Chaouki Ben Saada ( ar, شوقي بن سعادة; born 1 July 1984) is a French-born former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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and
forward for the
Tunisia national team.
Club career
Born in
Bastia
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, France, Ben Saada made 170 appearances for
Bastia
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, scoring 16 goals for the team.
On 2 July 2008, he signed with
Ligue 1 side
OGC Nice for €1.5 million along with teammate
Kafoumba Coulibaly
Kafoumba Coulibaly (born 26 October 1985) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Coulibaly, a defensive midfielder, began his career at the famous Ivorian club ASEC Abidjan, in their youth academy run by ...
, agreeing to a three-year contract.
After a three-year stint with Nice, he signed a two-year deal with
Ligue 2 outfit
RC Lens
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on 24 August 2011.
In August 2012, Ben Saada moved to Ligue 2 club
Arles-Avignon on a two-year contract. In October 2014, he then signed a one-year contract with
Troyes AC
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, extending his stay in the
Ligue 2.
International career
Ben Saada played international football for France at youth level, earning an
Under-17 World Championship medal in 2001. Since then, he adopted the Tunisian nationality of his parents, and first played for the
national side in March 2005. He has won 12 international caps, scoring 1 goal (as of 7 June 2006). He was in the Tunisian squad for the
2006 African Cup of Nations, but was initially omitted from the squad for
2006 World Cup
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, before being called up to replace
Issam Jomaa, who withdrew with a knee injury.
Career statistics
International goals
:''Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ben Saada goal''.
References
External links
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FFF Profile
1984 births
Living people
Footballers from Bastia
French sportspeople of Tunisian descent
Tunisian men's footballers
Tunisia men's international footballers
French men's footballers
France men's youth international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2006 FIFA World Cup players
2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
SC Bastia players
OGC Nice players
RC Lens players
AC Arlésien players
ES Troyes AC players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
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