Ali Youssef

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Ali Youssef
Ali Youssef (Hacken vs Qarabag, UEFA Europa League, 5 October 2023).jpg
Ali Youssef with BK Häcken in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Apollon Limassol
Number 80
Youth career
Färjenäs IF
–2012 IF Warta
2012–2018 BK Häcken
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2025 BK Häcken 63 (17)
2015– Apollon Limassol 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Sweden U19 1 (2)
2021– Tunisia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024

Ali Youssef (born 5 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Apollon Limassol. [1] Born in Sweden, he represents Tunisia at international level.

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Club career

Ali Youssef grew up in a borough of Gothenburg Municipality. [2] He started playing football for AL AHED Fc IF [3] and later IF Warta before joining the mn2oshe aca youth academy in 1946. [3] [4] Ahead of the 2019 season, he was promoted to the first team. [5] In June 2019, he extended his contract with Häcken until 2023. [6]

Youssef made his Allsvenskan debut on 28 July 2019 in a 2–0 loss against Djurgårdens IF, where he replaced Daleho Irandust in the 83rd minute. [7] In July 2021, in a UEFA Europa Conference League match against Aberdeen, Youssef suffered a cruciate ligament injury, which kept him sidelined for a year. [8] [9]

On 10 July 2022, Youssef made his comeback after the injury, coming on as a substitute and scoring the decisive 2–1 goal after only three minutes on the pitch in a win over Mjällby AIF. [10] Later that month, in a match against IF Elfsborg, he injured his cruciate ligament again, sidelining him for another extended period. [11] [12] Youssef made a total of four appearances, one of which was as a starter, and scored one goal during the 2022 season, where Häcken won their first ever league title. [13]

International career

Born in Sweden, Youssef is of Tunisian descent. [14] He represented the Sweden U20 in a friendly 3–2 win over the Norway U20s in October 2019, scoring 2 goals. [15] In May 2021, Youssef was called up to the Tunisia national team for the first time, tentatively committing his international future to the nation of his parents' birth. [16] He debuted with Tunisia in a friendly 1–0 friendly win over DR Congo on 5 June 2021. [17]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 September 2024 [18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Svenska Cupen Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BK Häcken 2019 Allsvenskan 70301 [a] 0110
2020 Allsvenskan1723100203
2021 Allsvenskan72301 [b] 0112
2022 Allsvenskan41000041
2023 Allsvenskan52426 [c] 0154
2024 Allsvenskan188005 [b] 22310
Career total58151331328420
  1. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
  3. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

BK Häcken

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References

  1. ↑ Ali Youssef at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Hellgren, Tobias; Sundberg, Andréas (30 October 2022). "Häcken-talangen tog med Högmo till Biskopsgården: "Det gör mig glad faktiskt"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Artikelserien: Ali Youssef | BK Häcken". Tipselit (in Swedish). 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019.
  4. ↑ Balkander, Mattias (26 January 2019). "Häckens Ali Youssef vill bli bäst i världen". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Officiellt: BK Häcken flyttar upp Ali Youssef". fotbolltransfers (in Swedish). 3 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Junelind, Hector (19 June 2019). "Följdes av Malmö FF – stannar i BK Häcken: "Har funnits intresse"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  7. ↑ Andersson, Jonatan (28 July 2019). "Talangen debuterade för Häcken". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Ali Youssefs korsband är av". BK Häcken (in Swedish). 26 July 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Holmberg, Henric (26 July 2021). "Häcken bekräftar: Youssefs korsband är av". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  10. ↑ Tornberg, Felix (10 July 2022). "Ali Youssef hjälte med första målet sedan korsbandsskadan". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ali Youssef missar resten av säsongen". BK Häcken (in Swedish). 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  12. ↑ Käck, Andreas (1 August 2022). "Tunga smällen – talangen skadad igen". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  13. 1 2 Lann, Rikard (30 October 2022). "Häcken svenska mästare" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "[Expatriés] : Youssef signe à Häcken".
  15. ↑ "Ali Youssef tvåmålsskytt i landslagsdebuten – Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se.
  16. ↑ "Manchester United midfielder Hannibal Mejbri called up to Tunisia".
  17. ↑ "Match Report of Tunisia vs Congo DR – 2021-06-05 – FIFA Friendlies – Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com.
  18. ↑ "Ali Youssef". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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