Issam Jemâa Explained

Issam Jemâa
Birth Date:	1984 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Gabès, Tunisia
Height:	1.85m
Position:	Striker
Youthyears1:	1995–2003
Youthclubs1:	CO Mednine
Years1:	2003–2005
Clubs1:	Espérance
Caps1:	49
Goals1:	17
Years2:	2005–2011
Clubs2:	Lens
Caps2:	114
Goals2:	20
Years3:	2007–2008
Clubs3:	→ Caen (loan)
Caps3:	21
Goals3:	3
Years4:	2011–2012
Clubs4:	Auxerre
Caps4:	7
Goals4:	2
Years5:	2012
Clubs5:	→ Brest (loan)
Caps5:	10
Goals5:	2
Years6:	2012–2014
Clubs6:	Kuwait SC
Caps6:	38
Goals6:	27
Years7:	2014–2015
Clubs7:	Al-Sailiya
Caps7:	26
Goals7:	11
Years8:	2016–2017
Clubs8:	Dubai CSC
Caps8:	24
Goals8:	24
Totalcaps:	289
Totalgoals:	106
Nationalyears1:	2005–2014
Nationalteam1:	Tunisia
Nationalcaps1:	84
Nationalgoals1:	36

Issam Jemâa (Arabic: عصام جمعة; born 28 January 1984 in Gabès) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his footballing career for Espérance Sportive de Tunis, and was later signed by French side Lens. A Tunisia international since 2005, he is the all-time leading scorer of the Tunisia national team.

International career

Jemâa was called up to the 2006 World Cup, but was later forced out from the squad due to injury. He was also called up to the Tunisia national team for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Contintental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lens	2005–06	Ligue 1	6	0	0	0	1	0	9	4	15	4	^[1] ^[2]
	2006–07		27	3	3	1	1	1	9	4	40	9
	2008–09	Ligue 2	26	5	0	0	3	2	0	0	29	7
	2009–10	Ligue 1	29	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	33	9
	2010–11		26	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	28	5
	Total		114	20	8	3	6	3	14	5	142	31	–
Caen (loan)	2007–08	Ligue 1	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	3
Auxerre	2011–12	Ligue 1	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	2
Brest	2011–12	Ligue 1	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
Kuwait SC	2012–13	Kuwait Premier League	14	11					10	9	24	20	^[3]
	2013–14		24	16					13	16	37	32
	Total		38	27					23	25	61	52	–
Al-Sailiya SC	2014–15	Qatar Stars League	25	11							25	11
	2015–16		1	0							1	0
	Total		26	11							26	11	–
Dubai CSC	2015–16	UAE Second Division	11	12							11	12
	2016–17		13	12							13	12
	Total		24	24							24	24	–
Career total			240	89							293	125	–

International goals

See main article: List of international goals scored by Issam Jemâa.

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jemâa goal.

List of international goals scored by Issam Jemâa^[4]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 September 2005	Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya		2–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
2	30 May 2006	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia		3–0	3–0	2006 LG Cup (Tunisia)
3	7 February 2007	Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco		1–1	1–1	Friendly
4	24 March 2007	Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles		1–0	3–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
5				2–0
6				3–0
7	2 June 2007	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia		1–0	4–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
8	16 June 2007	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia		1–0	2–0	2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
9	17 November 2011	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia		2–0	2–0	Friendly
10	23 January 2008	Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana		1–0	2–2	2008 Africa Cup of Nations
11	7 June 2008	Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles		1–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
12	21 June 2008	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia		2–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
13	14 October 2008	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France		1–0	1–3	Friendly
14	28 March 2009	Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya		2–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
15	11 October 2009	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès		4–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
16	30 May 2010	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès		1–0	1–1	Friendly
17	20 June 2010	Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan		4–0	6–2	Friendly
18				5–0
19	11 August 2010	Stade Nacional, N'Djamena, Chad		2–0	3–1	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
20	4 September 2010	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès		1–0	2–2	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
21				2–0
22	10 October 2010	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo		1–0	2–1	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
23	5 June 2011	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia		1–0	5–0	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
24				3–0
25				5–0
26	10 August 2011	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia		4–2	4–2	Friendly
27	27 January 2012	Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon		2–1	2–1	2012 Africa Cup of Nations
28	27 May 2012	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia		4–1	5–1	Friendly
29	2 June 2012	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia		1–1	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
30	9 June 2012	Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde		2–1	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
31	15 August 2012	Széktói Stadion, Kecskemét, Hungary		2–2	2–2	Friendly
32	30 December 2012	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates		1–0	2–1	Friendly
33	13 January 2013	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates		1–0	2–4	Friendly
34				2–0
35	14 August 2013	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia		2–0	3–0	Friendly
36				3–0

Honours

Lens

• UEFA Intertoto Cup

2005^[5]

External links

• Career history, stats and pictures of Issam Jemâa

Notes and References

1. Web site: Issam JEMAA - Football : la fiche de Issam JEMAA (Al-Saïliya Doha) . L'Équipe . 8 March 2019 . fr.
2. Web site: Issam Jemâa » Club matches . worldfootball.net . 8 March 2019.
3. Web site: Issam Jemâa - Retired . footballdatabase.eu . 8 March 2019.
4. Web site: Issam Jemaa – Goals in International Matches . Imed Kilani . . 17 October 2012 .
5. Web site: Lens 3-1 Cluj (Aggregate: 4 - 2). https://web.archive.org/web/20070614205426/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round=2188/Match=81579/Report=LU.html . dead . 14 June 2007 . uefa.com . 14 June 2020.