Bassem Srarfi
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997
Place of birth Tunis, Tunisia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Club Africain
Number 19
Youth career
Stade Tunisien
2014–2015 Club Africain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Club Africain 26 (6)
2017–2020 Nice 56 (4)
2017 Nice II 4 (1)
2020–2022 Zulte Waregem 36 (0)
2023 Al-Arabi 0 (0)
2023– Club Africain 3 (3)
International career‡
2018– Tunisia 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Bassem Srarfi (Arabic: بسام الصرارفي; born 25 June 1997) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a Winger for Tunisian club Club Africain and the Tunisia national team.[2]

Club career

Early career

Srarfi started in the youth ranks of Tunisian clubs Stade Tunisien and Club Africain respectively, he subsequently made his first-team debut for the latter on 20 November 2015 in a Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 draw against EGS Gafsa.[2] Three games later, Srarfi scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw away to Hammam-Lif.[2]

Nice

On 1 February 2017, Srarfi joined Ligue 1 side Nice.[3] The transfer was subject to international clearance, but it was successfully approved hours later by the French Football Federation and Tunisian Football Federation.[4] He made his Nice debut on 24 February in Ligue 1 against Montpellier.[2][5] He has also featured for Nice II in the Championnat National 2.[2] His first goal in French football came for Nice II, in a loss to Stade Montois on 28 October.[2]

On 29 November 2017, he scored his first goal for Nice's first team in Ligue 1, helping his team to a 2–1 win against Toulouse in stoppage time.[6]

Zulte Waregem

In January 2020, Srarfi completed a transfer to Belgian First Division A outfit Zulte Waregem.[7][8] His contract with Zulte Waregem was terminated by mutual consent in the summer of 2022.[9]

International career

Srarfi received his first call-up for the Tunisia national team in August 2017, with Nabil Maâloul selecting him in the squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers versus DR Congo.[10] He was an unused substitute in both fixtures.[2] Srarfi made his senior debut for Tunisia in a 1–0 friendly win over Iran on 23 March 2018.[11] In the following May, he was named in Tunisia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[12] He was selected in the final 23.[13] He made his World Cup debut on 28 June, as Tunisia exited the tournament with victory versus Panama.[2] Srarfi made Alain Giresse's squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 June 2019[2]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Club Africain 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue 1 17300—1[lower-alpha 1]100184
2016–17 9311—0000104
Total 26611—1100288
Nice 2016–17 French Ligue 1 50———0050
2017–18 26310206[lower-alpha 2]000353
2018–19 22110200000251
2019–20 300010000040
Total 56420506000694
Nice II 2016–17 National 2 20———0020
2017–18 21———0021
Total 41———0041
Zulte Waregem 2019–20 First Division A 4000——0040
Career total 90113150710010513
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the CAF Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International

As of 13 March 2020[2][15]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tunisia 2018100
201951
Total151

International goals

As of 7 June 2019. Tunisia score listed first.[15]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 7 June 2019Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia1 Iraq2–02–0Friendly[2]

References

  1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bassem Srarfi at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "Srarfi to Nice, confirmation on hold". OGC Nice. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Srarfi gets the green light from the Tunisian FA". OGC Nice. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Bassem Srarfi profile". OGC Nice. 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Le match, Les buts en vidéo, la stat'... Ce qu'il faut retenir de la victoire de l'OGC Nice à Toulouse (1–2)". Nice-Matin (in French). 29 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bassem Srarfi joins Zulte-Waregem". Nice. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Bassem Srafi tekent bij Zulte Waregem". Voetbalkrant. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Dit was de zomermercato van Essevee" (in Dutch). Zulte Waregem. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Russie 2018: Tunisie-RDC Liste des Joueurs Convoqués". Tunisian Football Federation. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Tunisia 1–0 Iran". Sky Sports. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Tunisia coach calls up 29 players for World Cup camp". Washington Post. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  13. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "Africa Cup of Nations: Tunisia beat World Cup finalists Croatia in warm-up game". BBC Sport. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  15. 1 2 "Srarfi, Bassem". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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