Bassem Srarfi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bassem Srarfi | ||
Date of birth | 25 June 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Tunis, Tunisia | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team 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 | 20 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018– | Tunisia | 15 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 March 2020 (UTC) |
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]
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 | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Club Africain | 2015–16 | Tunisian Ligue 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |
2016–17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |||
Total | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | |||
Nice | 2016–17 | French Ligue 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | ||
2018–19 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 56 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 4 | ||
Nice II | 2016–17 | National 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Total | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
Zulte Waregem | 2019–20 | First Division A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Career total | 90 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 13 |
- ^ Appearance(s) in the CAF Champions League
- ^ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Tunisia | 2018 | 10 | 0 |
2019 | 5 | 1 | |
Total | 15 | 1 |
International goals
- As of 7 June 2019. Tunisia score listed first.[14]
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 7 June 2019 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia | 1 | Iraq | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [2] |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Bassem Srarfi profile". Soccerway. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "Srarfi to Nice, confirmation on hold". OGC Nice. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "Srarfi gets the green light from the Tunisian FA". OGC Nice. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "Bassem Srarfi profile". OGC Nice. 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bassem Srarfi joins Zulte-Waregem". Nice. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Bassem Srafi tekent bij Zulte Waregem". Voetbalkrant. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "Russie 2018: Tunisie-RDC Liste des Joueurs Convoqués". Tunisian Football Federation. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Tunisia 1–0 Iran". Sky Sports. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Tunisia coach calls up 29 players for World Cup camp". Washington Post. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Africa Cup of Nations: Tunisia beat World Cup finalists Croatia in warm-up game". BBC Sport. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Srarfi, Bassem". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
External links
- Bassem Srarfi at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tunis
- Tunisian footballers
- Tunisia international footballers
- Tunisian expatriate footballers
- Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Association football midfielders
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- Ligue 1 players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Stade Tunisien players
- Club Africain players
- OGC Nice players
- S.V. Zulte Waregem players
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players