Khaled Badra ( ar, خالد بدرة; born 8 April 1973) is a Tunisian former professional

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Badra was born in

Kairouan Kairouan (, ), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan ( ar, ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, al-Qayrawān , aeb, script=Latn, Qeirwān ), is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by th ...

. After beginnings with his hometown's squad,

Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise ( ar, الشبيبة الرياضية القيروانية) or JSK is a football club from Kairouan in Tunisia. Founded in 1942, the team plays in green and white colours. Their ground is Stade Hamda Laouani, whi ...

, he joined

Espérance de Tunis :''See also Esperance (disambiguation)'' Espérance is one of the two French words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the commo ...

in 1996. He made a name for himself in the country as a powerful and uncompromising centre-back, who could also score from set pieces. He earned a call up to the

Tunisian national football team The Tunisia national football team ( ar, منتخب تونس لكرة القدم; ) represents Tunisia in men's international association football. The team is a member of both FIFA and CAF, the Confederation of African Football. It is govern ...

for the

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at the age of 23 and became a virtual ever-present after that. His good form for the national side was mirrored in Tunisian competitions, where he has led Espérance to continuous league triumphs. His club football career has been varied – solid and loyal service interspersed by short spells abroad. He also played for

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in Seria B, Al-Ahli Jeddah in

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, and

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in the Turkish league. He plans to see out his career at Espérance.

International career

Badra featured for the Tunisia national team in both 1998 World Cup and

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, as well as the three African Nations Cups in that time. His finest hour came in the

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when Tunisia hosted the games. He scored two penalties in the semi final against

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(one in normal time and another in the shootout), but also picked up a yellow card meaning he was suspended for the final. He decided to retire from international football in 2006.

International goals

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

Honours

Espérance Sportive de Tunis : Tunisian League: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006 : Tunisian President Cup: 1997, 1999 :

African Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

: 1998 :

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: 1997 :

: 1998 Al-Ahli (Jeddah) :

Crown Prince Cup The Saudi Crown Prince's Cup ( ar, كأس ولي العهد) was the Saudi Arabian annual cup competition. It was the oldest domestic football competition in Saudi Arabia, its first edition was held in 1956–57, but was not crowned from 1975 unti ...

: 2002, 2007 :

Arab Champions League The Arab Club Champions Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال, french: Ligue des Champions Arabe) is an annual regional club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by el ...

: 2003 :

Saudi Federation cup Prince Faisal bin Fahd League U-21, formerly Saudi Federation Cup/Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup U-21/Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup and currently known as Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Cup, is an association football league of Saudi Arabia. It was founded in t ...

: 2007 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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