Ziad Jaziri ( ar, زياد جزيري) (born 12 July 1978 in
Tunis
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n former
football
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striker.
He has 64 caps and 14 goals for the
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
, and was called up to the
2006 World Cup. He was also in the
2002 World Cup
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squad. In addition, Jaziri was on the winning Tunisian team at the
2004 African Cup of Nations. He scored the first goal for Tunisia in the
2006 World Cup against Saudi Arabia on June 14, 2006.
On July 14, 2011, he was arrested with former Tunisian international
Hatem Trabelsi
Hatem Trabelsi ( ar, حاتم الطرابلسي, Ḥātem Ṭrabelsī; born 25 January 1977) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a right-back for CS Sfaxien, Ajax, Manchester City and Al-Hilal Riyadh. At international le ...
and
Club Africain
Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis that competes in the Tunisian Championship. It fields several sports teams, including football, handball, basketball, swimming and volleyball. The foot ...
player Oussema Sallemi for questioning in a drug possession, consumption and trafficking affair.
International career
International goals
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Honours
Tunisia
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Africa Cup of Nations
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2004
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Events January
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References
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1978 births
Living people
Footballers from Tunis
Tunisian footballers
Tunisian expatriate footballers
Tunisia international footballers
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
Étoile Sportive du Sahel players
ES Troyes AC players
Kuwait SC players
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Gaziantepspor footballers
Expatriate footballers in France
Ligue 1 players
Süper Lig players
Expatriate footballers in Kuwait
Kuwait Premier League players
Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in France
Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
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