Ali Abdi (footballer)

Ali El-Abdi (Arabic: علي العبدي; born 20 December 1993) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for French club Caen.

Ali Abdi
Abdi with Paris FC in 2020
Personal information
Full name Ali El-Abdi[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993
Place of birth Sfax, Tunisia[2]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Caen
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Kairouan 15 (2)
2012–2016 Espérance de Tunis 12 (0)
2013–2014 → Stade Tunisien (loan) 17 (4)
2016–2019 Club Africain 56 (7)
2019–2021 Paris FC 47 (9)
2021– Caen 63 (5)
International career‡
2015 Tunisia U23 4 (0)
2021– Tunisia 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:35, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Abdi made his professional debut with Kairouan in a 0–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 tie with EGS Gafsa on 25 December 2011.[3] On 24 June 2019, Abdi moved to Paris FC in the French Ligue 2.[4]

On 21 July 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Caen.[5]

International career

Abdi made his debut for the Tunisia national team on 25 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against Libya.[6]

Career statistics
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abdi goal.
List of international goals scored by Ali Abdi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
110 June 2022Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan Chile1–02–02022 Kirin Cup Soccer

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. Paris, Valentin (13 August 2019). "Ali Abdi signe au Paris FC". Paris FC.
  3. "Kairouan vs. EGS Gafsa - 25 December 2011 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  4. "Transferts : Ali Abdi (Club Africain) au Paris FC - Foot - Transferts". L'Équipe.
  5. "ALI ABDI NOUVEAU JOUEUR DU STADE MALHERBE CAEN" (in French). Caen. 21 July 2021.
  6. "Libya v Tunisia game report". Eurosport. 25 March 2021.
  7. UNFP [@UNFP] (15 May 2022). "Un onze-type qui a vu la vie en rose cette saison, ne cuvée 2021-2022 qui a fière allure, n'est-ce pas" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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