Anice Badri (; born 18 September 1990) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays for UAE Third Division League club AFC as a forward.

Club career

Anice Badri spent his childhood in

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, his hometown. At the age of 13, he joined the Olympique Lyonnais training center and played for three years in the youth teams of the club. In 2006, he suffered a herniated disc and must stop football for more than a year. He found the ground in 2008 at

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, where he remained a year under the team under 19 years. He then moved to Monts d'Or Azergues Foot where he joined the first team in July 2010. He only played five matches in CFA2 until September of this year, when he joined

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, club reserve team. He played for two and a half years, playing 40 games for 9 goals. On 31 January 2013, Badri was loaned to Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz, a

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team. He is regularly lined up and his loan extended for a season. He became a holder during the 2013–2014 and was an important part in the victory of the club in the final round for the accession to the

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, he scored a goal at each of the last three matches. He is transferred free of charge by Mouscron-Péruwelz on 3 July 2014 and scored a goal for his first match in Belgian First Division A against Anderlecht. He was holder at each match during the first lap but then sees his second half of the season disturbed by minor injuries. After his unsuccessful career in France and Belgium, he opted to return to his homeland Tunisia, where he joined the Tunisian giant Espérance Sportive de Tunis in a four years contract. Since then, from being unused and forgotten, he rose to prominence, helping the club to win two consecutive

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titles for the first time, as well as making the club a formidable force in Tunisia.

International career

Badri was born and raised in France to parents of Tunisian descent. Badri opted to represent the Tunisia national football team, and got his first call-up for a set of AFCON qualifiers against

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in March 2016. He scored his first goal on 5 September 2017 against

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at the 79th minute which brought the team closer to qualifying for the World Cup in Russia. In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Personal life

Badri predominantly speaks French, having been born and raised in France. He also speaks fluent English, but he's not fluent in Arabic.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.''

Honours

; Espérance de Tunis *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 * Tunisian Cup: 2015–16 * Tunisian Super Cup:

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, 2018–19 * Arab Club Champions Cup:

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; Individual * Tunisian Footballer of the Year: 2019

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Badri, Anice 1990 births Living people Footballers from Lyon Men's association football forwards Tunisian men's footballers 21st-century Tunisian sportsmen Tunisia men's international footballers French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers Tunisian expatriate men's footballers GOAL FC players Lille OSC players Royal Excel Mouscron players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) players Athletic F.C. players Belgian Pro League players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Saudi Pro League players UAE Third Division League players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates French sportspeople of Tunisian descent 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players CAF Champions League–winning players 21st-century French sportsmen