Ziad Jaziri (Arabic: زياد جزيري; born 12 July 1978) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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| Full name | Ziad Jaziri[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1978 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sousse, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Étoile du Sahel | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Gaziantepspor | 49 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Troyes | 44 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Al-Kuwait | 15 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2007 | Tunisia | 64 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
He has 64 caps and 14 goals for the Tunisia national team, and was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was also in the 2002 World Cup squad. In addition, Jaziri was on the winning Tunisian team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. He scored the first goal for Tunisia in the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Saudi Arabia on 14 June 2006.
On 14 July 2011, he was arrested with former Tunisian international Hatem Trabelsi and Club Africain player Oussema Sallemi for questioning in a drug possession, consumption and trafficking affair.[2]
Career statistics
edit- Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.[3]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 22 April 2000 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia | Mauritania | 2–0
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3–0
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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 7 October 2000 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia | Gabon | 1–0
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4–2
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2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 3. | 28 January 2001 | Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire, Congo | Congo | 2–1
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2–1
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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 25 February 2001 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia | DR Congo | 2–0
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6–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5. | 4–0
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| 6. | 20 May 2001 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia | Ivory Coast | 1–1
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1–1
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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7. | 17 June 2001 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia | Kenya | 2–0
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4–1 | 2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 8. | 3–0
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| 9. | 26 May 2002 | Kimiidera Athletic Stadium, Wakayama, Japan | Denmark | 1–1
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1–2
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Friendly |
| 10. | 14 January 2004 | Stade de Houmet Es'Souk, Djerba, Tunisia | Benin | 1–0
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2–0
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Friendly |
| 11. | 24 January 2004 | Stade 7 November, Radès, Tunisia | Rwanda | 1–0
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2–1
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2004 African Cup of Nations |
| 12. | 14 February 2004 | Stade 7 November, Radès, Tunisia | Morocco | 2–1
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2–1
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2004 African Cup of Nations |
| 13. | 9 October 2004 | Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi | Malawi | 1–2
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2–2
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2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 14. | 14 June 2006 | FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich, Germany | Saudi Arabia | 1–0
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2–2
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2006 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
editTunisia
References
edit- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Three Tunisian players detained and questioned on drug charges | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "Jaziri, Ziad". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Tunisia win Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
External links
edit- Ziad Jaziri at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ziad Jaziri at L'Équipe Football (in French)
