Salim Khelifi

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.

Salim Khelifi
Salim Khelifi (left), with Muhamed Demiri.
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-26) 26 January 1994
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 65 (3)
2014–2015 Eintracht Braunschweig II 6 (1)
2014–2018 Eintracht Braunschweig 80 (11)
2018– Zürich 27 (4)
2019–2020 → Holstein Kiel (loan) 8 (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 13:40, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 September 2020

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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