Bassem Srarfi

Bassem Srarfi
Personal information
Full name Bassem Srarfi
Date of birth (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997
Place of birth Tunis, Tunisia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Nice
Number 11
Youth career
Stade Tunisien
2014–2015 Club Africain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Club Africain 26 (6)
2017– Nice 33 (3)
2017– Nice II 4 (1)
National team
2018– Tunisia 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:43, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:43, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Bassem Srarfi (Arabic: بسام الصرارفي; born 25 June 1997) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nice.[2]

Club career

Early career

Srarfi started in the youth ranks of Tunisian clubs Stade Tunisien and Club Africain respectively, he subsequently made his first-team debut for the latter on 20 November 2015 in a Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 draw against EGS Gafsa.[2] Three games later, Srarfi scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw away to Hammam-Lif.[2]

Nice

On 1 February 2017, Srarfi joined Ligue 1 side Nice.[3] The transfer was subject to international clearance, but it was successfully approved hours later by the French Football Federation and Tunisian Football Federation.[4] He made his Nice debut on 24 February in Ligue 1 against Montpellier.[2][5] He has also featured for Nice II in the Championnat National 2.[2] His first goal in French football came for Nice II, in a loss to Stade Montois on 28 October.[2]

On 29 November 2017, he scored his first goal for Nice's first team in Ligue 1, helping his team to a 2–1 win against Toulouse in stoppage time.[6]

International career

Srarfi received his first call-up for the Tunisia national team in August 2017, with Nabil Maâloul selecting him in the squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers versus DR Congo.[7] He was an unused substitute in both fixtures.[2] Srarfi made his senior debut for Tunisia in a 1–0 friendly win over Iran on 23 March 2018.[8] In the following May, he was named in Tunisia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[9] He was selected in the final 23.[10] He made his World Cup debut on 28 June, as Tunisia exited the tournament with victory versus Panama.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 13 September 2018[2]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Club Africain 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue 1 173001[lower-alpha 4]1[lower-alpha 5]00184
2016–17 93110000104
Total 266111100288
Nice 2016–17 French Ligue 1 500050
2017–18 26310206[lower-alpha 6]000353
2018–19 200000000020
Total 33310206000423
Nice II 2016–17 National 2 200020
2017–18 210021
Total 410041
Career total 6310212071007412

International

As of match played 9 September 2018[11]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tunisia 201870
Total70

References

  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Bassem Srarfi profile". Soccerway. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. "Srarfi to Nice, confirmation on hold". OGC Nice. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. "Srarfi gets the green light from the Tunisian FA". OGC Nice. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. "Bassem Srarfi profile". OGC Nice. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  6. "Le match, Les buts en vidéo, la stat'... Ce qu'il faut retenir de la victoire de l'OGC Nice à Toulouse (1–2)". Nice-Matin (in French). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  7. "Russie 2018: Tunisie-RDC Liste des Joueurs Convoqués". Tunisian Football Federation. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  8. "Tunisia 1–0 Iran". Sky Sports. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  9. "Tunisia coach calls up 29 players for World Cup camp". Washington Post. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/44342860
  11. "Srarfi, Bassem". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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