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1 TD 88 Tarek Dhiab Tunisia went a goal down to Mexico in Rosario on 2 June 1978, then scored three after the break with Dhiab in the number 10 shirt directing them, the first World Cup win any African nation had managed. African Footballer of the Year in 1977, the only Tunisian ever to win it, voted his country's greatest player of the twentieth century in 2000, six league titles and four cups with Espérance, and sixteen years in the national side. CM1977–2000

2 HT 86 Hatem Trabelsi 66 caps · CS Sfaxien, AFC AjaxAjax gave him the number 2 in 2001, and by 2003 he was among the fifty candidates on France Football's Ballon d'Or list, a right-back from Sfax in company usually reserved for forwards. The 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, Tunisia's first, then two Eredivisie titles and two KNVB Cups across 145 games at Ajax, a Champions League quarter-final in 2003 lost to the eventual winners Milan, and the CAF Cup with CS Sfaxien in 1998. RB1998–2004

3 CE 84 Chokri El Ouaer 93 caps · Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Genoa CFCThe 1996 quarter-final against Gabon reached penalties, and El Ouaer saved two of them before walking up to take the kick that put Tunisia through. Runner-up at that Africa Cup of Nations, Tunisia's goalkeeper at the 1998 World Cup, and at Espérance the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1994, the CAF Cup in 1997, the CAF Super Cup and Afro-Asian Cup in 1995, ten Tunisian league titles and more than ninety caps. GK1994–98

83 Ali Maâloul CS Sfaxien, Al Ahly SCLeft-backs do not usually wear number 10, and they do not usually finish a season as the leading scorer in their country's league, which is what Maâloul did for CS Sfaxien in 2016. Four CAF Champions League titles with Al Ahly in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024, the Egyptian league in each of his first four seasons in Cairo, a place in the CAF Team of the Year in 2017, and World Cups with Tunisia in 2018 and 2022. LB2016–24

5 RJ 83 Radhi Jaïdi 105 caps · Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Birmingham CityAt Highbury on 18 September 2004 he scored in the 63rd minute against an Arsenal side unbeaten in the league since May 2003, and Bolton took a 2-2 draw out of it. Africa Cup of Nations winner in 2004, a scorer against Saudi Arabia at the 2006 World Cup, 105 caps, and with Espérance every African trophy going: Champions Cup 1994, Super Cup 1995, CAF Cup 1997, Cup Winners' Cup 1998, plus eight Tunisian league titles. CB1994–2006

83 Wahbi Khazri 74 caps · 25 goals · SC Bastia, AS Saint-ÉtienneDoha, 30 November 2022: Khazri scored past France at Stadium 974 and Tunisia beat the reigning world champions 1-0 in the last game of their group. His winner against Panama in 2018 was Tunisia's first World Cup victory in forty years and the 2,500th goal in the tournament's history, and he finished with 25 goals in 74 caps, second on Tunisia's all-time list, having been named Tunisian Footballer of the Year in 2018. CAM2018–22

83 Youssef Msakni Stade Tunisien, Espérance Sportive de TunisTwo minutes into the second half in Garoua on 23 January 2022, Msakni struck the only goal of the last-16 tie and Nigeria were out of the Africa Cup of Nations. The 2011 CAF Champions League with Espérance, where he was the tournament's second-highest scorer, four Tunisian league titles, five Qatar Stars League titles with Lekhwiya and Al-Duhail, 104 caps and 23 goals for Tunisia, and Tunisian Footballer of the Year in 2012 and 2017. CAM2011–22

8 ZB 83 Zoubeir Baya 81 caps · 16 goals · Étoile Sportive du Sahel, SC FreiburgThe 1996 Africa Cup of Nations semi-final turned on Baya's goal after twenty minutes, and Tunisia beat Zambia 4-2 to reach the final. He was named in the Team of the Tournament that year, took a runners-up medal from the final against South Africa, won the African Cup Winners' Cup with Étoile du Sahel, was twice Tunisian Footballer of the Year, and scored six goals in eight qualifiers to send Tunisia to the 2002 World Cup. CM1996–2002

9 ES 82 Ellyes Skhiri 73 caps · Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, 1. FC KölnOn 28 November 2020 Skhiri scored both goals in Köln's 2-1 win at Borussia Dortmund, a rare afternoon when the defensive midfielder was the whole attack. Tunisian Footballer of the Year in 2021, 86 caps since his debut against Iran in March 2018, fourth place at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, and World Cup squads in 2018 and 2022, with club football at Montpellier, Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt. CDM2018–22

10 FS 82 Francileudo Santos 40 caps · 22 goals · Étoile Sportive du Sahel, FC Sochaux-MontbéliardFive minutes into the 2004 final in Tunis, Santos put Tunisia ahead of Morocco, and 60,000 people in the 7 November Stadium spent the rest of the night waiting for the title to arrive. He left 2004 as African champion and joint top scorer with four goals, scored 22 in 41 games for his adopted country, won a Ligue 2 title and the 2004 Coupe de la Ligue at Sochaux, and took a Swiss championship on loan at Zürich. SS2000s

11 KB 82 Khaled Badra 90 caps · Espérance Sportive de Tunis, DenizlisporAgainst Nigeria in the 2004 semi-final Badra converted a penalty in normal time and another in the shootout, then took the yellow card that ruled him out of the final his team went on to win. Africa Cup of Nations champion in 2004, captain at the 2002 World Cup, 96 caps and 10 goals for Tunisia, six league titles with Espérance de Tunis, and a runners-up medal from the 1996 final. CB1996–2004

12 AB 81 Ali Boumnijel 51 caps · FC Gueugnon, Club AfricainAt 40 years and two months old, Boumnijel was the oldest player at the 2006 World Cup, still Tunisia's first choice nearly 15 years after his debut against Côte d'Ivoire in November 1991. He won the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations in goal, saving Peter Odemwingie's penalty in the semi-final shootout against Nigeria, and played at three World Cups in 1998, 2002 and 2006 across 51 caps. GK1991–2006

81 Karim Haggui RC Strasbourg Alsace, Bayer 04 LeverkusenRoger Lemerre took the youngest man in his squad into a home tournament in 2004, and Haggui, then 20, featured in all six matches of Tunisia's run to the title. That 2004 title heads a career of 82 caps and five goals for Tunisia between 2003 and 2013, a World Cup in 2006, and a DFB-Pokal final with Bayer Leverkusen in 2009, with Hannover and Stuttgart to follow. CB2003–13

14 RB 81 Riadh Bouazizi 88 caps · Étoile Sportive du Sahel, BursasporVoted into the Team of the Tournament as Tunisia won the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations at home, Bouazizi was still wearing the captain's armband two years later at the 2006 edition. That continental title is the peak of a career that also took in three World Cups in 1998, 2002 and 2006, nine seasons and more than 200 league games at Étoile du Sahel, and five years in Turkey with Gaziantepspor and Kayseri Erciyesspor. CDM1998–2006

15 ZJ 81 Ziad Jaziri 64 caps · 14 goals · Gaziantepspor, ES Troyes ACJaziri opened Tunisia's 2006 World Cup with a goal in the 23rd minute against Saudi Arabia on 14 June, and Radhi Jaïdi had to equalise in stoppage time to rescue the 2-2 draw. Two years earlier he had scored the 52nd-minute winner against Morocco in the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations final, Tunisia's first continental title, and he finished with 64 caps and 14 goals plus a Kuwaiti Premier League title at Kuwait SC in 2008. ST2004–08

16 AS 80 Adel Sellimi 35 caps · 10 goals · Club Africain, Real JaénZambia stood between Tunisia and the 1996 final, and Sellimi scored twice in Durban on 31 January, the opener after sixteen minutes and a penalty in the 85th, to help settle it 4-2. South Africa took the final 2-0 three days later; he scored 20 goals for Tunisia and played at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and Club Africain gave him the 1991 African Champions Cup, the 1992 Afro-Asian Club Cup, three Tunisian championships and the 1992 cup. CAM1991–2002

17 IJ 80 Issam Jemâa Espérance Sportive de Tunis, R.C. LensIn Sousse on 5 June 2011, he put three past Chad in a 5-0 Africa Cup qualifier, one of two hat-tricks he scored for Tunisia. Tunisia's record scorer with 36 goals in 84 caps, he appeared at four Africa Cup of Nations between 2008 and 2013, won the 2005 Intertoto Cup with Lens, and scored against France at the Stade de France in October 2008. ST2005–13

18 KG 80 Kaies Ghodhbane 92 caps · Diyarbakırspor, SamsunsporBetween 2004 and 2006 he scored 19 goals in 47 games for Samsunspor, an unusual return for a midfielder who spent most of his Tunisia career screening the back four across three World Cups. Africa Cup of Nations winner with Tunisia in 2004 on home soil, finalist in 1996, 92 caps between 1996 and 2006, two CAF Cups with Étoile du Sahel in 1995 and 1999, the Tunisian league in 1997 and the cup in 1996. CDM1995–2006

80 Sadok Sassi 110 caps · Club AfricainTunis called him Attouga, and the name stood for 415 official matches in Club Africain's goal, a club record that still holds, though injury cost him the 1978 World Cup and Mokhtar Naili went to Argentina instead. Eighty-seven caps between 1963 and 1978, five Tunisian championships and eight Tunisian Cups with Club Africain, three North African Champions Cups from 1973 to 1975, and third place in CAF's vote for the African goalkeeper of the millennium. GK1963–78

79 Ferjani Sassi 94 caps · 9 goals · CS Sfaxien, Zamalek SCKyle Walker's elbow caught Fakhreddine Ben Youssef in Volgograd on 18 June 2018, and Sassi levelled from the spot in the 35th minute before Harry Kane won it for England in stoppage time. He has two World Cups behind him, fourth place at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, a hundredth cap in December 2025, the CAF Confederation Cup twice with Sfaxien in 2013 and Zamalek in 2019, and league titles in Egypt and Qatar. CM2013–25

79 Mehdi Nafti Racing de Santander, Aris ThessalonikiToulouse born and Toulouse trained, he chose Tunisia, and his only goal in 46 internationals came away to Botswana on 4 June 2005 to level a qualifier Tunisia went on to win 3-1. Winner of the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations with Tunisia, then present in all three group matches at the 2006 World Cup, with 110 league games for Racing Santander between 2000 and 2005 and 70 for Birmingham City from 2005 to 2009. LM2000–09

22 MA 79 Mohamed Ali Akid 52 caps · 15 goals · CS Sfaxien, Al-NassrAkid scored on his Tunisia debut on 9 April 1972 and was still in the side six years later, starting in Rosario on 2 June 1978 when Tunisia beat Mexico 3-1, the first World Cup match an African country won. Fifty caps and 16 goals for Tunisia, 92 goals in 213 matches for CS Sfaxien, Tunisian league titles in 1971 and 1978, the Tunisian Cup in 1971 and the Palestine Cup in 1973, then a season at Al-Nassr. ST1971–78

79 Naim Sliti 45 caps · 11 goals · CS Sedan Ardennes, Dijon FCOHe scored on his Tunisia debut, a 3-0 win over Djibouti in June 2016, and three years later finished off the 3-0 quarter-final against Madagascar that carried Tunisia into the 2019 Africa Cup semi-finals. That run ended in fourth place, and he also played at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, reached the 2021 Arab Cup final, won the 2022 Kirin Cup, and finished with 16 goals in 84 caps. RM2016–22

24 OD 79 Oussama Darragi Espérance Sportive de Tunis, FC SionA tight angle in the 89th minute against Nigeria on 6 September 2009 brought the goal that rescued a 2-2 draw in World Cup qualifying, one of ten he scored in 45 games for Tunisia. The 2011 treble with Espérance de Tunis, league, cup and CAF Champions League, made him African-based Player of the Year that season, and he added the 2011 African Nations Championship with Tunisia, the Arab Golden Ball and five Tunisian titles. LM2009–11

25 SS 79 Samir Sellimi 50 caps · Club AfricainOne club held him for a decade, Club Africain from 1987 to 1997, and its peak was the 1991 African Champions Cup, won 7-3 on aggregate against SC Villa of Uganda with a 6-2 night in Tunis. That side also took the 1992 Afro-Asian Club Cup and the 1995 Arab Cup Winners' Cup, three Tunisian championships in 1990, 1992 and 1996 and the 1992 Tunisian Cup; he won 50 caps for Tunisia, and Adel Sellimi is his brother. CB1987–97

26 HG 78 Hassen Gabsi 51 caps · 16 goals · Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Genoa CFCTunisia sent him to the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and two years later the Africa Cup of Nations closed with his name in the team of the tournament. Five Tunisian league titles with Espérance between 1998 and 2004, two Tunisian Cups, the 1997 CAF Cup and the 1995 CAF Super Cup sit on his record, alongside the 2002 World Cup, where he wore number 8, and two seasons at Genoa. SS1995–2004

78 Montassar Talbi 56 caps · Çaykur Rizespor, Rubin KazanQatar 2022 gave him all three group games at centre back, including 30 November, when Wahbi Khazri's goal beat France and gave Tunisia their first World Cup win over a European team. Two Tunisian league titles and the Arab Club Champions Cup with Espérance de Tunis, runner-up at the 2021 Arab Cup, Tunisian Footballer of the Year in 2023, and the Ligue 2 title with Lorient in 2025 with a place in the division's team of the season. CB2021–25

77 Anis Ben Hatira Hamburger SV II, Hamburger SVBorn in West Berlin in July 1988, he won the 2009 European Under-21 title with a Germany team of Neuer, Hummels, Khedira and Özil before choosing Tunisia, whose shirt he first wore in 2012. Hertha BSC was his home for five seasons, 70 Bundesliga appearances and 14 goals, and he was part of the side that won the second division in 2012-13 to go straight back up; twelve Tunisia caps followed, plus Bundesliga spells at Hamburg, Frankfurt and Darmstadt. RM1988–2012

77 Hamdi Nagguez 1 caps · Étoile Sportive du Sahel, Zamalek SCRight backs are rarely listed at 1.95m, but that is the number beside his name, and he spent most of the 2010s using it on the right flank in Sousse. Two CAF Confederation Cups, one with Étoile du Sahel in 2015 and one with Zamalek in 2019, sit beside the 2016 Tunisian league, three Tunisian Cups, two Egypt Cups, and a place in Tunisia's squad at the 2018 World Cup. RB2015–19

77 Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane 39 caps · 2 goals · Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Ferencvárosi TCFour minutes into stoppage time away to Equatorial Guinea on 8 September 2025, he scored the goal that won it 1-0 and sent Tunisia to the 2026 World Cup. Two CAF Champions League titles with Espérance de Tunis in 2018 and 2019, five Tunisian championships in a row from 2018 to 2022, the Hungarian title with Ferencváros in 2024, and 58 caps for Tunisia. CM2018–26

31 TY 77 Taha Yassine Khenissi Espérance Sportive de Tunis, CS SfaxienFifty minutes into the 2016 Tunisian Cup final, Khenissi opened the scoring against Club Africain and Espérance won the Tunis derby 2-0, one of 57 league goals he scored for the club in 119 games. He won the CAF Champions League three times, in 2011, 2018 and 2019, took seven Tunisian championships, played 54 times for Tunisia, and finished as the league's leading scorer in 2017 and 2019. ST2011–19

77 Yassine Meriah Etoile Sportive de Metlaoui, CS SfaxienEgypt 2019 gave him his tournament: Tunisia reached the semi-finals and Meriah was named in the Africa Cup of Nations best XI. Ninety-five caps and squads at two World Cups, 2018 and 2022, with Tunisian league titles at Espérance in 2024 and 2025, the UAE Pro League and League Cup at Al Ain, and the Greek Cup with Olympiacos. CB2018–25

33 AB 76 Anis Ben Chouikha Seventeen seasons in the same shirt at Club Sportif de Hammam Lif, from 1996 to 2013, brought 190 league appearances and 22 goals for a club that rarely holds on to anyone that long. The Tunisian Cup of 2001 stands above everything else, the club's first in sixteen years and its ninth overall, and three caps for Tunisia followed in 2002. LB1996–2013

About this XI

At the head of Tunisia's pool stand Tarek Dhiab, Hatem Trabelsi and Chokri El Ouaer. The 33 covers 3 goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 14 midfielders and 6 forwards. Tarek Dhiab leads the pool at 88 overall. Pick a formation, drag your eleven onto the pitch, then settle the duels below. Your votes reorder the people's ranking of these 33 in real time.

Who is the greatest Tunisia footballer of all time?

In the 33 Legends editorial ranking, Tarek Dhiab leads Tunisia with an overall rating of 88. The editorial top five: Tarek Dhiab, Hatem Trabelsi, Chokri El Ouaer, Ali Maâloul, Radhi Jaïdi. The people's ranking on this page moves with every duel vote and can disagree.

How were these 33 Tunisia players chosen?

The pool covers every position across Tunisia's football history. Ratings weigh peak level, longevity, honours and historical standing, then the full methodology page explains the tiers. Fan votes in the duels build a second, independent ranking.

Which Tunisia players reach the Immortal tier or higher?

None yet. Tarek Dhiab leads the Tunisia pool at 88, in the Legend tier.

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