Ziad Jaziri

Ziad Jaziri (Arabic: زياد جزيري; born 12 July 1978) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Ziad Jaziri

Personal information
Full name	Ziad Jaziri[1]
Date of birth	(1978-07-12) 12 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Sousse, Tunisia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	Étoile du Sahel
2003–2005	Gaziantepspor	49	(17)
2005–2007	Troyes	44	(6)
2007–2008	Al-Kuwait	15	(9)
International career
1999–2007	Tunisia	64	(14)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Tunisia Africa Cup of Nations Winner 2004 Tunisia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He has 64 caps and 14 goals for the Tunisia national team, and was called up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was also in the 2002 World Cup squad. In addition, Jaziri was on the winning Tunisian team at the 2004 African Cup of Nations. He scored the first goal for Tunisia in the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Saudi Arabia on 14 June 2006.

On 14 July 2011, he was arrested with former Tunisian international Hatem Trabelsi and Club Africain player Oussema Sallemi for questioning in a drug possession, consumption and trafficking affair.^[2]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.^[3]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 April 2000	Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia	Mauritania	2–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	7 October 2000	Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia	Gabon	1–0	4–2	2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3.	28 January 2001	Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire, Congo	Congo	2–1	2–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	25 February 2001	Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia	DR Congo	2–0	6–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.				4–0
6.	20 May 2001	Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia	Ivory Coast	1–1	1–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.	17 June 2001	Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia	Kenya	2–0	4–1	2002 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8.				3–0
9.	26 May 2002	Kimiidera Athletic Stadium, Wakayama, Japan	Denmark	1–1	1–2	Friendly
10.	14 January 2004	Stade de Houmet Es'Souk, Djerba, Tunisia	Benin	1–0	2–0	Friendly
11.	24 January 2004	Stade 7 November, Radès, Tunisia	Rwanda	1–0	2–1	2004 African Cup of Nations
12.	14 February 2004	Stade 7 November, Radès, Tunisia	Morocco	2–1	2–1	2004 African Cup of Nations
13.	9 October 2004	Chichiri Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi	Malawi	1–2	2–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.	14 June 2006	FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich, Germany	Saudi Arabia	1–0	2–2	2006 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Tunisia

• Africa Cup of Nations: 2004^[4]

References

1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
2. "Three Tunisian players detained and questioned on drug charges | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
3. "Jaziri, Ziad". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
4. "Tunisia win Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

External links

• Ziad Jaziri at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ziad Jaziri at L'Équipe Football (in French)