Mejdi Traoui (born December 13, 1983 in

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) is a

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Career

On May 1, 2008, Traoui signed a contract at Red Bull Salzburg until summer 2011. He made two substitute appearances in the Austrian Bundesliga for Red Bull Salzburg during 2008. In January 2009 he was loaned to Al-Wehda for the remainder of the season.

International career

Traoui was part of the

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2004 Olympic The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

football team, which exited in the first round, finishing third in group C, behind group and gold medal winners

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and runners-up

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. Traoui was picked by Tunisia for the

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. He scored a late equaliser, during Tunisia's 2-2 draw with

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

during the first round of games in Tunisia's group D, on January 23.

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* 1983 births Living people Tunisian footballers Association football midfielders Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Tunisia Tunisia international footballers 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players Étoile Sportive du Sahel players Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players 2011 African Nations Championship players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players FC Red Bull Salzburg players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Expatriate footballers in Austria Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Tunisia A' international footballers People from Sousse {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub