Anice Badri ( ar, أنيس البدري; born 18 September 1990) is a Tunisian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Espérance de Tunis :''See also Esperance (disambiguation)'' Espérance is one of the two French words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the commo ...

Club career

Anice Badri spent his childhood in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

, his hometown. At the age of 13, he joined the

Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, th ...

training center and played for three years in the youth teams of the club. In 2006, he suffered a herniated disc and must stop football for more than a year. He found the ground in 2008 at

AS Saint-Priest The Association Sportive de Saint Priest is a French association football team founded in 1945. It is based in Saint-Priest, Rhône Saint-Priest (; frp, Sant-Priést) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in ...

, where he remained a year under the team under 19 years. He then moved to

Monts d'Or Azergues Foot Grand Ouest Association Lyonnaise Football Club (''short'': GOAL FC, or Goal FC) is a French association football club founded in 2000. It took its current name in 2020 when Monts d'Or Azergues Foot merged with smaller amateur clubs ''Tassin FC'', ...

where he joined the first team in July 2010. He only played five matches in CFA2 until September of this year, when he joined

Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Lille has played its ...

, club reserve team. He played for two and a half years, playing 40 games for 9 goals. On 31 January 2013, Badri was loaned to

Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging betwee ...

, a Belgian Second Division team. He is regularly lined up and his loan extended for a season. He became a holder during the 2013–2014 and was an important part in the victory of the club in the final round for the accession to the

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, he scored a goal at each of the last three matches. He is transferred free of charge by Mouscron-Péruwelz on 3 July 2014 and scored a goal for his first match in Belgian First Division A against

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. He was holder at each match during the first lap but then sees his second half of the season disturbed by minor injuries. After his unsuccessful career in France and Belgium, he opted to return to his homeland Tunisia, where he joined the Tunisian giant

Espérance Sportive de Tunis (; ar, الترجي الرياضي التونسي, Attarajī ar-Riyāḍi Attūnisī, link=yes), also known as ''ES Tunis'' and , is a Tunisian sports club based in Bab Souika neighbourhood of Tunis, Tunisia. The club was founded in 1919, thu ...

in a four years contract. Since then, from being unused and forgotten, he rose to prominence, helping the club to win two consecutive

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titles for the first time, as well as making the club a formidable force in Tunisia.

International career

Badri was born and raised in France to parents of Tunisian descent. Badri opted to represent 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 ...

, and got his first call-up for a set of AFCON qualifiers against

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in March 2016. He scored his first goal on 5 September 2017 against

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at the 79th minute which brought the team closer to qualifying for the

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

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in Russia.

Personal life

Badri predominantly speaks French, having been born and raised in France. He also speaks fluent English, but he's not fluent in Arabic.

Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Badri, Anice 1990 births Living people Footballers from Lyon Association football forwards Citizens of Tunisia through descent Tunisian footballers Tunisia international footballers French footballers French expatriate footballers Tunisian expatriate footballers GOAL FC players Lille OSC players Royal Excel Mouscron players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Ittihad FC players Belgian Pro League players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Saudi Professional League players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia French sportspeople of Tunisian descent 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players