Sami Trabelsi | |
Birth Date: | 1968 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sfax, Tunisia |
Position: | Center back |
Years1: | 1986–1993 |
Years2: | 1993–2000 |
Years3: | 2000–2001 |
Years4: | 2001–2002 |
Clubs1: | Sfax Railways Sports |
Clubs2: | Sfaxien |
Clubs3: | Al Rayyan |
Clubs4: | Sfaxien |
Caps1: | 187 |
Goals1: | 6 |
Caps2: | 191 |
Goals2: | 8 |
Caps3: | 22 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Caps4: | 28 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 428 |
Totalgoals: | 15 |
Nationalyears1: | 1991–2001 |
Nationalteam1: | Tunisia |
Nationalcaps1: | 81 |
Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
Manageryears1: | 2011–2013 |
Managerclubs1: | Tunisia |
Manageryears2: | 2013–2023 |
Managerclubs2: | Al Sailiya |
Sami Trabelsi (ar|سامي طرابلسي; born 4 February 1968) is a Tunisian football coach and a former player.
He played for a few clubs, most notably CS Sfaxien.
He has 52 caps for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[1] After retirement as a player, he became an assistant coach for the Tunisia and coached national side for one match against France as a caretaker coach.
On 11 March 2011 Trabelsi was officially appointed as the manager of the Tunisian National Team.[2] But following the failure of the national team to get past the first round at the African Nations Cup 2013, Tunisia accepted Trabelsi's resignation,[3] and he was replaced by the Tunisian coach Nabil Maâloul.
On 8 June 2013 Trabelsi was named head coach of the Qatari side Al Sailiya.[4]
Sami marked his debut in the club Sfax Railways Sports before joining CS Sfaxien. In 1998 FIFA World Cup, Sami became the leader of the Tunisian national team and he formed an undefeated defense line with Khaled Badra.
Team | From | To | |||||||
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width=40 | G | width=40 | W | width=40 | D | width=40 | L | width=50 | Win % |
Tunisia | 11 March 2011 | 8 February 2013 | |||||||
Al Sailiya | 8 June 2013 | 20 March 2023 | |||||||
Total |
Tunisia
Al-Sailiya SC