Fakhreddine Ben Youssef Explained

Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (ar|فخر الدين بن يوسف; born 23 June 1991) is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a striker for Egyptian Premier League club Al-Masry.

Club career

Ben Youssef started his career playing for CS Sfaxien, in which he was loaned out to Metz. He then played for ES Tunis, before joining Saudi club Al-Ettifaq. He later had chosen to terminate his contract with his team Al-Ettifaq. In January 2020, he joined Egyptian club Al-Ismaily, then he rejoined them in November after being a free agent since summer, before moving to the newly founded Pyramids FC in 2021.^[3]

International career

Ben Youssef was a member of the Tunisian squad at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.^[4]

In June 2018, he was named in Tunisia's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^{[5] [6]} He scored an equalizer in Tunisia's last group stage match against Panama. This goal was the 2,500th goal in FIFA World Cup history.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
CS Sfaxien	2011–12	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1	14	3	0	0	—				14	3
	2012–13		20	1	1	1	—				21	2
	2013–14		26	4	0	0	—		4	4	30	8
	2014–15		13	5	0	0	—		8	5	21	10
	Total		73	13	1	1	0	0	12	9	86	23
Metz	2014–15	Ligue 1	6	0	0	0	—				6	0
Metz B	2014–15	CFA	2	0	—						2	0
ES Tunis	2015–16	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1	19	8	1	1	—		1	1	21	10
	2016–17		10	5	0	0	—				10	5
	2017–18		12	4	0	0	—		12	1	24	5
	Total		41	17	1	1	0	0	13	2	55	20
Al-Ettifaq	2017–18	Saudi Professional League	8	4	0	0	—				8	4
	2018–19		19	1	1	2	—				20	3
	Total		27	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	28	7
Career totals			149	35	3	4	0	0	25	11	177	50

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tunisia	2012	3	1
	2013	10	1
	2014	8	1
	2015	6	1
	2016	0	0
	2017	7	0
	2018	12	2
	2019	1	0
Total		47	6

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ben Youssef goal.

List of international goals scored by Fakhreddine Ben Youssef

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 December 2012	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates		2–0	2–1	Friendly
2	8 June 2013	National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone		2–2	2–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	10 September 2014	30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt		1–0	1–0	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4	12 June 2015	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia		6–1	8–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5	28 May 2018	Estádio Municipal, Braga, Portugal		2–2	2–2	Friendly
6	28 June 2018	Mordovia Arena, Saransk, Russia		1–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup

External links

• • CSS.org.tn
• fcmetz.com
• e-s-tunis.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 4 June 2018 . 10 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF . 19 June 2018 . dead.
2. Web site: FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Tunisia . . 15 . 4 December 2021 . 13 December 2022.
3. Web site: OFFICIAL: Fakhreddine Ben Youssef rejoins Ismaily . kingfut.com . 15 November 2020 .
4. Web site: Two cut as Tunisia settle on final squad. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082909/http://asia.eurosport.com/football/african-cup-of-nations/2013/soccer-two-cut-as-tunisia-settle-on-final-squad_sto3563995/story.shtml. dead. 4 March 2016. 10 January 2013. Eurosport. 23 January 2013 .
5. Web site: Crawford . Stephen . Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists . Goal . 16 July 2019 . 4 June 2018.
6. News: Okeleji . Oluwashina . Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad . 17 July 2019 . BBC Sport . 2 June 2018.
7. Web site: Tunisia striker Ben Youssef on redemption and their historic day.