Personal information | |||
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Full name | Faouzi Rouissi | ||
Date of birth | 20 March 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Tunis, Tunisia | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1981–1988 | Club Africain | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1992 | Club Africain | 88 | (29) |
1992–1994 | Caen | 57 | (6) |
1994–1995 | Al-Hilal | 19 | (7) |
1997–2000 | Club Africain | 81 | (47) |
1999–2001 | Greuther Fürth | 40 | (17) |
2001–2002 | Al-Wahda | 12 | (2) |
2002–2003 | Club Africain | 9 | (2) |
International career | |||
1989–2001 | Tunisia | 54 | (18) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Faouzi Rouissi (born 20 March 1971 in Tunis) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a striker during his club career and for the Tunisia national team.
Rouissi's career started at the age of 10, when he joined local club Club Africain. He spent seven successful years in their youth academy before debuting as a senior in the 1988–89 season. During that season, he established himself as a regular and over the next four seasons that he played there he picked up two league titles, an African cup and an afro-Asian cup before leaving for French Ligue 2 side Stade Malherbe Caen.
Rouissi also had a spell with SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. Bundesliga. [1] He played in seven FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. [2]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Tunisia | 1989 | 6 | 0 |
1990 | 4 | 2 | |
1991 | 5 | 0 | |
1992 | 6 | 2 | |
1993 | 5 | 7 | |
1994 | 4 | 3 | |
1995 | 2 | 0 | |
1996 | 2 | 0 | |
1997 | 1 | 0 | |
1998 | 7 | 1 | |
1999 | 7 | 3 | |
2000 | 2 | 0 | |
2001 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 54 | 18 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 19 August 1990 | El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia | Chad | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1992 African Cup of Nations qualification | [4] |
2 | 18 November 1990 | Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Ethiopia | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1992 African Cup of Nations qualification | [5] |
3 | 11 October 1992 | El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia | Benin | 1-0 | 5-1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | [6] |
4 | 20 December 1992 | El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia | Morocco | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | [7] |
5 | 10 January 1993 | Boujemaa Kmiti Stadium, Béja, Tunisia | Bulgaria | 1-0 | 3-0 | Friendly | [8] |
6 | 17 January 1993 | Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin | Benin | 2-0 | 5-0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | [9] |
7 | 3-0 | ||||||
8 | 5-0 | ||||||
9 | 22 September 1993 | El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia | Germany | 1-1 | 1-1 | Friendly | [10] |
10 | 7 November 1993 | El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia | Egypt | 1-0 | 2-0 | Friendly | [11] |
11 | 2-0 | ||||||
12 | 17 March 1994 | El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia | Niger | 1-0 | 4-2 | Friendly | [12] |
13 | 3-0 | ||||||
14 | 30 March 1994 | El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia | Zaire | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1994 African Cup of Nations | [13] |
15 | 4 February 1998 | Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako, Mali | Mali | 1-0 | 1-0 | Friendly | [14] |
16 | 22 January 1999 | Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria | Algeria | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification | [15] |
17 | 28 February 1999 | El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia | Uganda | 5-0 | 6-0 | 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification | [16] |
18 | 10 April 1999 | Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda | Uganda | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification | [17] |
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