Wajdi_Kechrida
Wajdi Kechrida
Footballer (born 1995)
Wajdi Kechrida (Arabic: وجدي كشريدة; born 5 November 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Greek Super League club Atromitos. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wajdi Kechrida[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-11-05) 5 November 1995 (age 28)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Nice, France[2] | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atromitos | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2021 | Étoile du Sahel | 72 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Salernitana | 17 | (0) |
| 2022– | Atromitos | 44 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Tunisia U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019– | Tunisia | 27 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:35, 10 December 2022 (UTC) | |||
Kechrida made his professional debut for Étoile Sportive du Sahel in a 3–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 win over ES Zarzis on 10 September 2016.[3]
On 31 July 2021 he was purchased by U.S. Salernitana 1919,[4] strongly desired by Salernitana's manager Angelo Mariano Fabiani. He made his first appearance in the Coppa Italia match against Reggina, won 2-0 by Salernitana, and his debut in Serie A in the first day of the season against Bologna.[5]
On 29 August 2022, Kechrida signed a two-year contract with Atromitos in Greece.[6]
Kechrida made his debut for the Tunisia in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 4–0 win over Eswatini on 22 March 2019.[7]
Club
- As of 5 August 2023
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Étoile du Sahel | 2016–17 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 30 | 2 | |||
| Total | 73 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 38 | 2 | — | 124 | 4 | |||
| Salernitana | 2021–22 | Serie A | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Atromitos | 2022–23 | Superleague Greece | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 120 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 5 | ||
International
- As of matches played on 17 July 2019[2]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 2019 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
- "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Tunisia (TUN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- Wajdi Kechrida at National-Football-Teams.com
- "Zarzis vs. Étoile Sahel - 10 septembre 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- "Bologna-Salernitana 3-2: vittoria in rimonta per Mihajlovic". tuttosport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- "Έναρξη συνεργασίας με τον Ουαζντί Κεσχρίντα" (in Greek). Atromitos. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- Wajdi Kechrida at Soccerway