Wissem Ben Yahia (born 9 September 1984) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Club Africain. Born in France, he represented

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at international level.

Club career

In July 2011, Ben Yahia signed a three-year contract with Turkish

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side

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. In July 2014, he signed a two-year contract with

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side Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor.

International career

He was part of the Tunisian

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

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and runners-up Australia. He has also appeared in several friendlies with the

Tunisia 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 governe ...

International goals

:''Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.''

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* * 1984 births Living people Footballers from Paris Association football midfielders Citizens of Tunisia through descent Tunisian footballers French footballers French expatriate footballers Tunisian expatriate footballers Tunisia international footballers French sportspeople of Tunisian descent Mersin İdman Yurdu footballers Gaziantep F.K. footballers Club Africain players Süper Lig players TFF First League players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Olympic footballers of Tunisia Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2011 African Nations Championship players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey Tunisia A' international footballers {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub