Hamza Mathlouthi ( ar, حمزة المثلوثي; born 25 July 1992) is a Tunisian professional

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who plays as a

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for

Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, an ...

and the Tunisia national team.

Club career

Mathlouthi started his career playing for

CA Bizertin Club Athlétique Bizertin ( ar, النادي الرياضي البنزرتي) or CAB is a football club from Bizerte in Tunisia. It was founded on June 20, 1928. CA Bizertin have won the Tunisian League four times, the Tunisian Cup three times, ...

, he later played for

CS Sfaxien Club Sportif Sfaxien ( ar, النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي) is a Tunisian professional association football club founded in 1928. History The club was founded in 1928 as ''Club Tunisien'', playing in green and red stripes. The team ...

, before joining Egyptian club

in 2020.

International career

Mathlouthi was part of the Tunisian squad in the

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and

2021 Africa Cup of Nations The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2021 or CAN 2021), known as the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's foo ...

tournaments. He scored his first goal for his country in the 2021 tournament (played in January 2022) against

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

in Limbe.

Honours

CA Bizertin *

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (; ar, الرابطة المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم) was previously called the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994. is the top division football tournament in Tunisia und ...

: runner-up 2011–12 Zamalek *

Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premier League (WE EPL) after the addition of title sponsor WE, is a professional association football league in Egypt and the top level of th ...

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, 2021-22 *

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* 1992 births Living people People from Bizerte Tunisian footballers Association football defenders Tunisia international footballers 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Egyptian Premier League players CA Bizertin players CS Sfaxien players Zamalek SC players Tunisian expatriate footballers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate footballers in Egypt 2016 African Nations Championship players Tunisia A' international footballers {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub