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Wahbi khazri , born the February 8, 1991 In Ajaccio, is a Tunisian international footballer playing the post of attacking midfielder or striker at Montpellier HSC.

Trained at SC Bastia from 2004, Khazri made his professional debut there in 2009 and quickly became a strong man of the team with whom he successively knows the rise of National in Ligue 2 in 2011, then from Ligue 2 to Ligue 1 in 2012. He left Sporting in 2014 and passed two seasons under the colors of the Girondins de Bordeaux. In 2016, he attempted experience in Sunderland in the Premier League; His first season is average and he was loaned to Stade Rennais during the 2017-2018 fiscal year. His good season in Rennes (11 goals in 29 games) draws the attention of AS Saint-Etienne who recruited him in July 2018.

Wahbi Khazri was also the co-captain of the Tunisia team, whose jersey he wore 74 times for 25 goals between 2013 and 2022, and with which he played the 2018 World Cup and the 2022 World Cup .

In 2004, he joined the Ajaccio Hopes pole, for two years of pre -training.

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He took his first steps as a professional, the February 20, 2009 , against Amiens SC at the Licorne stadium; He offers a decisive pass in Serisay Barthélémy in the ten minutes spent on the field, the match ending with a victory on a score of 1-0 for his club.

For its second appearance three weeks later, the 13 mars At the Armand-Cesari stadium, he scored his first goal in Ligue 2 on a free kick, offering a precious victory to his team against Montpellier HSC in the last minutes of the match ^{[ 2 ]} .

He then made a holder’s place within the eleven led by Bernard Casoni, playing a total of 13 games for 3 goals scored.

The 16 mars 2013 , Khazri scored a goal against Olympique Lyonnais, SC Bastia winning the match on the 4-1 score ^{[ 3 ]} .

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The first ^is July 2014 , he joined four years with the Girondins de Bordeaux. He played his first match in his new colors August 9, 2014 , on the first day of the 2014-2015 season against Montpellier HSC. Bordeaux wins by a goal at zero that day ^{[ 4 ]} . He scored his first goal from his second appearance for Bordeaux, during the next day while the Girondins welcome AS Monaco, the August 17 . He scored his goal on a penalty that he himself provoked and thus participated in the victory of his family (4-1) ^{[ 5 ]} .

The September 28, 2014 , he scored 3,400 ^{It is} goal in the history of the Girondins ^{[ 6 ]} . His first season at the Girondins is a success: he manages to win within the team as a holder and totals nine goals in 32 games of the championship games ^{[ 7 ]} .

He scored his first goal of the 2015-2016 season, from his first match against the Stade de Reims le le August 9, 2015 (defeat on the score of 2-1) ^{[ 8 ]} . The September 11th , he scored a goal in a high-tension match with the championship leader, Paris Saint-Germain; He manages to take the ball of Kevin Trapp, the opposing goalkeeper, even if the match ends on a draw (2-2) ^{[ 9 ]} .

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The January 29, 2016 , Wahbi Khazri is committed for four and a half years with the English club Sunderland, realizing his dream of playing in the England championship. For his start in the Premier League, he replaces Jeremain Lens at the start when receiving Manchester City, from the February 2 (0-1 defeat). Holder four days later for the trip to Liverpool, he issued his first assist, to Jermain Defoe, for equalization (final score 2-2) before scoring his first goal in England the following week by opening the score facing at Manchester United (victory over the 2-1 score). He scored his second goal May 7 of a volley from the outside of the surface, facing Chelsea for a 3 -goals to 2 victory which allows the Black Cats to get out of the red zone before the last day of the championship ^{[ ten ] , [ 11 ]} .

The following season is very difficult for the Sunderland club which fails to maintain itself in the elite, and which is even relegated in 2018 to League One, the third national level ^{[ twelfth ]} .

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The August 31, 2017 , it is loaned without option to buy at Stade Rennais ^{[ 13 ]} . He scored his first goal against Olympique de Marseille September 10 As part of the fifth day of Ligue 1.

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The July 17, 2018 , he is transferred to AS Saint-Étienne for four years and chooses to wear number 10 ^{[ 14 ]} . Khazri played his first match with the “Greens” During the first day of Ligue 1, the August 11 Against Guingamp at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, and it was that day that he also scored his first goal in his new colors. He opened the scoring by making a volley back following a center from the left of Loïs Diony. ASSE wins on the score of 2-1 during this part ^{[ 15 ]} .

The September 28 , on behalf of the eighth day of L1, he performs a home performance against AS Monaco, scoring the only two goals of the match, therefore making his first double with Saint-Étienne ^{[ 16 ]} . The January 12, 2019 , while ASSE travels to the Roudourou stadium to face Guingamp once again, Wahbi Khazri scored the only goal of the match on a direct free kick at the ground, deceiving the opposing goalkeeper Marc-Aurèle Caillard. This achievement allows him to bring his total goals to ten units, score that he had never previously achieved in a single season in the league ^{[ 17 ]} . His second part of the season is less brilliant but he still finished the 2018-2019 season with thirteen goals scored, making him the top scorer of his team on this exercise ^{[ 18 ]} .

The 2019-2020 season is difficult to start for Khazri. If he is a decisive passer for Romain Hamouma during the victory in Dijon (1-2) ^{[ 19 ]} , we must wait until the eleventh day, the October 27 Faced with Amiens SC, to see him write his first goal of the season, not enough, however to obtain the victory (2-2) ^{[ 20 ]} . Khazri, who is then injured with his selection in November, is absent for several weeks ^{[ 21 ]} .

Due to the club’s state of finances, it is placed on the list of splashes by Claude Puel during the 2020-2021 season ^{[ 22 ]} . However, despite contacts in Trabzonspor, vice champion of Türkiye ^{[ 23 ]} , the club does not manage to sell it. He is therefore reinstated in the group with a first match against Lens, where he takes a red card after a late tackle ^{[ 24 ]} . He scored his first goal of the penalty season against Lille (1-1) on November 29 ^{[ 25 ]} .

His playing time is reduced compared to the previous seasons, but he manages by dint of perseverance to regain his place as a holder and even registered the first hat-trick of his career during the victory (4-1) against Bordeaux on April 11, 2021 ^{[ 26 ] , [ 27 ]} . This match also allows him to reach the symbolic bar of the 200 games in Ligue 1 ^{[ 28 ]} . He then revealed himself as one of the great craftsmen of maintaining ASSE in the first division ^{[ 29 ]} .

During the 2021-2022 season, the October 30, 2021 , during a trip to face FC Metz, he scored his seventh goal of the season in Ligue 1 on a 68 -meter shot, the most distant goal of the L1 since 2006, the first year when the distance from winning strikes is measured ^{[ 30 ]} . After the ouster of Claude Puel, it is Julien Sablé who occupies the position of acting coach and entrusted the captain’s armband in Khazri, he was hitherto held by Mahdi Camara. Khazri continues his role as captain under the direction of the new coach Pascal Dupraz ^{[ thirty first ]} .

At the end of the contract, Wahbi Khazri does not extend with the Greens and plans to continue his career in Ligue 1 where he is expected at Montpellier HSC ^{[ 32 ]} .

Montpellier HSC [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The June 27, 2022 , Wahbi Khazri officially signs with the Hérault club ^{[ 33 ]} .

Khazri played his first match for Montpellier August 7, 2022 , on the first day of the 2022-2023 season of Ligue 1, facing ES Troyes AC. He is tenured and his team won by three goals with two ^{[ 34 ]} . He scored his first goal with the MHSC on August 13 on the lawn of PSG (5-2 defeat).

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In December 2012 , Wahbi Khazri chooses to play for the Tunisia team, after being successively selected for France and Tunisia in youth teams. He is thus one of the 23 players selected by Sami Trabelsi for the CAN 2013. He scored his first goal 23 mars 2013 , on a direct free kick against Sierra Leone, during a match counting for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

In January 2015 , he is part of the selection of Georges Leekens for the CAN 2015, during which he did not score any goal, then the 23 players selected to participate in the CAN 2017, where Tunisia is eliminated in the quarterfinals after a good first round.

He then participated with his teammates in the qualification of Tunisia for the 2018 World Cup after twelve years of absence. In the final phase, he holds the point (and captain) holder during the defeat (1-2) of the first match in Russia against England; He then scored a goal against Belgium at the end of the match and then delivered his team against Panama in a victory for honor. He thus becomes the first Tunisian player in history to score twice consecutive in the World Cup ^{[ 35 ]} . His good performances (2 goals and 2 assists on the 5 goals of Tunisia, the 5 ^{It is} Being a penalty) are worth Khazri to appear in one of the three standard teams of the competition.

In the third match of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Mauritania, the October 7, 2021 , he marks his 22 ^{It is} But under the colors of Tunisia, becoming the second top scorer in the selection behind Issam Jemâa (36 goals) ^{[ 36 ]} . On the occasion of the second day of the group stage of the African Cup of Nations 2021, Khazri scored his first double of the competition against Mauritania, in a match where the Carthage Eagles won (4-0 ).

The November 14, 2022 , he is selected by Jalel Kadri to participate in the 2022 World Cup ^{[ 37 ]} . He scored Tunisia’s first goal in the competition in the last group match against France (1-0) ^{[ 38 ]} . He announced the day after this match the end of his international career ^{[ 39 ]} After 74 games.

Private life [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Wahbi Khazri celebrates his marriage on June 15, 2017 ^{[ 40 ]} .

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SC Bastia

AS Saint-Etienne

He is a member of the Ligue 2 type team during the 2011-2012 season at the 2012 UNFP trophies.

In November 2018, he received the UNFP 1 -month player trophy in Ligue 1 ^{[ 42 ]} . In December of the same year, he received the title of best Tunisian footballer of the year ^{[ 43 ]} .

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