Seifedin Chabbi (born 4 July 1993) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

SV Ried SV Ried is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena, a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. After being relegated from Austrian Football Bundesli ...

Club career

In February 2020, he joined St Mirren on loan. Despite only making two substitute appearances before the season was cut short due to the

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, Chabbi gained a cult following from the fans, with the supporters podcast dubbing him ‘Big Chebs’. On 16 October 2020, he signed with

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. On 8 June 2021, he returned to

on a two-year contract.

Personal life

Chabbi is the son of the Tunisian football manager

Lassaad Chabbi Lassaad Jarda Chabbi (born 23 August 1961) is a Tunisian football manager. He formerly managed Raja CA till November 2021. In 2018 he had a passage at SV Ried. Personal Chabbi is the father of professional football players Seifedin Chabbi and N ...

Honours

;Austria Lustenau Runners-up *

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: 2013–14

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* 1993 births Living people People from Bludenz Austrian footballers Austria youth international footballers Austrian people of Tunisian descent TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players SC Austria Lustenau players FC St. Gallen players SK Sturm Graz players Regionalliga players 2. Liga (Austria) players Swiss Super League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austrian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Association football forwards St Mirren F.C. players TSV Hartberg players SV Ried players Expatriate footballers in Scotland Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Scottish Professional Football League players Footballers from Vorarlberg {{Austria-footy-forward-stub