Faouzi Rouissi

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Faouzi Rouissi
Personal information
Full name Faouzi Rouissi
Date of birth (1971-03-20) 20 March 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Tunis, Tunisia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1981–1988 Club Africain
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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]

Career Statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [3]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tunisia 198960
199042
199150
199262
199357
199443
199520
199620
199710
199871
199973
200020
200130
Total5418
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rouissi goal.
List of international goals scored by Faouzi Rouissi
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
119 August 1990 El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, TunisiaFlag of Chad.svg  Chad 2-12-1 1992 African Cup of Nations qualification [4]
218 November 1990 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2-02-01992 African Cup of Nations qualification [5]
311 October 1992El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, TunisiaFlag of Benin.svg  Benin 1-05-1 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification [6]
420 December 1992El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, TunisiaFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1-01-11994 FIFA World Cup qualification [7]
510 January 1993 Boujemaa Kmiti Stadium, Béja, TunisiaFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1-03-0 Friendly [8]
617 January 1993 Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, BeninFlag of Benin.svg  Benin 2-05-01994 FIFA World Cup qualification [9]
73-0
85-0
922 September 1993El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, TunisiaFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 1-11-1Friendly [10]
107 November 1993El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, TunisiaFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1-02-0Friendly [11]
112-0
1217 March 1994El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, TunisiaFlag of Niger.svg  Niger 1-04-2Friendly [12]
133-0
1430 March 1994El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, TunisiaFlag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire 1-01-1 1994 African Cup of Nations [13]
154 February 1998 Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako, MaliFlag of Mali.svg  Mali 1-01-0Friendly [14]
1622 January 1999 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, AlgeriaFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1-01-0 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification [15]
1728 February 1999El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, TunisiaFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 5-06-02000 African Cup of Nations qualification [16]
1810 April 1999 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, UgandaFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2-02-02000 African Cup of Nations qualification [17]

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