Yassine_Chikhaoui
Yassine Chikhaoui
Tunisian footballer
Yassine Chikhaoui (Arabic: ياسين الشيخاوي; born 21 September 1986) is a former Tunisian professional footballer who last played as an attacking midfielder for Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel.
 Chikhaoui with FC Zürich in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yassine Chikhaoui[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1986-09-21) 21 September 1986 (age 37) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Radès, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| ES Radès | |||||||||||||||||
| Ariana | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Étoile du Sahel | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Étoile du Sahel | 84 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2015 | FC Zürich | 116 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Al-Gharafa | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Al-Ahli (loan) | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Al-Ahli | 13 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Étoile du Sahel | 35 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2021 | Tunisia | 42 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 14 February 2017 (EST) | |||||||||||||||||
Étoile du Sahel
Chikhaoui became captain of Étoile du Sahel at the age of 19. He was the youngest player to take up this role in the club.
He achieved a lot of success with Étoile du Sahel and won the CAF Champions League with them.
FC Zürich
Chikhaoui was signed by FC Zürich on a five-year contract on 23 May 2007.
During the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, it was reported that many clubs had scouts present to watch Chikhaoui play.[3][4][5] Unfortunately, after impressing at the African Cup of Nations he was forced to take time out to get a recurring knee problem treated. On 26 April 2009, he completed his recovery by returning to play for the Zurich first team. Weeks later he cemented his comeback with a goal and contributed, as a late substitute, to helping his team win and stay top in the title race.
He was part of the 2013–14 Swiss Cup-winning team and afterwards signed a new three-year contract until 2017. In the 2014–2015 season, he was appointed as the club's captain.
Al-Gharafa
On 3 August 2015, Chikhaoui's transfer to Al-Gharafa Sports Club was announced.[6]
Chikhaoui was called up to the Tunisian national team to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup at the age of 19.
- Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chikhaoui goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 6 January 2008 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia |  Zambia | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 8 January 2008 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia | Zambia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 4 June 2008 | Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana |  Cameroon | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 4 | 8 June 2013 | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia |  Botswana | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5 | 19 November 2014 | Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia |  Egypt | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 6 | 22 January 2015 | Estadio de Ebibeyin, Ebibeyin, Equatorial Guinea | Zambia | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 7 | 12 June 2015 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia |  Djibouti | 1–0 | 8–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 8 | 2–0 | |||||
| 9 | 3–0 | |||||
| 10 | 17 November 2015 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia |  Mauritania | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Étoile du Sahel
FC Zürich
Individual
- Tunisian Footballer of the Year: 2014[8]
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2014–15[9]
Yassian is a practicing Muslim and was known to hold a prayer rug with him whenever he goes with the team
- "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- "Chikhaoui leaves for Al-Gharafa". FC Zürich website (in German). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- "Chikhaoui, Yassine". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- "استفتاء وكالة تونس إفريقيا للأنباء – ياسين الشيخاوي أفضل لاعب تونسي لعام 2014". UNAF: Union Nord Africaine de Football (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- "Gashi footballeur de l'année 2014". Le Matin (in French). 2 February 2015. ISSN 1018-3736. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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