Ziad Jaziri (; born 12 July 1978) is a Tunisian former professional

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er who played as a striker. He has 64 caps and 14 goals for the Tunisia national team, and was called up to the

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. He was also in the

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squad. In addition, Jaziri was on the winning Tunisian team at the

2004 African Cup of Nations The 2004 African Cup of Nations was held from 24 January to 14 February 2004 in Tunisia. It was the 24th edition of the biennial international men's football championship of Africa, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Tun ...

. He scored the first goal for Tunisia in the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Saudi Arabia on 14 June 2006. On 14 July 2011, he was arrested with former Tunisian international Hatem Trabelsi and

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player Oussema Sallemi for questioning in a drug possession, consumption and trafficking affair.

Career statistics

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

Honours

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 60 ...

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* * 1978 births Living people Footballers from Sousse Tunisian men's footballers Tunisia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards 2000 African Cup of Nations players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Ligue 1 players Süper Lig players Kuwait Premier League players Étoile Sportive du Sahel players Gaziantepspor footballers ES Troyes AC players Kuwait SC players Tunisian expatriate men's footballers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Africa Cup of Nations–winning players {{Tunisia-footy-forward-stub