Kaies Ghodhbane ( ar, قيس غُضبان; born 7 January 1976) is a Tunisian former professional

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who played as

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. He has 92 caps for the

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, and was called up to the

2006 World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the ...

. He also played at the World Cups in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

and

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

. In addition he was on the winning Tunisian team at the

2004 African Cup of Nations The 2004 African Cup of Nations, known as the NOKIA African Cup of Nations, Tunisia 2004 for sponsorship reasons (also referred to as AFCON 2004 or CAN 2004) is the 24th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's footb ...

, and the team that finished second at the

1996 African Cup of Nations The 1996 African Cup of Nations was the 20th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by South Africa, who replaced original hosts Kenya. The field expanded for the first time to 16 teams, s ...

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 6 ...

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* 1976 births Living people Association football midfielders Tunisian footballers Tunisian expatriate footballers Tunisia international footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Tunisia 1998 FIFA World Cup players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Étoile Sportive du Sahel players Baniyas Club players Diyarbakırspor footballers Samsunspor footballers Konyaspor footballers Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate footballers in Turkey Süper Lig players UAE Pro League players 1996 African Cup of Nations players 1998 African Cup of Nations players 2000 African Cup of Nations players 2002 African Cup of Nations players 2004 African Cup of Nations players 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players {{Tunisia-footy-bio-stub