Skander Souayah

Skander Souayah (Arabic: إسكندر السويح‎) (born 20 November 1972) is a Tunisian former football player who played for CS Sfaxien and Espérance Tunis.

Skander Souayah
Personal information
Full name Skander Souayah
Date of birth (1972-11-20) 20 November 1972
Place of birth Sfax, Tunisia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–2001 CS Sfaxien 253 (28)
1999–2000 → Al Ain FC (loan)
2001–2005 Espérance Tunis 22 (4)
Total 275 (32)
National team
1994–2002 Tunisia 38 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he scored the only Tunisian goal of the competition from the penalty kick in the match against Romania.[1]

Souayah received a six-month ban from FIFA's Disciplinary Committee following his positive doping test in March 2002.[2]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
131 December 1993Accra Sports Stadium, Accra Ghana1–11–1Friendly
28 February 1994Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard Malta1–01–1Rothmans International Tournament
36 October 1996Stade El Menzah, Tunis Sierra Leone2–02–01998 African Cup of Nations qualification
47 August 1997Stade El Menzah, Tunis Zambia2–03–11997 LG Cup
59 August 1997Stade El Menzah, Tunis Nigeria1–02–01997 LG Cup final
617 August 1997Stade El Menzah, Tunis Namibia2–04–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
726 June 1998Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France Romania1–01–11998 FIFA World Cup

References
  1. Skander Souayah – FIFA competition record
  2. "Doping - Skander Souayah (Tunisia) banned for 6 months". FIFA. 23 July 2002. Retrieved 8 July 2009.

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