Montassar Talbi

Montassar Omar Talbi (Arabic: مُنتَصَّر عُمَر الطَّالِبِيّ; born 26 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lorient. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.

Montassar Talbi
Talbi with Rubin Kazan in 2021
Personal information
Full name Montassar Omar Talbi[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-26) 26 May 1998[2]
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Lorient
Number 3
Youth career
2003–2006 Paris FC
2006–2010 Les Lilas
2010–2017 ES Tunis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 ES Tunis 14 (1)
2018–2021 Çaykur Rizespor 49 (1)
2021 Benevento 0 (0)
2021–2022 Rubin Kazan 25 (0)
2022– Lorient 38 (1)
International career‡
2018 Tunisia U23 1 (0)
2021– Tunisia 27 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
Runner-up2021 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:30, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in France, Talbi began playing football with the youth academies of Paris FC and FC Les Lilas. His family had to move back to Tunisia, and at the age of 12 Talbi moved to the academy of ES Tunis, and moved up through the youth levels.[3] Talbi made his professional debut with ES Tunis in a 0–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 tie with CS Sfaxien on 2 April 2017.[4] On 20 June 2018, Talbi signed with Çaykur Rizespor in the Turkish Süper Lig.[5]

On 9 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Rubin Kazan.[6]

On 18 July 2022, Talbi signed a five-year contract with Lorient in France.[7]

International career

Talbi is a youth international for the Tunisia 23s and made his debut in a 2–0 friendly loss to the Italy 23s on 15 October 2018.[8][9] He debuted with the senior Tunisia national team in a 2–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Equatorial Guinea on 28 March 2021.[10]

He was later included for the squad of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup, despite not being released by the Russian club. He reunited with the team following Rubin's 2–0 away defeat to Krylia Sovetov Samara and made his debut in the cup in the semi-finals against Egypt, which was won by Tunisia 1–0.

Career statistics
As of 21 May 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ES Tunis 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue 1 00207[lower-alpha 1]06[lower-alpha 2]0150
2017–18 14100003[lower-alpha 3]0171
Total 141207090321
Çaykur Rizespor 2018–19 Süper Lig 1041––51
2019–20 27020––290
2020–21 21120––231
Total 491810000572
Rubin Kazan 2021–22 RPL 25020––270
Total 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
Lorient 2022-23 Ligue 1 38 1 3 0 – – 41 1
Career total 126315170901574
  1. Appearances in the CAF Champions League
  2. Appearances in the championship group play-offs
  3. Appearances in the Arab Club Champions Cup

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 September 2022Parc des Princes, Paris, France Brazil1–11–5Friendly
2.20 June 202319 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria Algeria1–01–1Friendly

Honours

Tunisia

ES Tunis

References
  1. "Montassar Omar Talbi". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. "Turquie - Rizespor / Montassar Talbi : " Viser le plus haut niveau européen " [exclu365]". 1 September 2018.
  4. "CS Sfaxien vs. ES Tunis - 2 April 2017 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. "Le défenseur de l'EST signe un contrat avec le club Turc Rizerpor". MosaiqueFM.
  6. "МОНТАССАР ТАЛЬБИ – В "РУБИНЕ"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 9 August 2021.
  7. "MONTASSAR TALBI REJOINT LE FC LORIENT" (in French). Lorient. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  8. "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  9. "ENO: Italie – Tunisie, lundi 15 octobre en Vénétie". Le Temps.
  10. "Match Report of Tunisia vs Equatorial Guinea - 2021-03-28 - Total Africa Cup of Nations Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
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