Naïm Sliti ( ar, نعيم سليتي; born 27 July 1992) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as an

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

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 ...

. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.

International career

Sliti was born in Marseille, France, to parents of Tunisian descent. He made his debut for the Tunisia national team in a

2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, the 31st edition of the international men's football champions ...

3–0 victory against

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Re ...

on 3 June 2016, wherein he scored his debut goal. In June 2018 he was selected in the final 23-man squad for the

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...

in Russia.

Career statistics

International

International goals

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

Honors

Tunisia *

Kirin Cup The is an association football tournament organised in Japan by the Kirin Brewery Company. The host, Japan, is a participant in every edition. The tournament was founded in 1978 then known as Japan Cup (International competition which nation ...

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Africa Cup of Nations The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (french: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main internati ...

4 place:

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Individual * Saudi Professional League Player of the Month:

December 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression i ...

, November 2021

References

External links

Naïm Sliti profile
at Foot-National.com * * 1992 births Living people Tunisian footballers Tunisian expatriate footballers Tunisia international footballers French footballers French sportspeople of Tunisian descent CS Sedan Ardennes players Paris FC players Red Star F.C. players Lille OSC players Dijon FCO players Ettifaq FC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Saudi Professional League players Footballers from Marseille Association football midfielders 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players 2022 FIFA World Cup players {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub