Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Arabic: فخر الدين بن يوسف; born 23 June 1991) is a Tunisian footballer, who currently plays for Pyramids F.C. He plays for the Tunisian national team as a striker.
![]() Ben Youssef lining up with Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1991-06-23) 23 June 1991 (age 31)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tunis, Tunisia | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Pyramids FC | |||||||||||||||
Number | 28 | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2011–2015 | CS Sfaxien | 73 | (13) | |||||||||||||
2015 | → Metz (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015 | → Metz B (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2015–2018 | ES Tunis | 41 | (17) | |||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Al-Ettifaq | 27 | (5) | |||||||||||||
2020 | Al-Ismaily | 5 | (3) | |||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Al-Ismaily | 11 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2021- | Pyramids | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2012– | Tunisia | 47 | (6) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:52, 22 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:48, 17 July 2019 (UTC) |
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.[2]
Ben Youssef was a member of the Tunisian squad at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[3]
In June 2018, he was named in Tunisia’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[4][5] 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.[6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |
Tunisia | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
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 |
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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 |
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