Syam Ben Youssef (Tunisian Arabic: صيام بن يوسف; born 31 March 1989) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.
![]() Ben Youssef with Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Syham ben Habib Ben Youssef[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2007 | US Traminots Marseille | ||
2007–2008 | Bastia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Bastia | 4 | (0) |
2009–2011 | ES Tunis | 27 | (3) |
2011–2012 | Leyton Orient | 9 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Astra Giurgiu | 67 | (3) |
2015–2017 | Caen | 35 | (3) |
2017–2019 | Kasımpaşa | 73 | (4) |
2020 | Denizlispor | 4 | (0) |
2020–2021 | CFR Cluj | 7 | (0) |
2022 | Beroe | 13 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Tunisia U20 | 8 | (0) |
2010–2019 | Tunisia | 48 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 July 2019 |
Born in Marseille, Ben Youssef passed by the Union sportif des traminots Marseille and the training center of SC Bastia.[2]
He joined ES Tunis on a two-year contract on 12 August 2009,[3] he made his professional debut in the Tunisian championship on 12 September 2009, against CS Sfaxien (4–0) at Stade 7 November, and scored his first goal. On 14 December, he received his first convocation with the national team.
In 2012 he played for English club Leyton Orient,[4]
He signed to Astra Giurgiu in Romania, where he remained three seasons, won 2013–14 Cupa României and discovered European competitions.[5]
On 29 June 2015, free of any contract with the Romanian club, he committed for three seasons to Caen, he played his first match in Ligue 1 on 22 August against OGC Nice. He scored his first goal in the fifth day against Troyes AC.
On 5 July 2017, he agreed with Caen to cancel his contract and joined the Turkish club Kasımpaşa for three seasons.
He moved instead to Turkish club Denizlispor in 2020.
On 4 November 2020, Ben Youssef joined Romanian club CFR Cluj.[6]
In February 2022, Ben Youssef signed with Bulgarian First League club Beroe.[7] He left Beroe at the end of the season.[8]
With the Tunisia he started in 2013. He played his first African Cup in 2015, he participated also in 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
On 17 November 2015, he scored his first goal with the Tunisian team in the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualification against Mauritania.
In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[9][10]
Tunisia | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
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2013 | 2 | 0 |
2014 | 9 | 0 |
2015 | 12 | 1 |
2016 | 4 | 0 |
2017 | 12 | 0 |
2018 | 7 | 0 |
2019 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 48 | 2 |
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 17 November 2015 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 22 March 2019 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
ES Tunis
Astra Giurgiu
CFR Cluj
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