Ali Kaabi (born 15 November 1953) is a retired
Tunisia
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footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
.
Kaabi made 72 appearances and scored nine goals for the
Tunisia national football team
The Tunisia national football team ( ar, منتخب تونس لكرة القدم; ) represents Tunisia in men's international association football. The team is a member of both FIFA and CAF, the Confederation of African Football. It is governe ...
from 1973 to 1982, and he participated in the
1978 FIFA World Cup
The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June.
The Cup was won by t ...
. In Tunisia's first ever World Cup finals match, he scored a game-tying goal in a 3–1 win over
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, making Kaabi Tunisia's first-ever World Cup goalscorer.
He played as a
defender.
References
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1953 births
Living people
Tunisian footballers
Tunisia international footballers
1978 FIFA World Cup players
1978 African Cup of Nations players
1982 African Cup of Nations players
Competitors at the 1975 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Tunisia
Al Hilal SFC players
Association football defenders
Mediterranean Games medalists in football
Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
Tunisian expatriate footballers
Saudi Professional League players
20th-century Tunisian people
21st-century Tunisian people
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