Mariem Ben Sassi (;
born 1 April 1991) is a Tunisian
footballer
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, who last played as a
goalkeeper
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for Saudi club
Al-Nahda
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and the
Tunisia women's national team.
Club career
Ben Sassi has played for
AS Banque de l'Habitat in Tunisia.
[
Ben Sassi moved to Turkey to and joined the newly founded team ]Çaykur Rizespor
Çaykur Rizespor Kulübü is a Turkish professional Association football, football club based in Rize, a city on the eastern Black Sea region, Black Sea coast. The team competes in the Süper Lig, the top tier of Football in Turkey, Turkish footba ...
to play in the Turkish Women's Football Super League
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.
International career
Ben Sassi has capped for Tunisia at senior level, including in a 2–0 friendly away win over Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
on 13 June 2021.
See also
* List of Tunisia women's international footballers
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Tunisian women's footballers
Women's association football goalkeepers
Çaykur Rizespor (women's football) players
Turkish Women's Football Super League players
Tunisia women's international footballers
Tunisian expatriate women's footballers
Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
21st-century Tunisian sportswomen
Saudi Women's Premier League players
Expatriate women's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Eastern Flames FC players
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