33·Legends

Francileudo Santos vs Hatem Trabelsi

Tunisia against Tunisia. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.

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Francileudo Santos

Tunisia · 2000s · SS

Almanac rating
82
Rank in Tunisia
#10 of 33
Caps
40 · 22 goals
Clubs
Étoile Sportive du Sahel, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Toulouse

Five 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. Career record: 40 caps and 22 goals for Tunisia; club career at Étoile Sportive du Sahel, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Toulouse.

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Hatem Trabelsi

Tunisia · 1998–2004 · RB

Almanac rating
86
Rank in Tunisia
#2 of 33
Caps
66 · 1 goals
Clubs
CS Sfaxien, AFC Ajax, Manchester City

Ajax 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. Career record: 66 caps and 1 goals for Tunisia; club career at CS Sfaxien, AFC Ajax, Manchester City.

The verdict

The almanac puts Hatem Trabelsi ahead by 4 rating points, 86 against 82.

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