Fakhreddine Ben Youssef ( ar, فخر الدين بن يوسف; born 23 June 1991) is a Tunisian

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who plays as a striker for

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club

Al-Masry Al Masry Sporting Club ( ar, النادي المصري للألعاب الرياضية) is an Egyptian sports club based in Port Said, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team, that competes in the Egyptian Premier Leag ...

and the Tunisia national team.

Club career

Ben Youssef started his career playing for

CS Sfaxien Club Sportif Sfaxien ( ar, النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي) is a Tunisian professional association football club founded in 1928. History The club was founded in 1928 as ''Club Tunisien'', playing in green and red stripes. The tea ...

, in which he was loaned out to

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. He then played for

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, before joining Saudi club

Al-Ettifaq Al Ettifaq Football Club ( ar, نادي الاتفاق لكرة القدم) is a professional football club in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Al-Ettifaq was established after the merging of three clubs in the city of Dammam at the year 1944. Al Ettifaq i ...

. He later had chosen to terminate his contract with his team Al-Ettifaq. In January 2020, he joined Egyptian club

Al-Ismaily Ismaily Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الإسماعيلي الرياضي) is an Egyptian professional football club, established on 20 March 1921 in association football, 1921 as El Nahda Sporting Club ( ar, جمعية نهضة الشباب ال ...

, then he rejoined them in November after being a free agent since summer, before moving to the newly founded

Pyramids FC Pyramids Football Club ( ar, نادي بيراميدز لكرة القدم or ) is an Egyptian professional association football, football club based in Cairo that competes in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest league in the Egyptian Foot ...

in 2021.

International career

Ben Youssef was a member of the Tunisian squad at the

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. In June 2018, he was named in Tunisia's 23-man squad for the

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in Russia. He scored an equalizer in Tunisia's last group stage match against

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. This goal was the 2,500th goal in

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history.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ben Youssef goal.''

References

External links

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CSS.org.tnfcmetz.come-s-tunis.com
1991 births Living people Footballers from Tunis Men's association football wingers Tunisian men's footballers Tunisia men's international footballers 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia CS Sfaxien players FC Metz players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Ligue 1 players Championnat National 2 players Saudi Pro League players Egyptian Premier League players Al-Ettifaq FC players Ismaily SC players Tunisian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in France Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt 2018 FIFA World Cup players {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub