Sami Trabelsi

Sami Trabelsi

Personal information
Full name	Sami Trabelsi
Date of birth	(1968-02-04) February 4, 1968
Place of birth	Sfax, Tunisia
Height
Position(s)	Center back
Team information
Current team	Al Sailiya (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1993	Sfax Railways Sports	187	(6)
1993–2000	Sfaxien	191	(8)
2000–2001	Al Rayyan	22	(0)
2001–2002	Sfaxien	28	(1)
Total		428	(15)
International career
1994–2001	Tunisia	52	(0)
Managerial career
2011–2013	Tunisia
2013–	Al Sailiya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sami Trabelsi (Arabic: سامي طرابلسي‎‎) (born 4 February 1968) is a former Tunisian football player and the head coach of Al Sailiya in the Qatar Stars League.

He played for a few clubs, most notably CS Sfaxien.

He has 52 caps for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. After retirement as a player, he became an assistant coach for the Tunisia and coached national side for one match against France as a caretaker coach.

On March 11, 2011, Trabelsi was officially appointed as the manager of the Tunisian National Team. But following the failure of the national team to get past the first round at the African Nations Cup 2013, Tunisia accepted Trabelsi's resignation, and he was replaced by the Tunisian coach Nabil Maâloul.

On June 8, 2013, Trabelsi was named head coach of the Qatari side Al Sailiya.

Playing career

Sami marked his debut in the club Sfax Railways Sports before joining CS Sfaxien. In 1998 FIFA World Cup, Sami became the leader of the Tunisian national team and he formed an undefeated defense line with Khaled Badra.

Managerial statistics

As of 12 February 2015

Team	From	To
G	W	D	L	Win %
Tunisia	11 March 2011	8 February 2013	32	13	10	9	40.63
Al Sailiya	8 June 2013	Present	54	20	15	19	37.04
Total			86	33	25	28	38.37

External links

• Sami Trabelsi at National-Football-Teams.com