Sami Trabelsi (Arabic: سَامِي الطَّرَابُلْسِيّ; born 4 February 1968) is a Tunisian football coach and a former player. He played for a few clubs, most notably CS Sfaxien.

Playing career

Club

Trabelsi marked his debut in the club Sfax Railways Sports before joining CS Sfaxien. In 1998 FIFA World Cup, he became the leader of the Tunisian national team and he formed an undefeated defense line with Khaled Badra.[citation needed]

International

Trabelsi had 52 caps for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[1][2] After retirement as a player, he became an assistant coach for the Tunisia and coached national side for one match against France as a caretaker coach.[citation needed]

Managerial career

On 11 March 2011, Trabelsi was officially appointed as the manager of the Tunisian national team.[3] But following the failure of the national team to get past the first round at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Tunisia accepted Trabelsi's resignation,[4] and he was replaced by the Tunisian coach Nabil Maâloul.[citation needed]

On 8 June 2013, Trabelsi was named head coach of the Qatari side Al Sailiya.[5] He managed the club for ten years, achieving two Qatari Stars Cups and one Qatar FA Cup.[6]

On 10 February 2025, Trabelsi was reappointed as head coach of Tunisia.[7]

Managerial statistics

As of 18 April 2023
Team From To
G W D L Win %
Tunisia Tunisia 11 March 2011 8 February 2013 32 13 10 9 040.63
Qatar Al Sailiya 8 June 2013 20 March 2023 239 87 51 101 036.40
Tunisia Tunisia 10 February 2025 Present 0 0 0 0 !—
Total 271 100 61 110 036.90

Honours

As manager

Tunisia

Al-Sailiya SC

Decorations

References

  1. ^ Sami Trabelsi – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ "England Hopes for British Weather". International Herald Tribune. 15 June 1998. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Trabelsi named as Tunisia coach". BBC News. 11 March 2011.
  4. ^ www.realnet.co.uk. "Tunisia have accepted the resignation of coach Sami Trabelsi following their failure to get past the first round at the African Nations Cup". Kick Off. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Al Sailiya unveil new coach". The official website of Qatar Stars League. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Trabelsi appointed Tunisia coach". FIFA. 11 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Sami Trabelsi returns as Tunisia's head coach ahead of World Cup qualifiers". CAF Online. 12 February 2025.
  8. ^ "2011 African Nations Championship".


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Trabelsi
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