Issam Jebali (Arabic: عصام الجبالي; born 25 December 1991) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for J1 League club Gamba Osaka and the Tunisia national team.[2]

Club career

Jebali signed with Värnamo in 2015 before signing with Elfsborg in July 2016.[3] In August 2018 he signed for Rosenborg.[4] In January 2019 he signed for Al-Wehda.[5] Al-Wehda and Jebali received criticism from Rosenborg as a response to Al-Wehda appearing to announce the signing of Jebali before a deal with Rosenborg was actually finalised.[6]

On 30 July 2019, it was confirmed that Jebali had joined Danish Superliga club Odense Boldklub on a three-year contract.[7] In September 2020, he scored four goals in three matches, and his performances led to him being named as the Danish Superliga Player of the Month.[8]

On 5 January 2023, Jebali officially joined Japanese side Gamba Osaka for an estimated transfer fee of 7.5 million Danish krones (around one million euros), signing a three-year contract with the club.[9][10][11]

International career

Jebali was called up to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations after Firas Ben Larbi withdrew due to injury.[12]

Jebali was called up to the Tunisia squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 December 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
IFK Värnamo 2015 Superettan 26 5 1 0 — — — 27 5
2016 15 6 3 0 — — — 18 6
Total 41 11 4 0 — — — 45 11
IF Elfsborg 2016 Allsvenskan 15 7 0 0 — — — 15 7
2017 29 10 2 1 — — — 31 11
2018 15 3 4 2 — — — 19 5
Total 59 20 6 3 — — — 65 23
Rosenborg 2018 Eliteserien 7 3 1 0 — 5 2 — 13 5
Al-Wehda 2018–19 Saudi Pro League 13 3 1 0 — — — 14 3
OB 2019–20 Danish Superliga 19 3 1 0 — — 5 0 25 3
2020–21 30 10 3 1 — — — 33 11
2021–22 25 10 5 1 — — — 30 11
2022–23 13 4 1 0 — — — 14 4
Total 92 27 10 2 — — 5 0 107 29
Gamba Osaka 2023 J1 League 29 5 1 0 4 0 — — 34 5
2024 18 2 3 1 0 0 — — 21 3
Total 47 7 4 1 4 0 — — 55 8
Career total 254 71 26 6 4 0 5 2 5 0 294 79

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 June 2022 Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan  Chile 1–0 2–0 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer
2. 14 June 2022 Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan  Japan 3–0 3–0

Honours

Tunisia

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Tunisia (TUN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Issam Jebali at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. ^ "SvenskaFans".
  4. ^ "Issam Jebali klar for Rosenborg".
  5. ^ "الوحدة يعلن وصول التونسي عصام الجبالي.. اليوم".
  6. ^ "Her poserer Jebali for ny klubb – Rosenborg reagerer". 27 January 2019.
  7. ^ OB henter Issam Jebali, ob.dk, 30 July 2019
  8. ^ a b Margren, Sara (4 October 2020). "OB-bomber kåret til månedens spiller". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Issam Jebali er solgt til Gamba Osaka". www.ob.dk (in Danish). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  10. ^ "イッサム ジェバリ選手 オーデンセ ボルドクルブ（デンマーク）より完全移籍加入のお知らせ". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  11. ^ Porse, Kristian (3 January 2023). "Avis: Issam Jebali får tre år i Gamba Osaka". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Tunisie : Un changement de dernière minute en attaque" [Tunisia: a last minute change in attack] (in French). Orange S.A. 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  13. ^ "القائمة النهائية للمنتخب الوطني التونسي التي ستمثل الراية الوطنية خلال نهائيات كأس العالم قطر 2022 " [The final list of the Tunisian national team that will represent the national flag during the Qatar 2022 World Cup.] (in Arabic). Tunisian Football Federation. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issam_Jebali
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