Ferjani_Sassi
Ferjani Sassi
Tunisian footballer (born 1992)
Ferjani Sassi (Arabic: فرجاني ساسي; born 18 March 1992) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa and the Tunisia national team.
 Sassi with Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ferjani Sassi[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ariana, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al-Gharafa | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | CS Sfaxien | 78 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Metz | 39 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | ES Tunis | 29 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Al Nassr | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Zamalek | 64 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Al-Duhail | 35 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Al-Gharafa | 14 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Tunisia | 79 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Sassi started his career with CS Sfaxien where he won the Tunisian League and CAF Confederation Cup in 2013, then he transferred to French club Metz in 2015. In 2018, he went back to Tunisia to join ES Tunis, then he played for Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia, and Zamalek in Egypt.[3]
Sassi played his first international game with the Tunisia senior national team on 8 June 2013, against Sierra Leone (2–2), where he was part of the starting squad and played the entire match.[4]
He was in Tunisia's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, scoring a penalty in Tunisia's opening game against England.[5] Sassi was also deep in controversy after he tackled England striker Harry Kane in the penalty box which outraged England supporters.[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Tunisia | 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 79 | 6 | |
- Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sassi goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 15 October 2014 | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia |  Senegal | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2 | 12 June 2015 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia |  Djibouti | 4–0 | 8–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3 | 1 June 2018 | Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |  Turkey | 2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 18 June 2018 | Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia |  England | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
| 5 | 11 July 2019 | Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt |  Madagascar | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 6 | 14 June 2022 | Panasonic Stadium Suita, Osaka, Japan |  Japan | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2022 Kirin Cup |
CS Sfaxien
ES Tunis
Zamalek
- Egyptian Premier League: 2020–21
- Egypt Cup: 2018–19 , 2020–21
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2019–20
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2018–19
- CAF Super Cup: 2020
- Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 2018
Al-Duhail
- "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Tunisia (TUN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- "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 19 June 2018.
- "OFFICIAL: Zamalek sign Tunisia's Ferjani Sassi from Al Nassr". kingfut.com. 27 July 2018.
- "Sierra Leone vs. Tunisia (2:2)". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "FIFA World Cup 2018: England fans left fuming over Tunisia defender's rugby tackle on Harry Kane, watch video". TimesNowNews.com. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- "Ferjani Sassi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- Ferjani Sassi at Soccerway
