Ghailene Chaalali

Ghailene Chaalali
Chaalali playing for Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Ghailene Chaalali
Date of birth (1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 32)
Place of birth Manouba, Tunisia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Espérance de Tunis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Espérance de Tunis 89 (4)
2019–2020 Yeni Malatyaspor 11 (0)
2020–2024 Espérance de Tunis 44 (1)
2024–2026 Al Ahli Tripoli 21 (2)
International career‡
2017–2024 Tunisia 32 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
Runner-up2021 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 March 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 December 2022

Ghailene Chaalali (Arabic: غَيْلَان الشَّعْلَالِيّ; born 28 February 1994) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Tunisia national team.

Club career

Chaalali participated in 2015 CAF Champions League with the club team Espérance de Tunis. During this competition, he scored a goal against Cosmos de Bafia of Cameroon.[citation needed]

International career

In 2017, Chaalali was summoned to a training course of the Tunisian team before a match against Egypt counting for the qualification at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

As of 25 July 2019
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tunisia 201751
201840
201980
Total171
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chaalali goal.
List of international goals scored by Ghailene Chaalali
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
11 September 2017Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, Tunisia DR Congo2–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Espérance de Tunis

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "CAN 2019 – Tunisie-Égypte : Ghaylène Chaalali rejoint le stage des Aigles de Carthage". directinfo.webmanagercenter.com (in French). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Ghailene Chaalali". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 July 2018.