Fakhreddine Ben Youssef

Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
	Ben Youssef lining up with Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef[1]
Date of birth	23 June 1991[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
2011–2015	CS Sfaxien
2015	→ Metz (loan)
2015	→ Metz B (loan)
2015–2018	ES Tunis
2018–2020	Al-Ettifaq
2020	Al-Ismaily
2020–2021	Al-Ismaily
2021–2023	Pyramids
2023–	Al-Masry
International career‡
2012–	Tunisia
Medal record
Representing Tunisia
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
	*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)

Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Arabic: فخر الدين بن يوسف; born 23 June 1991) is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Masry and the Tunisia national team.

Club career

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]

International career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 17 July 2019[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	Saudi Professional League	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]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
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.

List of international goals scored by Fakhreddine Ben Youssef[9]
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

References

"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.
"Tunisia striker Ben Youssef on redemption and their historic day".
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
"Fakhreddine Ben Youssef". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

External links

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[FIFA-1] "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_2021-2] "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

[3] "OFFICIAL: Fakhreddine Ben Youssef rejoins Ismaily". kingfut.com. 15 November 2020.

[4] "Two cut as Tunisia settle on final squad". Eurosport. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

[5] Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[6] Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[7] "Tunisia striker Ben Youssef on redemption and their historic day".

[8] Fakhreddine Ben Youssef at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[NFT-9] "Fakhreddine Ben Youssef". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 July 2018.