 6 | 22 January 2015 | Estadio de Ebibeyin, Ebibeyin, Equatorial Guinea | Zambia |
1–1 | 2–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 7 | 12 June 2015 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia |  Djibouti |
1–0 | 8–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 8 | 2–0 | |||||
| 9 | 3–0 | |||||
| 10 | 17 November 2015 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia |  Mauritania |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
editÉtoile du Sahel
FC Zürich
Individual
- Tunisian Footballer of the Year: 2014[8]
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2014–15[9]
Personal life
editYassian is a practicing Muslim and was known to hold a prayer rug with him whenever he goes with the team
References
edit- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "African Cup of Nations Talent Scout: Yassine Chikhaoui".
- ^ "Transfer targets: Five stars to watch at the Africa Cup of Nations".
- ^ "Yassine Chikhaoui is Killing it at FC Zurich".
- ^ "Chikhaoui leaves for Al-Gharafa". FC Zürich website (in German). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Chikhaoui, Yassine". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "استفتاء وكالة تونس إفريقيا للأنباء – ياسين الشيخاوي أفضل لاعب تونسي لعام 2014". UNAF: Union Nord Africaine de Football (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Gashi footballeur de l'année 2014". Le Matin (in French). 2 February 2015. ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
External links
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