Ali Maâloul vs Zoubeir Baya
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.
Zoubeir Baya
Tunisia · 1996–2002 · CM
- Almanac rating
- 83
- Rank in Tunisia
- #8 of 33
- Caps
- 81 · 16 goals
- Clubs
- Étoile Sportive du Sahel, SC Freiburg, CS M'saken
The 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. Career record: 81 caps and 16 goals for Tunisia; club career at Étoile Sportive du Sahel, SC Freiburg, CS M'saken.
The verdict
The almanac cannot separate them: both are rated 83.
Fans have not settled this one yet. Cast the first vote in the duels.