Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mootez Zaddem[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 5 January 2001||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sousse, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Al Masry (on loan from Espérance de Tunis) | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Valmiera | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Étoile du Sahel (loan) | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Espérance de Tunis | 36 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | → Al Masry (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2021– | Tunisia | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 December 2021 |
Mootez Zaddem (Arabic: معتز الزدام; born 5 January 2001 in Sousse) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Masry, on loan from Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Espérance de Tunis, and the Tunisia national team.[2][3]
On 10 September 2021, Zaddem moved to Étoile du Sahel on a one-year loan from Valmeria.[4]
With the under 20s, he participated in the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in 2021. During this competition held in Mauritania, he played six games. Tunisia ranked fourth in the tournament, losing to the Gambia in the match for third place.[citation needed]
Zaddem made his international debut for Tunisia on 3 December 2021, coming off the bench in the 86th minute against the Syria national football team.[4][5] He was part of the squad that were runners-up in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup.[6]