Hamdi Kasraoui Explained

Hamdi Kasraoui
Full Name:Hamdi Kasraoui[1]
Birth Date:18 January 1983
Birth Place:Sousse, Tunisia
Height:1.92 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:2002–2009
Years2:2009–2013
Years3:2013
Years4:2014–2015
Years5:2015–2018
Clubs2:RC Lens
Clubs3:Club Sfaxien
Clubs4:Stade Tunisien
Clubs5:Club Bizertin
Caps1:135
Caps2:42
Caps3:8
Caps4:18
Caps5:46
Goals1:1
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Totalcaps:249
Totalgoals:1
Nationalyears1:2005–2012
Nationalteam1:Tunisia
Nationalcaps1:38
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:2018–2019
Managerclubs1:Tunisia (goalkeeping coach)
Manageryears2:2021–2023
Managerclubs2:Espérance de Tunis (goalkeeping coach)

Hamdi Kasraoui (ar|حمدي القصراوي, born 18 January 1983) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Kasraoui played for Espérance Sportive de Tunis until 25 May 2009, when he signed with French club RC Lens, which had just secured promotion to Ligue 1.[2] He spent the 2009-10 season as the club's second-choice goalkeeper behind Vedran Runje, making his Ligue 1 debut on 17 April 2010 in a goalless draw at OGC Nice after Runje was injured. Following his debut, Kasraoui appeared in all five of the club's remaining league matches that season.

He returned to Tunisia in December 2012 and announced his departure to his teammates with an emotional message in the locker room. His transfer to Club SS Sfaxien was formalized by the Tunisian club on 20 December for a six-month contract and he won the Tunisian championship for the fourth time in his career.

He also signed a contract with Stade Tunisien in 2014 before joining Club Bizertin in 2015, where he remained for three years before retiring in 2018.

International career

Kasraoui earned 16 caps for the Tunisian national team and participated in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Germany and the 2006 African Cup of Nations in Egypt. He served as the second-choice goalkeeper at both the club and international levels and was called up to the 2006 World Cup as a reserve for Ali Boumnijel. After Boumnijel's retirement from international football, Kasraoui became Tunisia's first choice goalkeeper for the 2008 African Cup of Nations, though he was not as successful as his predecessor.

He retired from international football in 2012.

Coaching career

He began his managerial career on 4 August 2018 when he was appointed as a goalkeeping coach of the Tunisia national team under head coach Faouzi Benzarti.On 2 August 2021, he was appointed as the goalkeeping coach of Espérance de Tunis.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Tunisia . FIFA . 30 . 21 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf . 10 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Reuters. Brief-Soccer-Lens sign Tunisian goalkeeper Kasroaui. 2009-05-25. 2009-05-25.