Sebastian Tounekti

Sebastian Tounekti (born 13 July 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Haugesund. Born in Norway, he represents the Tunisia national team.

Sebastian Tounekti
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-07-13) 13 July 2002
Place of birth Tromsø, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Haugesund
Number 11
Youth career
2014–2018 Tromsdalen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Tromsdalen 12 (0)
2020–2022 Bodø/Glimt 14 (1)
2021–2022Groningen (loan) 0 (0)
2022– Haugesund 10 (0)
2023Ranheim (loan) 5 (1)
International career
2017 Norway U15 4 (1)
2019 Norway U17 5 (0)
2020 Norway U19 3 (1)
2021– Tunisia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:45, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Tounekti was born in Tromsø.[1] He made his senior debut for Tromsdalen on 30 September 2018 against Ullensaker/Kisa; Tromsdalen won 3–0.[2]

He made his senior debut for Bodø/Glimt on 16 June 2020 against Viking; Bodø/Glimt won 4–2. He scored his first and only goal in October 2020 against Molde.[2] Tounekti and George Lewis were both players at Tromsdalen who were discovered by clubs other than Tromsdalen's larger neighbour Tromsø IL, the failure to pick them up being lamented by Tromsø fans.[3]

International career

Tounekti was born in Norway to a Tunisian father and Norwegian mother.[4] He was a youth international for Norway up until U19 level.[2] He was called up to represent the senior Tunisia national team on 19 March 2021.[5] He debuted with Tunisia in a 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Mauritania on 7 October 2021.[6]

Personal life

Tounekti is the cousin of the Norwegian footballer Bryan Fiabema.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 September 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tromsdalen 2018 Norwegian First Division 100010
2019 11010120
Total 12010130
Bodø/Glimt 2020 Eliteserien 9111102
2021 502040110
2022 00000000
Total 1412051212
Groningen (loan) 2021–22 Eredivisie 000000
Haugesund 2022 Eliteserien 50000050
2023 50300080
Total 1003000130
Ranheim (loan) 2023 OBOS-ligaen 510051
Career total 4126051523

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

References

  1. "Sebastian Tounekti". altomfotball.no. TV2. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. Sebastian Tounekti at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. "De seks største talentene som glapp for TIL". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  4. "Tounekti velger Tunisia – tatt ut på A-landslaget". Nettavisen. 16 March 2021.
  5. "EN : La liste de Mondher Kebaier pour affronter la Libye et la Guinée Equatoriale". www.kawarji.com.
  6. "Match Report of Tunisia vs Mauritania - 2021-10-07 - WC Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. "Sebastian (18) scoret få timer etter at søskenbarnet herjet for Chelsea: – Jeg måtte score siden han leverte så bra". www.aftenposten.no. 18 October 2020.
  8. "Sebastian Tounekti". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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