Ghailene Chaalali
Chaalali playing for Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Ghailene Chaalali[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth La Manouba, Tunisia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Espérance de Tunis
Number 25
Youth career
Espérance de Tunis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Espérance de Tunis 89 (4)
2019–2020 Yeni Malatyaspor 11 (0)
2020– Espérance de Tunis 37 (1)
International career‡
2017– Tunisia 32 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
Runner-up 2021 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 December 2022

Ghailene Chaalali (Arabic: غيلان الشعلالي; born 28 February 1994) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Espérance de Tunis and the Tunisia national team.

Club career

Chaalali participated in 2015 CAF Champions League with the club team Espérance de Tunis. During this competition, he scored a goal against Cosmos de Bafia of Cameroon.[3]

International career

In 2017, Chaalali was summoned to a training course of the Tunisian team before a match against Egypt counting for the qualification at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.[4]

In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[5][6]

Career statistics

As of 25 July 2019[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Tunisia 2017 5 1
2018 4 0
2019 8 0
Total 17 1
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chaalali goal.
List of international goals scored by Ghailene Chaalali[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 September 2017 Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, Tunisia  DR Congo 2–1 2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Fiche du match Espérance sportive de Tunis - Cosmos de Bafia". footballdatabase.eu (in French). 5 April 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  4. ^ "CAN 2019 – Tunisie-Égypte : Ghaylène Chaalali rejoint le stage des Aigles de Carthage". directinfo.webmanagercenter.com (in French). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. ^ Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Ghailene Chaalali". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

External links


Espérance Sportive de Tunis – current squad
Tunisia squads
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