Montassar Talbi Explained

Montassar Talbi
Fullname:Montassar Omar Talbi[1]
Birth Date:26 May 1998[2]
Birth Place:Paris, France
Height:1.90 m
Position:Centre-back
Currentclub:Lorient
Clubnumber:3
Youthyears1:2003–2006
Youthclubs1:Paris FC
Youthyears2:2006–2010
Youthclubs2:Les Lilas
Youthyears3:2010–2017
Youthclubs3:Espérance de Tunis
Years1:2017–2018
Clubs1:Espérance de Tunis
Caps1:14
Goals1:1
Years2:2018–2021
Clubs2:Çaykur Rizespor
Caps2:49
Goals2:1
Years3:2021
Clubs3:Benevento
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Years4:2021–2022
Clubs4:Rubin Kazan
Caps4:25
Goals4:0
Years5:2022–
Clubs5:Lorient
Caps5:55
Goals5:1
Nationalyears1:2018
Nationalteam1:Tunisia U23
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2021–
Nationalteam2:Tunisia
Nationalcaps2:27
Nationalgoals2:2
Club-Update:20 December 2023
Ntupdate:00:30, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Montassar Omar Talbi (Arabic: مُنتَصَّر عُمَر الطَّالِبِيّ; born 26 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for 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.

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Espérance de Tunis2016–17Tunisian Ligue 100207060150
2017–18141000030171
Total141207090321
Çaykur Rizespor2018–19Süper Lig104151
2019–2027020290
2020–2121120231
Total491810000572
Rubin Kazan2021–22RPL25020270
Total250200000270
Lorient2022–23Ligue 138130411
Career total126315170901574

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 September 2022 1–1 1–5 Friendly
2. 20 June 2023 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Honours

Tunisia

2022

Espérance de Tunis

Notes and References

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