Ali Maâloul

Ali Maâloul (born 1 January 1990; Arabic: علي معلول‎) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Al Ahly and the Tunisia national team.

Ali Maâloul
Maâloul with Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Ali Maâloul[1]
Date of birth (1990-01-01) 1 January 1990
Place of birth Sfax, Tunisia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Al Ahly
Number 21
Youth career
2001–2009 CS Sfaxien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2016 CS Sfaxien 157 (31)
2016– Al Ahly 85 (14)
National team‡
2013– Tunisia 65 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:08, 7 February 2020 (UTC+2)

Club career
Maâloul whth CS Sfaxien in 2015.

Maâloul in formed and made his debut with CS Sfaxien.

Since 2009, the player has joined the team and has been competing for his place in the starting lineup.

Slowly, Ali Maaloul took on more games, honed his skills more and had clear offensive characteristics. From season to season he took his foot in the starting line-up to become one of the pillars of his team and one of the pillars of the Tunisian national team, especially with his skill to carry fixed balls and register free kicks. Since the 2014–15 season, Ali Maaloul has become the first captain of CS Sfaxien.

In the 2015–16 season, Ali Maaloul became the scorer of the league with 14 goals in round 20, a record that has not been matched by any defender in the history of the Tunisian league. No defender has scored more than 9 goals per season.

As of July 2016, Maâloul joined the Egyptian club Al Ahly for a period of four years; the total amount of the transfer was $750,000.

International career

Maâloul made his international debut for the Tunisia on 6 July 2013 against Morocco.[2] He played his first African Cup in 2015, he participated also in 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[3][4]

Career statistics

International
As of 17 July 2019[5]
Tunisia
YearAppsGoals
201310
201470
2015120
2016110
2017110
201880
201940
Total540
As of 19 Nov 2020
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Maâloul goal.
List of international goals scored by Tim Template
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 October 2020 Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia  Sudan 2–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours and Achievements

Club

CS Sfaxien

Al Ahly

Individual

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2018. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. "National-football-teams profile". National-football-teams. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  3. Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad that conquered the world cup. A draw with belgium and a win against England and Panama would qualify us to the 2nd round". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  5. "Ali Maâloul". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  6. "CAF MEN TEAM 2020 by IFFHS". iffhs.de. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.


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