Hamdi Harbaoui ( ar, حمدي الحرباوي; born 5 January 1985) is a Tunisian

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who plays as a striker.

Club career

Harbaoui started his career in his home country with Espérance Tunis. In the winter transfer window in season 2007–08, Harbaoui joined Belgian side

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, who loaned him to Visé. After two successful seasons with Visé he was signed by OH Leuven, who were at that time playing in the Belgian Second Division. At OH Leuven, he immediately became a key player, scoring 25 goals during the 2010–11 season and thereby became the second division top scorer. Having helped OH Leuven to promotion to the

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, he signed with Lokeren. With Lokeren, he won the 2011–12 Belgian Cup, scoring the only goal in the cup final. In the 2013–14 season, still with Lokeren, he won the Belgian Cup again and also became the season's top scorer in the league with 22 goals in 33 games. In July 2014, Harbaoui moved to

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on a two-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of €2.5 million On 9 May 2016, Harbaoui signed a three-year contract with Italian side

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. On 30 August 2016, just three months after joining Udinese and without having made an appearance in a competitive match, Harbaoui returned to Belgium, moving to Anderlecht on a one-year deal. In January 2017, he was sent out on loan to

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for the second half of the season.

International goals

:''As of match played 3 June 2016. Tunisia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Harbaoui goal.''

Honours

;ES Tunis *

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: 2003–04, 2005–06 *

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: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 ;Lokeren *

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: 2011–12 Belgian Cup, 2011–12, 2013–14 Belgian Cup, 2013–14 ;Individual * Belgian Second Division top scorer: 2010–11 * Belgian Lion Award: 2013, 2014 * Belgian First Division A top scorer: 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19

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* 1985 births Living people People from Bizerte Association football forwards Tunisian footballers Tunisian expatriate footballers Tunisia international footballers Royal Excel Mouscron players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Oud-Heverlee Leuven players C.S. Visé players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Qatar SC players Udinese Calcio players R.S.C. Anderlecht players R. Charleroi S.C. players S.V. Zulte Waregem players Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Qatar Belgian Pro League players Belgian First Division B players Qatar Stars League players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Expatriate footballers in Italy Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub