Wajdi Sahli (; born 17 April 1997) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in France, he represents Tunisia internationally.

Early life

Sahli was born in France to a Tunisian family, and moved to Tunisia at a young age where he began playing football.

Club career

Sahli started playing as senior in Tunisia with the B team of

Étoile Sportive du Sahel Étoile Sportive du Sahel (), known as ES Sahel or simply ESS for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Sousse in the Sahel, Tunisia, Sahel region of Tunisia. Their home stadium, Sousse Olympic Stadium, has a capacity of 50,000 spectators ...

from where he moved to

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. ...

and played for two and a half seasons there until February 2021, when he signed with Kazakh side

FC Caspiy Caspiy Football Club () is a Kazakhstani football club based at the Zhastar Stadium in Aktau. The club name derived from Caspian Sea (), on whose eastern shore Aktau is located. Their best year was 1996, when they finished 4th in the Premier Lea ...

. On 17 August 2021,

Apollon Smyrnis Apollon Smyrnis Football Club () is a professional football club based in Athens, Greece, which competes in the Athens FCA first division. It is part of GS Apollon Smyrnis (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης), ...

announced the signing of Sahli. A year later, in 10 August 2022, he signed with

Montenegrin First League The Montenegrin First League (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ), referred to as the Meridianbet 1. CFL for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional Association football, ...

side

FK Sutjeska Nikšić Fudbalski klub Sutjeska (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Сутјеска) is a professional association football club from Nikšić, Montenegro, currently competing in the Montenegrin First League. The club was established in ...

. After being the runner-up in the league and the Montenegrin Cup winner at the end of the 2022–23 season, he called the attention of Serbian side

FK Radnički 1923 Fudbalski klub Radnički 1923 (), commonly known as Radnički Kragujevac (), is a professional football club from Kragujevac, Serbia making up the major part of the Radnički Kragujevac Sports Society. The name Radnički means "of the labourers" ...

, signing with them in summer 2023. He became a regular player and was named as one of the main contributors for the clubs finishing in 4th place and historical achievement to play in European competitions next season.

International career

Sahli represented Tunisia in their Olympic squad. He was in the called for the Tunisian main squad in October 2019, but failed to make a debut. Instead, he played for the Tunisian under-23 team and, as a starter, he contributed with the first goal in their win by 2–1 over Cameroon. On 29 May 2024, Sahli received again a call for the Tunisian main team for their qualifying games for the World Cup 2026. He made his debut on 9 June 2024 in a

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against

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at the

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in Johannesburg, South Africa. He substituted

Hamza Rafia Hamza Rafia (; born 2 April 1999) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Italian club Lecce and the Tunisia national team. Born in Tunisia, Rafia initially represented France at youth level, before switc ...

in the 88th minute as the game ended in a scoreless draw.

Career statistics

Honours

Club Africain *

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 ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Sutjeska *

Montenegrin Cup The Montenegrin Cup (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: ''Kup Crne Gore'') is the national football cup played in Montenegro, established in 2006. The winner of the cup is awarded a spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahli, Wajdi 1997 births Living people French sportspeople of Tunisian descent 21st-century French sportsmen French men's footballers Tunisian men's footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Tunisia men's international footballers Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Kazakhstan Premier League players Super League Greece players Serbian SuperLiga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Club Africain players FC Caspiy players Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players FK Sutjeska Nikšić players FK Radnički 1923 players Győri ETO FC players Tunisian expatriate men's footballers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro Expatriate men's footballers in Montenegro Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary