Mootez Zaddem

Tunisian footballer
Mootez Zaddem
Zaddem with Étoile du Sahel in 2022
Personal information
Full name Mootez Zaddem[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 23)[1]
Place of birth Sousse, Tunisia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Espérance de Tunis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Valmiera 23 (0)
2021–2022 → Étoile du Sahel (loan) 21 (0)
2022– Espérance de Tunis 21 (2)
2024 → Al Masry (loan) 17 (5)
International career‡
2020–2021 Tunisia U20 12 (0)
2021– Tunisia 3 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
Runner-up 2021 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Mootez Zaddem (Arabic: معتز الزدام; born 5 January 2001 in Sousse) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Espérance de Tunis and the Tunisia national team.[2][3]

Club career

On 10 September 2021, Zaddem moved to Étoile du Sahel on a one-year loan from Valmeria.[4]

Zaddem in action in a CAF Champions League match for Étoile du Sahel

International career

With the under 20s, he participated in the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in 2021. During this competition held in Mauritania, he played six games. Tunisia ranked fourth in the tournament, losing to the Gambia in the match for third place.[citation needed]

Zaddem made his international debut for Tunisia on 3 December 2021, coming off the bench in the 86th minute against the Syria national football team.[4][5] He was part of the squad that were runners-up in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 June 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valmiera 2020 Latvian Higher League 18 0 1 0 — 1[a] 0 — 20 0
2021 Latvian Higher League 5 0 0 0 — 2[b] 0 — 7 0
Total 23 0 1 0 — 3 0 — 27 0
Étoile du Sahel (loan) 2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 21 0 1 0 — 6[c] 0 — 28 0
Espérance de Tunis 2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 17 1 4 1 — 9[c] 0 — 30 2
2023–24 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 4 1 0 0 — 2[d] 0 2[e] 0 8 1
Total 21 2 4 1 — 11 0 2 0 38 3
Al Masry (loan) 2023–24 Egyptian Premier League 17 5 0 0 1 0 — — 18 5
Career total 82 7 6 1 1 0 20 0 2 0 111 8
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  3. ^ a b Appearances in CAF Champions League
  4. ^ One appearance in CAF Champions League, one appearance in African Football League
  5. ^ Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

International

As of 26 March 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Tunisia U20 2020 4 0
2021 8 0
Total 12 0
Tunisia 2021 2 0
2024 1 0
Total 3 0
Career total 15 0

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Mootez Zaddem". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Tunisia beat Namibia 2-0". The Namibian. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Mootez Zaddem". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  5. ^ VAVEL.com (2021-12-04). "Goals and Highlights: Syria 2-0 Tunisia in FIFA Arab Cup 2021 | 12/04/2021". VAVEL. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  6. ^ "SquadLists" (PDF). Retrieved 20 December 2021.

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