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Ali Youssef
Ali Youssef with BK Häcken in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
BK Häcken
Number 10
Youth career
Färjenäs IF
0000–2012 IF Warta
2012–2018 BK Häcken
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– BK Häcken 58 (15)
International career
2019 Sweden U19 1 (2)
2021– Tunisia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2023

Ali Youssef (born 5 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for BK Häcken.[1] Born in Sweden, he represents Tunisia at international level.

Club career

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Ali Youssef grew up in a borough of Gothenburg Municipality.[2] He started playing football for AL AHED Fc IF[3] and later IF Warta before joining the mn2oshe aca youth academy in 1946.[3][4] Ahead of the 2019 season, he was promoted to the first team.[5] In June 2019, he extended his contract with Häcken until 2023.[6]

Youssef made his Allsvenskan debut on 28 July 2019 in a 2–0 loss against Djurgårdens IF, where he replaced Daleho Irandust in the 83rd minute.[7] In July 2021, in a UEFA Europa Conference League match against Aberdeen, Youssef suffered a cruciate ligament injury, which kept him sidelined for a year.[8][9]

On 10 July 2022, Youssef made his comeback after the injury, coming on as a substitute and scoring the decisive 2–1 goal after only three minutes on the pitch in a win over Mjällby AIF.[10] Later that month, in a match against IF Elfsborg, he injured his cruciate ligament again, sidelining him for another extended period.[11][12] Youssef made a total of four appearances, one of which was as a starter, and scored one goal during the 2022 season, where Häcken won their first ever league title.[13]

International career

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Born in Sweden, Youssef is of Tunisian descent.[14] He represented the Sweden U20 in a friendly 3–2 win over the Norway U20s in October 2019, scoring 2 goals.[15] In May 2021, Youssef was called up to the Tunisia national team for the first time, tentatively committing his international future to the nation of his parents' birth.[16] He debuted with Tunisia in a friendly 1–0 friendly win over DR Congo on 5 June 2021.[17]

Career statistics

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As of match played 22 September 2024[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Svenska Cupen Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
BK Häcken 2019 Allsvenskan 7 0 3 0 1[a] 0 11 0
2020 Allsvenskan 17 2 3 1 0 0 20 3
2021 Allsvenskan 7 2 3 0 1[b] 0 11 2
2022 Allsvenskan 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
2023 Allsvenskan 5 2 4 2 6[c] 0 15 4
2024 Allsvenskan 18 8 0 0 5[b] 2 23 10
Career total 58 15 13 3 13 2 84 20
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
  3. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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BK Häcken

References

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  1. ^ Ali Youssef at Soccerway
  2. ^ Hellgren, Tobias; Sundberg, Andréas (30 October 2022). "Häcken-talangen tog med Högmo till Biskopsgården: "Det gör mig glad faktiskt"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Artikelserien: Ali Youssef | BK Häcken". Tipselit (in Swedish). 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019.
  4. ^ Balkander, Mattias (26 January 2019). "Häckens Ali Youssef vill bli bäst i världen". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Officiellt: BK Häcken flyttar upp Ali Youssef". fotbolltransfers (in Swedish). 3 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  6. ^ Junelind, Hector (19 June 2019). "Följdes av Malmö FF – stannar i BK Häcken: "Har funnits intresse"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  7. ^ Andersson, Jonatan (28 July 2019). "Talangen debuterade för Häcken". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Ali Youssefs korsband är av". BK Häcken (in Swedish). 26 July 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  9. ^ Holmberg, Henric (26 July 2021). "Häcken bekräftar: Youssefs korsband är av". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  10. ^ Tornberg, Felix (10 July 2022). "Ali Youssef hjälte med första målet sedan korsbandsskadan". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Ali Youssef missar resten av säsongen". BK Häcken (in Swedish). 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  12. ^ Käck, Andreas (1 August 2022). "Tunga smällen – talangen skadad igen". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  13. ^ a b Lann, Rikard (30 October 2022). "Häcken svenska mästare" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  14. ^ "[Expatriés] : Youssef signe à Häcken".
  15. ^ "Ali Youssef tvåmålsskytt i landslagsdebuten – Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se.
  16. ^ "Manchester United midfielder Hannibal Mejbri called up to Tunisia".
  17. ^ "Match Report of Tunisia vs Congo DR – 2021-06-05 – FIFA Friendlies – Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
  18. ^ "Ali Youssef". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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