| Mootez Zaddem | |
| Fullname: | Mootez Zaddem[1] |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Sousse, Tunisia |
| Height: | 1.76m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Espérance de Tunis |
| Clubnumber: | 19 |
| Years1: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Valmiera |
| Caps1: | 23 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs2: | → Étoile du Sahel (loan) |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022– |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2024 |
| Clubs4: | → Al Masry (loan) |
| Caps4: | 21 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2020–2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | Tunisia U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam2: | Tunisia |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 26 October 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 26 March 2024 |
Mootez Zaddem (ar|معتز الزدام; born 5 January 2001 in Sousse) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Espérance de Tunis and the Tunisia national team.[2] [3]
On 10 September 2021, Zaddem moved to Étoile du Sahel on a one-year loan from Valmeria.[4]
With the under 20s, he participated in the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in 2021. During this competition held in Mauritania, he played six games. Tunisia ranked fourth in the tournament, losing to the Gambia in the match for third place.
Zaddem made his international debut for Tunisia on 3 December 2021, coming off the bench in the 86th minute against the Syria national football team.[5] He was part of the squad that were runners-up in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup.[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Valmiera | 2020 | Latvian Higher League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Latvian Higher League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||||
| Étoile du Sahel (loan) | 2021–22 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| Espérance de Tunis | 2022–23 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 9 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||||
| Al Masry (loan) | 2023–24 | Egyptian Premier League | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 88 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 8 | |||
| Tunisia U20 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 15 | 0 | ||