Hamdi Marzouki ( ar, حمدي مرزوقي; born 23 January 1977) is a retired

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n professional

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who played as a defender. From 2000 to 2004, he represented

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 ...

internationally and played at the

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in Korea-Japan. Marzouki has also represented

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in the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Club career

Club Africain

Marzouki began his professional career with

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (; ar, الرابطة المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم) was previously called the Tunisian National Championship between 1956 and 1994. is the top division football tournament in Tunisia und ...

side Club Africain in 2000 and played for the club twice. In 2001, he helped Club Africain to reach the Semi-finals of the African Cup Winners' Cup. Between 2000 and 2002, he appeared in 50 league matches and scored 4 goals.

Stade Tunisien

In 2002, he signed with Stade Tunisien of the

and appeared in 57 league matches, scoring 6 goals. With the Tunisian side, he won the

Tunisian Coupe de la Ligue Professionnelle The Coupe de la Ligue Professionelle was the top knockout tournament for the Tunisian league football clubs. It was created in 1999 with the intention of being played among the two top Tunisian football divisionsLigue Professionnelle 2 with some inv ...

in 2002 and Tunisian President's Cup in 2003.

Back to Africain

After his stint with Stade Tunisien from 2002 to 2004, he came back to Club Africain and earned all total 104 caps for the club (including two spells), scoring 7 goals. He has also captained the team in domestic tournaments.

Later career

He also played domestically for clubs like

Dibba Al-Fujairah Club Dibba Al Fujairah Football Club ( ar, نادي دبا الفجيرة الرياضي الثقافي), known as Dibba Al Fujairah or simply Dibba, is an Emirati professional football club in Dibba Al-Fujairah. As their own stadium, Dibba Al Fuj ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

, Al-Arabi SC of

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

CS Hammam-Lif Club Sportif de Hammam-Lif ( ar, النادي الرياضي لحمام الأنف) or CSHL is a football club from Hammam-Lif in Tunisia. Founded in 1944, the team plays in green and white colours. Their ground is Stade Bou Kornine, which has ...

CA Bizertin Club Athlétique Bizertin ( ar, النادي الرياضي البنزرتي) or CAB is a football club from Bizerte in Tunisia. It was founded on June 20, 1928. CA Bizertin have won the Tunisian League four times, the Tunisian Cup three times, ...

and Avenir Sportif de Gabès of

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and Salgaocar SC of

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Dibba Al-Fujairah

His major achievements are winning the

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with Emirati giants

in 2005–06 season and

Kuwait Super Cup The Kuwait Super Cup ( ar, كأس السوبر الكويتي) is an annual one-match association football competition in Kuwait organised by Kuwait Football Association (KFA). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the ...

with Al-Arabi. He played more than 115 games for the side as a defender alongside scoring 18 goals in the league. He was the highest scoring defender for the

Fujairah Fujairah City ( ar, الفجيرة) is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Emirati capital city on the ...

-based side.

Salgaocar

On 7 January 2011, he penned the contract with

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outfit Salgaocar SC as a foreign recruit under coaching of

Karim Bencherifa Karim Bencherifa (born 15 February 1968) is a former Moroccan football player and head coach, who currently manages Botola 2 side IZK Khemisset. Bencherifa has been a head coach in six countries which include his home nation Morocco, as well ...

. However, he have not appeared in any league match for the club. Though it was his last stint in

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and later he retired in 2011.

International career

Marzouki was called up for the national team of

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by then manager Franco Scoglio in 2000. He made his senior international debut in a friendly match against Switzerland on 15 November 2000, which ended as 1–1. He was a member of the Tunisian national team at the

, where they finished at the bottom. He was listed in the World Cup squad by then manager

Ammar Souayah Ammar Souayah ( ar, عمار السويّح) (born June 11, 1957) is a retired Tunisian footballer. Tunisia national football team In 2002, Ammar Souayah signed as the coach of the Tunisia national team and led the team at the FIFA World Cup. ...

but Marzouki was on the bench in all the three group stage matches. He then played for

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in the

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. There he played against

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and

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respectively.

Honours

Club Africain * CAF Champions League: 1991 Al-Arabi SC *

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Dibba Al-Fujairah *

: 2005–06 Stade Tunisien *

: 2002 * Tunisian President's Cup: 2003

References

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Club career

Club Africain

Stade Tunisien

Back to Africain

Later career

Dibba Al-Fujairah

Salgaocar

International career

Honours

See also

References

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