Ellyes Skhiri
Tunisian footballer (born 1995) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tunisian footballer (born 1995) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ellyes Joris Skhiri (Arabic: إلياس الصخيري; born 10 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.[3] Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.[4][5]
_by_Sandro_Halank–182_(cropped2).jpg) Skhiri playing for 1. FC Köln in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ellyes Joris Skhiri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1995[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Lunel, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1][2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2010 | Gallia Club Lunel | ||
| 2010–2014 | Montpellier | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Montpellier B | 57 | (3) |
| 2015–2019 | Montpellier | 123 | (10) |
| 2019–2023 | 1. FC Köln | 118 | (17) |
| 2023– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 27 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Tunisia U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018– | Tunisia | 67 | (3) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 21 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 9 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Skhiri is a youth product of Montpellier HSC. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 21 March 2015 against Evian Thonon Gaillard replacing Paul Lasne in extra time in a 1–0 away defeat.[6]
On 29 July 2019, Skhiri joined 1. FC Köln on a four-year deal.[7] On 28 November 2020, he scored a brace in a 2–1 away win over Borussia Dortmund.[8]
On 5 July 2023, Skhiri signed a four-year contract with fellow Bundesliga club, Eintracht Frankfurt.[9] A month later, on 31 August, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 win over Levski Sofia in the 2023–24 Conference League play-off round second leg, which qualified his club to the group phase.[10]
Skhiri was born and raised in France to Tunisian father and French mother. He was called up to the Tunisia Olympic team several times.[11] Skhiri made his debut for the Tunisia Olympic team in a friendly against the Morocco U23 squad.[12]
Skhiri made his senior debut for the Tunisia national football team in a friendly 1–0 win over Iran on 23 March 2018.[13]
In June 2018, he was named in Tunisia's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[14] He was part of the national team which reached the semi-finals of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[15] In November 2022, he was called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[16]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Montpellier | 2014–15 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 4 | |||
| 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 3 | |||
| Total | 123 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 133 | 10 | ||||
| 1. FC Köln | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 35 | 5 | |||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 23 | 5 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | 7[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | – | 40 | 8 | |||
| Total | 118 | 17 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 133 | 20 | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 9[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | – | 38 | 5 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 9 | 2 | – | 39 | 5 | ||||
| Career total | 268 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 305 | 35 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 2018 | 13 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 3 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 25 March 2021 | Martyrs of February Stadium, Benghazi, Libya |  Libya | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2. | 3 September 2021 | Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, Tunisia |  Equatorial Guinea | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 7 October 2021 | Stade Olympique Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, Tunisia |  Mauritania | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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