Iheb Mbarki (born 14 February 1992) is a

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

n former

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who played as a

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Club career

Mbarki started his career with

CA Bizertin Club Athlétique Bizertin (), known as CA Bizertin or simply CAB for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Bizerte. The club was founded 1928 and its colours are yellow and black. Their home stadium, 15 October Stadium, has a ...

, then he played for Evian Thonon Gaillard in France, before returning to Tunisia to play for ES Tunis for seven years, where he won five Tunisian League titles, one Tunisian Cup, and two Tunisian Super Cups, in addition to two CAF Champions League and CAF Super Cup titles and one Arab Club Champions Cup. In late September 2020, he signed for Egyptian club Wadi Degla. He later returned to Tunisia, playing for US Monastir and his hometown club, CA Bizertin.

International career

On 15 August 2012, Mbarki made his international debut for

in a 2–2 draw, in a friendly match against

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Honours

;ES Tunis *

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, formerly known as the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994, is the highest-level association football, football tournament in Tunisia and is organized by the Tunisian Football Federation and t ...

: 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

Tunisian Cup The Tunisian Cup (), formerly known as Tunisian President Cup (1956–2011), is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition in Football in Tunisia, Tunisian football, organized annually by the Tunisian Football Federati ...

: 2015–16 *

Tunisian Super Cup The Tunisian Super Cup () or the Tunisia Premier Cup () previously called the Tunisian Cup Winners' Cup, is a Tunisian football competition organized by the Tunisian Football Federation. Established in 1960, it combines the champions of the first ...

: 2019, 2020 *

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club (association football), club football competition organized by the Conf ...

: 2018, 2018–19 *

CAF Super Cup The CAF Super Cup, known as TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The competition was f ...

: 2019, 2020 *

Arab Club Champions Cup The Arab Club Champions Cup (, ) is a club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by top clubs from the Arab world. The tournament is contested by a total of 37 teams from Asia and Africa. F ...

: 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mbarki, Iheb 1992 births Living people Tunisian men's footballers Men's association football defenders CA Bizertin players US Monastir (football) players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Ligue 1 players Egyptian Premier League players Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Tunisia men's A' international footballers 2011 African Nations Championship players Expatriate men's footballers in France Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in France Tunisian expatriate men's footballers 2016 African Nations Championship players Sportspeople from Bizerte CAF Champions League–winning players Wadi Degla SC players Tunisian expatriate footballers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt