Mohamed Dräger

Mohamed Dräger (Arabic: مُحَمَّد دراغر; born 25 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for Swiss Super League club FC Basel. Born in Germany, he plays for the Tunisia national football team.

Mohamed Dräger
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Dräger[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-25) 25 June 1996
Place of birth Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2][3]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Basel
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2009 PSV Freiburg
2009–2015 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 SC Freiburg II 68 (11)
2017–2020 SC Freiburg 2 (0)
2018–2020 → SC Paderborn (loan) 50 (1)
2020–2021 Olympiacos 8 (0)
2021–2023 Nottingham Forest 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Luzern (loan) 50 (6)
2023– Basel 0 (0)
International career‡
2013 Tunisia U17 4 (1)
2018– Tunisia 38 (3)
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
Runner-up2021 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:12, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:54, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born to a German father and Tunisian mother, Dräger made his professional debut for SC Freiburg on 27 July 2017, in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match against Slovenian club Domžale, coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute for Mike Frantz.[4]

In 2018, Dräger joined SC Paderborn on a two-year loan.[5] In September 2020, he joined Greek club Olympiacos on a transfer fee in the range of €1 million.[6]

On 31 August 2021, Dräger joined EFL Championship side Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee.[7]

On 2 February 2022, Dräger moved on loan to Swiss Super League club Luzern, with an option to buy.[8]

International career

Dräger made his debut for the Tunisia national team on 20 November 2018, in a friendly against Morocco, as a 79th-minute substitute for Naïm Sliti,[9] and scored on 13 October 2020 his first goal in a 1–1 friendly game draw away to Nigeria.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of 23 January 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SC Freiburg II 2014–15 Regionalliga 40———40
2015–16 181———181
2016–17 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 202———202
2017–18 Regionalliga 268———268
Total 6811———6811
SC Freiburg 2017–18 Bundesliga 200010—30
SC Paderborn (loan) 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 32040——360
2019–20 Bundesliga 18100——181
Total 50140——541
Olympiacos 2020–21 Super League Greece 801010—100
FC Luzern (loan) 2021–22 Super League 17321—20214
Career total 1451571202015616

International
As of matches played on 20 June 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tunisia 201810
2019120
202031
202182
2022120
202320
Total383

International goals
As of goal scored on 30 May 2022[3]
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dräger goal.
List of international goals scored by Naïm Sliti
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 October 2020 Jacques Lemans Arena, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria  Nigeria 1–1 1–1 Friendly
2 25 March 2021 Martyrs of February Stadium, Benghazi, Libya  Libya 3–1 5–2 2021 AFCON Q
3 16 November 2021 Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, Tunisia  Zambia 2–0 3–1 2022 World Cup Q

Honours

Olympiacos

Tunisia

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Tunisia (TUN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "Spieler - Mannschaft - Profis". SC Paderborn 07 (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. Mohamed Dräger at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. "UEFA Europa League - Freiburg-Domžale". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  5. Schröder, Marc (21 June 2018). "Paderborn leiht Mohamed Dräger vom SC Freiburg aus". Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  6. "SC Freiburg: Mohamed Dräger kurz vor Wechsel zu Olympiakos Piräus". onefootball.com (in German). 27 September 2020.
  7. "Two more signings as Ojeda checks in".
  8. "FÜR DIE RECHTE AUSSENBAHN" (Press release) (in German). Luzern. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  9. "Tunisia v Morocco game report". ESPN. 20 November 2018.
  10. "Nigeria V Tunisia game report". ESPN. 10 October 2020.
  11. "Tunisia - Nigeria Live - Summary: Football Scores & Highlights - 17/07/2019".
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