Anis Ayari ( ar, أنيس العياري; born February 16, 1982) is a Tunisian former footballer. He last played for Étoile du Sahel.

Club career

Ayari debuted as a player with

Stade Tunisien Stade Tunisien (; ar, الملعب التونسي) or ST is a football club from Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia. Alongside Espérance de Tunis and Club Africain it forms the group of three best teams in the capital city region. Founded in 1948, it is th ...

in March 2002, playing both defence and midfield. Ayari moved from Stade Tunisien in 2004 to Turkish club Samsunspor. He joined French first division side Lorient at the start of 2006-07 but his contract was cancelled in April 2007 by mutual consent. Later that same season he signed for Étoile du Sahel.

International career

He was a member of the Tunisian

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football team, who exited in the first round, finishing third in group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina and runners-up

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. He was part of the squad that won the

2004 African Cup of Nations The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the NOKIA African Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004 for sponsorship reasons (also referred to as AFCON 2004 or CAN 2004) is the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's footb ...

Honours

Tunisia *

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

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* 1982 births Living people Tunisian footballers Tunisia international footballers Tunisian expatriate footballers Stade Tunisien players FC Lorient players 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Tunisia Samsunspor footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Turkey Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in France Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Ligue 1 players Süper Lig players People from Ben Arous Governorate Association football defenders Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Tunisia Mediterranean Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub