Oussama Darragi (born 3 April 1987) is a Tunisian professional

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who plays as an

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Club career

Darragi was chosen as the best player in the Tunisian league for the year 2010. After contributing to Ésperance de Tunis winning the Tunisian League, the

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and the

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, he was named the African-based Player of the Year for 2011 by the

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. In January 2020, he joined

JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle grammar, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqvayel; Berber languages, Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ; ), known as JS Kabylie or simply JSK, is an Algerian profession ...

from

Club Africain Club Africain (), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis. The club was founded in 1920 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, has a capacity of 60,000 spectators. ...

International career

Darragi was called up to the Tunisia national team for the

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qualifiers. On 6 September 2009, Tunisia travelled to face

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in a crucial qualifier. With the visitors trailing 2–1, Darragi scored in the 89th minute to earn a draw for his team.

International goals

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

Honours

Individual * African-based Player of the Year: 2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darragi, Oussama 1987 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Tunisian men's footballers Espérance Sportive de Tunis players FC Sion players Al Raed FC players CA Bizertin players Club Africain players Umm Salal SC players Wydad AC players JS Kabylie players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Swiss Super League players Saudi Pro League players Qatar Stars League players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Tunisian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Tunisia men's international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players Tunisian people of Algerian descent 2011 African Nations Championship players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Tunisia men's A' international footballers Footballers from Tunis