Ghailene Chaalali ( ar, غيلان الشعلالي; born 28 February 1994) is a Tunisian professional

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who plays as a

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for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club

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and the Tunisia national team.

Club career

Chaalali participated in

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with the club team

. During this competition, he scored a goal against Cosmos de Bafia of

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International career

In 2017, Chaalali was summoned to a training course of the Tunisian team before a match against

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counting for the qualification at the

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

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in Russia.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chaalali goal.''

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* 1994 births Living people People from Manouba Governorate Men's association football midfielders Tunisian men's footballers Tunisia men's international footballers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Yeni Malatyaspor footballers Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Tunisian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub