Sayfallah Ltaief | |
Birth Date: | 22 April 2000 |
Birth Place: | Zürich, Switzerland |
Height: | 1.78 m[1] |
Position: | Winger |
Currentclub: | Twente |
Clubnumber: | 30 |
Youthclubs1: | Zürich |
Youthyears2: | 2015–2017 |
Youthclubs2: | Kosova Zürich |
Youthyears3: | 2017–2018 |
Youthclubs3: | Zürich |
Youthyears4: | 2018–2020 |
Youthclubs4: | Winterthur |
Years1: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs1: | Winterthur |
Caps1: | 66 |
Goals1: | 8 |
Years2: | 2022–2024 |
Clubs2: | Basel |
Caps2: | 6 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2022–2024 |
Clubs3: | Basel U21 |
Caps3: | 4 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2023–2024 |
Clubs4: | → Winterthur (loan) |
Caps4: | 50 |
Goals4: | 9 |
Years5: | 2024– |
Clubs5: | Twente |
Caps5: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2022– |
Nationalteam1: | Tunisia |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 27 May 2024 |
Ntupdate: | 20:26, 22 September 2022 (UTC) |
Sayfallah Ltaief (Arabic: سيف الله لطيف; born 22 April 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dutch club Twente. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Tunisia national team.
Ltaief is a product of the youth academies of Zürich, Kosova Zürich, and Winterthur.[2] He began his senior career in the Swiss Challenge League with Winterthur in 2020. On 9 June 2022, he transferred to Swiss Super League club Basel.[3] He made his professional debut with Basel in a 1–1 league draw against his former club Winterthur on 16 July 2022.[4]
On 5 December 2022, Ltaief agreed to return to Winterthur on loan for the second half of the 2022–23 season.[5] His loan was again extended for the entirety of the 2023–24 season, as he eventually scored eight goals and six assists for Winterthur throughout the league campaign.[6]
On 17 May 2024, it was announced that Ltaief would join Dutch side Twente on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract set to be activated from 1 July.[7]
Ltaief was born in Switzerland and is of Tunisian descent.[2] He was called up to represent the Tunisia U22s in 2022, and also had training sessions with the senior national team in preparation for the 2022 Kirin Cup.[8] He made his debut with Tunisia as a late substitute in a 1–0 friendly win over Comoros on 22 September 2022.[9]
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