Salim Khelifi

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Salim Khelifi
Salim Khelifi (L), Muhamed Demiri (R) - Lausanne Sport vs. FC Thun - 22.10.2011.jpg
Salim Khelifi (left), with Muhamed Demiri.
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-26) 26 January 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth Lausanne, Switzerland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Zürich
Number 94
Youth career
2002–2007 Bex
2007–2009 Vevey-Sports
2009 Bex
2009–2011 Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Lausanne-Sport 76 (6)
2014–2015 Eintracht Braunschweig II 6 (1)
2014–2018 Eintracht Braunschweig 86 (11)
2018– Zürich 49 (8)
2019–2020 → Holstein Kiel (loan) 9 (0)
National team‡
2010–2011 Switzerland U17 9 (0)
2011–2013 Switzerland U19 18 (2)
2013–2016 Switzerland U21 11 (1)
2019– Tunisia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 July 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September 2020

Salim Khelifi (born 26 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for FC Zürich as a midfielder. A former youth international for Switzerland, Khelifi represents the Tunisia national football team.

Club career[]

Khelifi made his professional debut on 6 August 2012 for Lausanne-Sport against Servette in a Swiss Super League match. He scored his first league goal for the club on 17 November 2012 in a 3-0 home win against Thun.

In January 2014 Khelifi joined Eintracht Braunschweig, who played in the Bundesliga at the time.[1] He made his debut in the Bundesliga on 3 May 2014, replacing Karim Bellarabi in the 88th minute of Braunschweig's home game against FC Augsburg.[2]

On 21 June 2018, Khelifi signed a three-year contract with Swiss side FC Zürich.[3]

On 23 August 2019, Khelifi joined Holstein Kiel on a season-long loan deal with an option to make the deal permanent.[4]

International career[]

Khelifi debuted for the Tunisia national football team in a 1-0 friendly win over Mauritania on 6 September 2019.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Braunschweig packt Khelifi aus" (in German). kicker.de. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Match report". soccerway.com. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Der FC Zürich verpflichtet Mittelfeldspieler Salim Khelifi". fcz.ch. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Salim Khelifi kommt von FC Zürich nach Holstein Kiel" (in German). Holstein Kiel. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Tunisia vs. Mauritania - 6 September 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.

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