Ali Kaabi (born 15 November 1953) is a retired

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footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. Kaabi made 72 appearances and scored nine goals for 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 ...

from 1973 to 1982, and he participated in the

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. In Tunisia's first ever World Cup finals match, he scored a game-tying goal in a 3–1 win over

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, making Kaabi Tunisia's first-ever World Cup goalscorer. He played as a defender.

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1953 births Living people Tunisian footballers Tunisia international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players 1978 African Cup of Nations players 1982 African Cup of Nations players Competitors at the 1975 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Tunisia Al Hilal SFC players Association football defenders Mediterranean Games medalists in football Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Tunisian expatriate footballers Saudi Professional League players 20th-century Tunisian people 21st-century Tunisian people {{tunisia-footy-bio-stub