Ahmed Akaïchi
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ahmed Akaïchi | ||
Date of birth | 23 February 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Bizerte, Tunisia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Étoile du Sahel | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–2005 | Bizerte | ||
2005–2007 | Club Africain[1] | ||
2007–2008 | Bizerte | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2011 | Étoile du Sahel | 46 | (25) |
2011–2012 | Ingolstadt 04 | 25 | (5) |
2013–2015 | Espérance de Tunis | 63 | (23) |
2015–2016 | Étoile du Sahel | 20 | (8) |
2016–2018 | Al-Ittihad | 37 | (18) |
2018– | Étoile du Sahel | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2010– | Tunisia | 29 | (9) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:00, 19 August 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:02, 4 September 2016 (UTC) |
Ahmed Akaïchi (Arabic: أحمد العكايشي; born 23 February 1989 in Bizerte, Tunisia)[2] is a professional footballer. He currently plays for Al-Ittihad[3] as well as the Tunisian national football team.[4]
Career
Prior to the 2009–10 season, Ahmed played up front for Étoile du Sahel. On 22 August 2009, he scored four goals in one game against local rivals ES Hammam-Sousse in a 5–1 win.[5]
He earned his first call up to the Tunisia team when he was selected for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, held in Angola.[5] In the summer of 2011, Akaïchi left Tunisia and joined German second division club FC Ingolstadt 04.[6]
During July 2015, Akaïchi went on trial with English Championship side Reading, but did not earn a contract.[7]
Akaïchi represented the Tunisia national football team at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring in a 1–1 draw with the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure that Tunisia qualified for the knockout stage.[8]
In May 2018 he was named in Tunisia’s preliminary 29 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[9]
International goals
- Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.[10]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 20 June 2010 | Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan | 6–1 | 6–2 | Friendly | |
2. | 17 November 2013 | Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
3. | 22 January 2015 | Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín, Equatorial Guinea | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations | |
4. | 26 January 2015 | Nuevo Estadio de Ebebiyín, Ebebiyín, Equatorial Guinea | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations | |
5. | 31 January 2015 | Estadio de Bata, Bata, Equatorial Guinea | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations | |
6. | 18 January 2016 | Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2016 African Nations Championship | |
7. | 2–1 | |||||
8. | 22 January 2016 | Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2016 African Nations Championship | |
9. | 26 January 2016 | Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2016 African Nations Championship |
Honours
Club
- Espérance de Tunis
- Étoile du Sahel
- Al-Ittihad
References
- ↑ "Akaichi, Ahmed" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ↑ Akaichi Ahmed. "Ahmed Akaichi". Mtnfootball.com. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ↑ "Tunisie - Mercato : Ahmed Akaichi signe pour Ittihad Jeddah pour 3 ans | Directinfo". Directinfo (in French). Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ↑ "Tunisia name African Nations Cup squad". FourFourTwo. 2 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- 1 2 "Young Blood : It Works". Etoile.theoffside.com. 22 August 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ↑ "Ingolstadt holt Akaichi" [Ingolstadt sign Akaichi] (in German). DFL. 2 August 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ "Reading FC opt against move for Tunisia international striker - for now". getreading.co.uk. Reading Post. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ↑ "Congo DR 1-1 Tunisia". BBC. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ↑ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced? | Goal.com". Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ↑ "Akaïchi, Ahmed". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
External links
- Ahmed Akaïchi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ahmed Akaïchi at fussballdaten.de (in German)