Montassar Omar Talbi (Arabic: مُنْتَصِر عُمَر الطَّالِبِيّ; born 26 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 2 club Lorient. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.

Club career

Born in France, Talbi began playing football with the youth academies of Paris FC and FC Les Lilas. His family had to move back to Tunisia, and at the age of 12 Talbi moved to the academy of Espérance de Tunis, and moved up through the youth levels.[3] Talbi made his professional debut with ES Tunis in a 0–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 tie with CS Sfaxien on 2 April 2017.[4] On 20 June 2018, Talbi signed with Çaykur Rizespor in the Turkish Süper Lig.[5]

On 9 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Rubin Kazan.[6]

On 18 July 2022, Talbi signed a five-year contract with Lorient in France.[7]

International career

Talbi is a youth international for the Tunisia 23s and made his debut in a 2–0 friendly loss to the Italy 23s on 15 October 2018.[8][9] He debuted with the senior Tunisia national team in a 2–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Equatorial Guinea on 28 March 2021.[10]

He was later included for the squad of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup, despite not being released by the Russian club. He reunited with the team following Rubin's 2–0 away defeat to Krylia Sovetov Samara and made his debut in the cup in the semi-finals against Egypt, which was won by Tunisia 1–0.[citation needed]

Career statistics

As of 21 May 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Espérance de Tunis 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue 1 0 0 2 0 7[a] 0 6[b] 0 15 0
2017–18 14 1 0 0 0 0 3[c] 0 17 1
Total 14 1 2 0 7 0 9 0 32 1
Çaykur Rizespor 2018–19 Süper Lig 1 0 4 1 – – 5 1
2019–20 27 0 2 0 – – 29 0
2020–21 21 1 2 0 – – 23 1
Total 49 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 57 2
Rubin Kazan 2021–22 RPL 25 0 2 0 – – 27 0
Total 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
Lorient 2022–23 Ligue 1 38 1 3 0 – – 41 1
Career total 126 3 15 1 7 0 9 0 157 4
  1. ^ Appearances in the CAF Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in the championship group play-offs
  3. ^ Appearances in the Arab Club Champions Cup

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 September 2022 Parc des Princes, Paris, France  Brazil 1–1 1–5 Friendly
2. 20 June 2023 19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria  Algeria 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Honours

Tunisia

Espérance de Tunis

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Montassar Omar Talbi". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Turquie - Rizespor / Montassar Talbi : " Viser le plus haut niveau européen " [exclu365]". 1 September 2018.
  4. ^ "CS Sfaxien vs. ES Tunis - 2 April 2017 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. ^ "Le défenseur de l'EST signe un contrat avec le club Turc Rizerpor". MosaiqueFM.
  6. ^ "МОНТАССАР ТАЛЬБИ – В "РУБИНЕ"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 9 August 2021.
  7. ^ "MONTASSAR TALBI REJOINT LE FC LORIENT" (in French). Lorient. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  9. ^ "ENO: Italie – Tunisie, lundi 15 octobre en Vénétie". Le Temps.
  10. ^ "Match Report of Tunisia vs Equatorial Guinea - 2021-03-28 - Total Africa Cup of Nations Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

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