Ali Maâloul vs Youssef Msakni
Tunisia against Tunisia. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Ali Maâloul
Tunisia · 2016–24 · LB
- Almanac rating
- 83
- Rank in Tunisia
- #4 of 33
- Clubs
- CS Sfaxien, Al Ahly SC
Left-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. Career record: club career at CS Sfaxien, Al Ahly SC.
Youssef Msakni
Tunisia · 2011–22 · CAM
- Almanac rating
- 83
- Rank in Tunisia
- #7 of 33
- Clubs
- Stade Tunisien, Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Al-Duhail SC
Two 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. Career record: club career at Stade Tunisien, Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Al-Duhail SC.
The verdict
The almanac cannot separate them: both are rated 83.
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