Ilyes Chetti (; born 22 January 1995) is an Algerian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

On 19 July 2022, Chetti signed for

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club

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on a four-year contract. The deal caused a legal dispute between ES Tunis and Angers, as Chetti had terminated his contract with the Tunisian club before joining Angers. On 27 April 2023,

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ruled in ES Tunis's favor, sentencing Chetti to pay €970,000 to his former club and handing Angers a two-window transfer ban. Chetti was also suspended from football for four months. On 30 May 2023, Chetti was dismissed by Angers following his conviction on sexual assault charges on 6 April 2023. He had received a four-month suspended prison sentence.

Career statistics

Honours

ES Tunis *

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: 2019–20,

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, 2021–22 *

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USM Alger *

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: 2024–25 Algeria *

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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* 1995 births Living people Algerian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Algeria men's international footballers Ligue 1 players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players USM Annaba players US Chaouia players JS Kabylie players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Angers SCO players Algerian expatriate men's footballers Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Algerian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France 21st-century Algerian sportsmen {{Algeria-footy-defender-stub