Tunisian footballer (born 1993)
Ali El Abdi (Arabic : علي العابدي ; 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 23 August 2024
International
As of 7 September 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Total
Apps
Goals
Tunisia U23
2015
4
0
Tunisia
2021
4
0
2022
9
2
2023
8
0
2024
9
1
Total
30
3
Career total
34
3
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abdi goal.
Honours
Club Africain
Individual
References
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