Yassine Chikhaoui

Yassine Chikhaoui (Arabic: ياسين الشيخاوي‎; born 22 September 1986) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel.

Yassine Chikhaoui
Chikhaoui with FC Zürich in 2007
Personal information
Full name Yassine Chikhaoui
Date of birth (1986-09-22) 22 September 1986
Place of birth Radès, Tunisia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Étoile du Sahel
Number 28
Youth career
ES Radès
Ariana
2002–2004 Étoile du Sahel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Étoile du Sahel 84 (14)
2007–2015 FC Zürich 116 (28)
2015–2017 Al-Gharafa 14 (1)
2017 → Al-Ahli (loan) 10 (2)
2017–2018 Al-Ahli 13 (4)
2018– Étoile du Sahel 35 (8)
National team‡
2006– Tunisia 41 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2015
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:00, February 14, 2017 (EST)

Club career

Etoile du Sahel

Chikhaoui became captain of Étoile du Sahel at the age of 19, which was a club record. Chikhaoui has achieved many things with Étoile du Sahel, such as winning the African champions league and being part of the squad when they took part of the international clubs championship.

FC Zürich

Chikhaoui was signed by FC Zürich on a five-year contract on 23 May 2007.

During the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, it was reported that many clubs had scouts present to watch Chikhaoui (Manchester United, Bayern Munchen, Juventus ...).[1][2][3] Unfortunately, after impressing at the African Cup of Nations he was forced to take time out to get a recurring knee problem treated. On 26 April 2009, he completed his recovery by returning to play for the Zurich first team. Weeks later he cemented his comeback with a goal and contributed, as a late substitute, to helping his team win and stay top in the title race.

He was part of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup winning team and afterwards signed a new three-year contract until 2017. In the 2014/2015 season he was appointed team-captain.

Al-Gharafa Sports Club

On 3 August 2015 his transfer to Al-Gharafa Sports Club was announced.[4]

International career

He was called up to the Tunisian national team to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup at the age of 19.

Career statistics

International
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.[5]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 January 2008Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès Zambia1–21–2Friendly
2.8 January 2008Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès Zambia1–01–0Friendly
3.4 June 2008Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana Cameroon2–22–32008 Africa Cup of Nations
4.8 June 2013Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia Botswana2–12–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5.19 November 2014Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia Egypt1–12–12015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6.22 January 2015Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín, Equatorial Guinea Zambia1–12–12015 Africa Cup of Nations
7.12 June 2015Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia Djibouti1–08–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8.2–0
9.3–0
10.17 November 2015Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia Mauritania2–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Étoile du Sahel

FC Zürich

Individual

Awards

  • Tunisian Footballer of the Year: 2006

References
  1. "African Cup of Nations Talent Scout: Yassine Chikhaoui".
  2. "Transfer targets: Five stars to watch at the Africa Cup of Nations".
  3. "Yassine Chikhaoui is Killing it at FC Zurich".
  4. "Chikhaoui leaves for Al-Gharafa". FC Zürich website (in German). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. "Chikhaoui, Yassine". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 February 2017.


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