Hamdi Nagguez

Hamdi Nagguez
	Nagguez with Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth	28 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Menzel Kamel, Monastir, Tunisia
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Ismaily SC
Youth career
	Étoile du Sahel
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2018	Étoile du Sahel
2018–2019	Zamalek
2020	Sūduva
2020–2021	ES Tunis
2021–2022	Al-Ahli
2022–	Ismaily
International career‡
2015–2018	Tunisia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 December 2019

Hamdi Nagguez (Arabic: حمدي النقاز; born 28 October 1992) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Egyptian Premier League club Ismaily SC.

Club career

Nagguez was born in Menzel Kamel, Tunisia, and started his career at Étoile Sportive du Sahel in 2013. During his spell there, he became popular by the fans despite being one of the youngest players in the team. He scored 6 goals with his team in 78 appearances. He was decisive in deciding many titles for his team like 2015 CAF Confederation Cup, Tunisian League, and Tunisian Cup.

International career

Hamdi Nagguez has joined to the Tunisian national team in 2015 during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. His international debut was against Liberia on 5 September 2015 when they lost (0–1). He was also decisive in the finals of the African Cup after an assist to Taha Yassine Khenissi against Zimbabwe. He was seriously injured and put him out of action for a long time, forcing him to absent from the match Egypt in 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, but returned in the matches of the DR Cogo and Guinea in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.

In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[2]^[3]

Career statistics

International

As of 8 December 2019^[4]

Tunisia
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	2	0
2016	4	0
2017	8	0
2018	7	0
Total	21	0

Honours

ES Sahel

Zamalek

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 10 June 2018.
^ Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ "Hamdi Nagguez". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

External links

Hamdi Nagguez at Soccerway

[FWC18players-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 10 June 2018.

[2] Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[3] Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[4] "Hamdi Nagguez". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

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