Aymen Mouelhi

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Aymen Mouelhi
Personal information
Full name Aymen Mouelhi
Date of birth (1986-09-14) 14 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain [1]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Europa
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2013 Olympique Kef
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013 Olympique Kef 1 (0)
2013–2015 Europa 28 (1)
2015–2016 Lions Gibraltar 18 (1)
2016–2019 Gibraltar United 65 (6)
2019–2024 St Joseph's 70 (1)
2024– Europa 10 (0)
International career
2018– Gibraltar 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:11, 10 November 2024 (UTC+1)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:44, 21 November 2023 (UTC+1)

Aymen Mouelhi (born 14 September 1986) is a semi-professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Europa. [2] Born in Spain and raised in Tunisia, he plays for the Gibraltar national team, having been naturalised in 2018.

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International career

Mouelhi made his international debut for Gibraltar on 16 November 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Joseph Chipolina in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D match against Armenia, which finished as a 6–2 loss. [3] After a particularly impressive performance against Norway which saw the minnows restrict the Scandinavians to only 3 goals in a respectable defeat, Mouelhi went viral after he quipped that he "expected more" of the highly rated Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who he had been tasked with marking throughout the game. [4]

Personal life

Mouelhi is a fan of FC Barcelona, being born in the Catalan capital. He now works as a security guard. [5]

Career statistics

International

As of 21 November 2023 [6]
Gibraltar
YearAppsGoals
201820
201950
202060
2021100
202230
2023100
Total360

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References

  1. Aymen Mouelhi at WorldFootball.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Aymen Mouelhi at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "UEFA Nations League – Gibraltar v Armenia". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. “I expected more” – Outstanding big-time behaviour from Gibraltar defender Aymen Mouelhi as he gives Erling Haaland assessment Caught Offside. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. Gibraltar-France : agent des douanes, policier ou comptable… A la rencontre des joueurs de Gibraltar qui défient les Bleus Marca English. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  6. "Aymen Mouelhi". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 27 November 2018.