Bassem Srarfi

Bassem Srarfi (Arabic: بسام الصرارفي‎; born 25 June 1997) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Zulte Waregem and the Tunisia national team.[2]

Bassem Srarfi
Personal information
Full name Bassem Srarfi
Date of birth (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997
Place of birth Tunis, Tunisia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Zulte Waregem
Number 11
Youth career
Stade Tunisien
2014–2015 Club Africain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Club Africain 26 (6)
2017–2020 Nice 56 (4)
2017 Nice II 4 (1)
2020– Zulte Waregem 22 (0)
National team‡
2018– Tunisia 15 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Srarfi started in the youth ranks of Tunisian clubs Stade Tunisien and Club Africain respectively, he subsequently made his first-team debut for the latter on 20 November 2015 in a Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 draw against EGS Gafsa.[2] Three games later, Srarfi scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw away to Hammam-Lif.[2]

Nice

On 1 February 2017, Srarfi joined Ligue 1 side Nice.[3] The transfer was subject to international clearance, but it was successfully approved hours later by the French Football Federation and Tunisian Football Federation.[4] He made his Nice debut on 24 February in Ligue 1 against Montpellier.[2][5] He has also featured for Nice II in the Championnat National 2.[2] His first goal in French football came for Nice II, in a loss to Stade Montois on 28 October.[2]

On 29 November 2017, he scored his first goal for Nice's first team in Ligue 1, helping his team to a 2–1 win against Toulouse in stoppage time.[6]

Zulte Waregem

In January 2020, Srarfi completed a transfer to Belgian First Division A outfit Zulte Waregem.[7][8]

International career

Srarfi received his first call-up for the Tunisia national team in August 2017, with Nabil Maâloul selecting him in the squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers versus DR Congo.[9] He was an unused substitute in both fixtures.[2] Srarfi made his senior debut for Tunisia in a 1–0 friendly win over Iran on 23 March 2018.[10] In the following May, he was named in Tunisia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[11] He was selected in the final 23.[12] He made his World Cup debut on 28 June, as Tunisia exited the tournament with victory versus Panama.[2] Srarfi made Alain Giresse's squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of 17 June 2019[2]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Club Africain 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue 1 17300—1[lower-alpha 1]100184
2016–17 9311—0000104
Total 26611—1100288
Nice 2016–17 French Ligue 1 50———0050
2017–18 26310206[lower-alpha 2]000353
2018–19 22110200000251
2019–20 300010000040
Total 56420506000694
Nice II 2016–17 National 2 20———0020
2017–18 21———0021
Total 41———0041
Zulte Waregem 2019–20 First Division A 4000——0040
Career total 90113150710010513
  1. Appearance(s) in the CAF Champions League
  2. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International
As of 13 March 2020[2][14]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tunisia 2018100
201951
Total151

International goals
As of 7 June 2019. Tunisia score listed first.[14]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 7 June 2019Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia1 Iraq2–02–0Friendly[2]

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. "Bassem Srarfi profile". Soccerway. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. "Srarfi to Nice, confirmation on hold". OGC Nice. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. "Srarfi gets the green light from the Tunisian FA". OGC Nice. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. "Bassem Srarfi profile". OGC Nice. 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  6. "Le match, Les buts en vidéo, la stat'... Ce qu'il faut retenir de la victoire de l'OGC Nice à Toulouse (1–2)". Nice-Matin (in French). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  7. "Bassem Srarfi joins Zulte-Waregem". Nice. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  8. "Bassem Srafi tekent bij Zulte Waregem". Voetbalkrant. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  9. "Russie 2018: Tunisie-RDC Liste des Joueurs Convoqués". Tunisian Football Federation. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  10. "Tunisia 1–0 Iran". Sky Sports. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  11. "Tunisia coach calls up 29 players for World Cup camp". Washington Post. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  12. Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  13. "Africa Cup of Nations: Tunisia beat World Cup finalists Croatia in warm-up game". BBC Sport. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  14. "Srarfi, Bassem". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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