Salim Khelifi

Salim Khelifi (born 26 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Perth Glory in the A-League Men. Born in Switzerland, he was a youth international for Switzerland before representing the Tunisia national team.

Salim Khelifi
Khelifi (left), with Muhamed Demiri
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-26) 26 January 1994
Place of birth Lausanne, Switzerland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Perth Glory
Number 10
Youth career
2002–2007 Bex
2007–2009 Vevey-Sports
2009 Bex
2009–2011 Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Lausanne-Sport 76 (6)
2014–2015 Eintracht Braunschweig II 6 (1)
2014–2018 Eintracht Braunschweig 86 (11)
2018–2022 Zürich 41 (5)
2020–2022 Zürich II 9 (6)
2019–2020 → Holstein Kiel (loan) 9 (0)
2022– Perth Glory 14 (2)
International career‡
2010–2011 Switzerland U17 14 (2)
2011–2013 Switzerland U19 18 (2)
2013–2016 Switzerland U21 11 (1)
2019– Tunisia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2020

Club career

Khelifi made his professional debut on 6 August 2012 for Lausanne-Sport against Servette in a Swiss Super League match. He scored his first league goal for the club on 17 November 2012 in a 3–0 home win against Thun.

In January 2014 Khelifi joined Eintracht Braunschweig, who played in the Bundesliga at the time.[1] He made his debut in the Bundesliga on 3 May 2014, replacing Karim Bellarabi in the 88th minute of Braunschweig's home game against FC Augsburg.[2]

On 21 June 2018, Khelifi signed a three-year contract with Swiss side FC Zürich.[3]

On 23 August 2019, Khelifi joined Holstein Kiel on a season-long loan deal with an option to make the deal permanent.[4]

On 21 May 2022, Zürich announced that Khelifi's contract will not be extended.[5]

In September 2022, Khelifi joined Australian A-League Men club Perth Glory on a one-year contract.[6] In December 2022, his contract was extended for another two seasons.[7]

International career

Khelifi debuted for the Tunisia national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Mauritania on 6 September 2019.[8]

References
  1. "Braunschweig packt Khelifi aus" (in German). kicker.de. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. "Match report". soccerway.com. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. "Der FC Zürich verpflichtet Mittelfeldspieler Salim Khelifi". fcz.ch. 21 June 2018. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  4. "Salim Khelifi kommt von FC Zürich nach Holstein Kiel" (in German). Holstein Kiel. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. "Four expiring contracts will not be renewed". FC Zürich. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. Morgan, Gareth (15 September 2022). "Glory swoop for Tunisian international winger". Perth Glory.
  7. Morgan, Gareth (30 December 2022). "ALM Squad Update: Khelifi signs new deal, Azubel departs". Perth Glory.
  8. "Tunisia vs. Mauritania - 6 September 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
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