Ali El Abdi (Arabic: عَلِيّ الْعَابِدِيّ; born 20 December 1993), known as Ali Abdi, is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Tunisia national team.
Club career
Abdi made his professional debut with JS Kairouan in a 0–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 tie with EGS Gafsa on 25 December 2011.[3] On 24 June 2019, Abdi moved to Paris FC in the French Ligue 2.[4]
On 21 July 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Caen.[5]
On 2 September 2024, Abdi signed for Ligue 1 club Nice for a fee of €500,000.[6] This transfer was completed outside the regular transfer window dates thanks to a "joker" transfer exemption granted by the Ligue de Football Professionnel.[7]
International career
Abdi made his debut for the Tunisia national team on 25 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against Libya.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 February 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| JS Kairouan | 2011–12 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| Espérance de Tunis | 2012–13 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Stade Tunisien (loan) | 2013–14 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 4 | |||
| Club Africain | 2016–17 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 11[d] | 2 | — | 25 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 2[d] | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | |||
| 2018–19 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 7[c] | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| Total | 56 | 7 | 9 | 1 | — | 20 | 2 | — | 85 | 10 | ||||
| Paris FC | 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 51 | 9 | ||||
| Paris FC B | 2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Caen | 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 9 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 98 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 99 | 14 | |||||
| Caen B | 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Nice | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[e] | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 260 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | — | 304 | 41 | |||
- ^ Includes Tunisian Cup and Coupe de France
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- ^ a b Appearances in CAF Champions League
- ^ a b Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of 14 November 2024
| National team | Year | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | ||
| Tunisia U23 | 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | |
| Total | 31 | 4 | |
| Career total | 35 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abdi goal.
| 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 | 16 November 2022 | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar |  Iran |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 7 September 2024 | Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, Morocco |  Gambia |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 4 | 14 November 2024 | Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa |  Madagascar |
3–2 | 3–2 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
Club Africain
Individual
References
- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ Paris, Valentin (13 August 2019). "Ali Abdi signe au Paris FC". Paris FC.
- ^ "Kairouan vs. EGS Gafsa - 25 December 2011 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "Transferts : Ali Abdi (Club Africain) au Paris FC - Foot - Transferts". L'Équipe.
- ^ "ALI ABDI NOUVEAU JOUEUR DU STADE MALHERBE CAEN" (in French). Caen. 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Caen : Ali Abdi s'engage à Nice (off)". Foot National (in French). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Official | Ali Abdi completes OGC Nice following Jordan Lotomba exit". Yahoo Sports. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Libya v Tunisia game report". Eurosport. 25 March 2021.
- ^ UNFP [@UNFP] (15 May 2022). "Un onze-type qui a vu la vie en rose cette saison, ne cuvée 2021-2022 qui a fière allure, n'est-ce pas" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Ouest-France (13 May 2024). "Trophées UNFP. L'équipe type de la saison de L2 : Auxerre en force, Angers et Caen bien représentés". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
External links
- Ali Abdi at Soccerway
- Paris FC Profile
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