Sebastian_Tounekti
Sebastian Tounekti
Tunisian footballer (born 2002)
Sebastian Tounekti (born 13 July 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Haugesund. Born in Norway, he plays for the Tunisia national team.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Tromsø, Norway | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Haugesund | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2018 | Tromsdalen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Tromsdalen | 12 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Bodø/Glimt | 14 | (1) |
2021–2022 | → Groningen (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2022– | Haugesund | 13 | (0) |
2023 | → Ranheim (loan) | 5 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Norway U15 | 4 | (1) |
2019 | Norway U17 | 5 | (0) |
2020 | Norway U19 | 3 | (1) |
2021 | Tunisia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:45, 7 October 2021 (UTC) |
Tounekti was born in Tromsø.[1] He made his senior debut for Tromsdalen on 30 September 2018 against Ullensaker/Kisa; Tromsdalen won 3–0.[2]
He made his senior debut for Bodø/Glimt on 16 June 2020 against Viking; Bodø/Glimt won 4–2. He scored his first and only goal in October 2020 against Molde.[2] Tounekti and George Lewis were both players at Tromsdalen who were discovered by clubs other than Tromsdalen's larger neighbour Tromsø IL, the failure to pick them up being lamented by Tromsø fans.[3]
Tounekti was born in Norway to a Tunisian father and Norwegian mother.[4] He was a youth international for Norway up until U19 level.[2] He was called up to represent the senior Tunisia national team on 19 March 2021.[5] He debuted with Tunisia in a 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Mauritania on 7 October 2021.[6]
Tounekti is the cousin of the Norwegian footballer Bryan Fiabema.[7]
Club
- As of match played 31 March 2024[8]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tromsdalen | 2018 | Norwegian First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |||
Total | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |||
Bodø/Glimt | 2020 | Eliteserien | 9 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |
2021 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 2 | ||
Groningen (loan) | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
Haugesund | 2022 | Eliteserien | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2023 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Ranheim (loan) | 2023 | OBOS-ligaen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | |
Career total | 44 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 3 |
Bodø/Glimt
- "Sebastian Tounekti". altomfotball.no. TV2. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- Sebastian Tounekti at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- "De seks største talentene som glapp for TIL". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- "Tounekti velger Tunisia – tatt ut på A-landslaget". Nettavisen. 16 March 2021.
- "Match Report of Tunisia vs Mauritania - 2021-10-07 - WC Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- "Sebastian (18) scoret få timer etter at søskenbarnet herjet for Chelsea: – Jeg måtte score siden han leverte så bra". www.aftenposten.no. 18 October 2020.
- "Sebastian Tounekti". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 17 June 2020.