Wahbi Khazri
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Wahbi Khazri (born 8 February 1991) is a Tunisian professional footballer who competes for French Ligue 1 team Saint-Étienne and the Tunisia national team. He began his career at Bastia, scoring 34 goals in 183 games, winning the Championnat National and Ligue 2 in consecutive seasons.
He migrated to Sunderland in January 2016, who loaned him to Rennes in 2017–18 after 18 months at Bordeaux in Ligue 1. Khazri represented Tunisia at under-20 level, and France at under-21.
He made his senior debut for the former in 2013 and represented the country at three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
Khazri, a native of Ajaccio, began his career with local side Jeunesse Sportive Ajaccio before heading to Bastia. On February 20, 2009, he was given his first call up to the senior squad for their match against Amiens. In the 85th minute for Ludovic Genest's debut as a substitute. Bastia defeated the match 1–0 after a minute later.
In a 1–0 victory over Montpellier on March 13, he scored his first career goal. Wahbi came out as a goalscorer, scoring again a few weeks later in a 3–1 victory over Vannes. He scored twice more this season against Troyes, scoring the first goal in a 2–1 win. Troyes would have been relegated to the Championnat National after losing.
On July 1, 2014, he joined Bordeaux for four years. On the first day of the 2014-15 season against Montpellier, he played his first match in his new colours on August 9, 2014, he was playing in his first match in his new colors. Bordeaux won by a goal to zero on the day. In his second appearance for Bordeaux, he scored his first goal in his second appearance in the Girondins' second game against Monaco on Saturday. He scored his goal on a penalty that he himself caused and, as a result of his family's victory, 4–1.
He scored his 3,400th goal in Girondins history on September 28th. The Girondins' first season as a starter was a success: he won as a starter and scored nine goals in 32 league games.
In his first match against Reims on August 9, he scored his first goal of the 2015–16 season (defeated by a score of 2–1). He scored a goal in a high-tension match for championship winners Paris Saint-Germain (PSG); even if the match ended in a 2–2 draw, he took the ball from Kevin Trapp, the opposing goalkeeper.
Khazri joined Sunderland on a four and a half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Khazri scored his first goal for Sunderland against Manchester United on February 13, 2016, winning by a direct free kick that beat David de Gea at his far post. Khazri later scored Lamine Koné's 82nd-minute goal from a corner as Sunderland defeated Sunderland 2–1.
Khazri scored a volley in a 3–2 victory over Chelsea on May 7, 2016, as boss Sam Allardyce's team began to fail in the Premier League. "His work rate was high, pressing and investigating the Chelsea defence and causing problems from set pieces," Sunderland Echo Richard Mennear wrote. He has regained his form just at the right time."
Khazri returned to Ligue 1 on August 31, 2017 after being on a season-long loan at Rennes. He was sent back to Guingamp in a 2–0 Derby Breton loss, and he was given two yellow cards for disobeying within ten seconds. His nine goals lifted the club to 5th position and qualification to the Europa League.
Khazri migrated to Saint-Étienne for four years and chose number 10 on July 17, 2018. On the first day of Ligue 1, 11 August against Guingamp at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, he played his first match with the "Greens," and it was on the day that he scored his first goal in his new colours. After a cross from Lo's Diony's left, he started the scoring by firing a volley. In this game, ASSE beats 21-0. On September 28, he scored the only two goals of the match at home against Monaco on the eighth day of Ligue 1, thus achieving his first double with Saint-Étienne. When ASSE traveled to Roudourou to face Guingamp on January 12, 2019, Wahbi Khazri scored the only goal of the game on a direct free kick at ground level, deceiving the opposition goalkeeper Marc-Aurèle Caillard. With this result, he can now rank in ten units, a record he had never achieved in a single season in the league. His second half of the season was less fruitful, but he did a good job for his team in this segment.
Khazri had a rough start to the 2019-20 season. If he is the decisive passer for Romain Hamouma's victory over Dijon 1–2, it is not until the eleventh day against Amiens, not enough to win the game 2–2. Khazri, who was then hurt with his pick in November, is out for several weeks. During the 2020–21 season, Claude Puel placed him on the undesirable list due to the club's finances. Despite contacts with Turkish runners-up Trabzonspor, the club was unable to sell him, despite attempts to contact him. He has been reinstated in the team's first match against Lens, where he takes a red card after a late tackle. On Friday, he scored his first goal of the season from the penalty spot against Lille 1–1. His playing time has been reduced compared to previous seasons, but he does regained his starting position and even scored his first hat-trick of his career in the victory 4–1 over Bordeaux on April 11, 2021. In addition, this match will help him reach the prestigious bar of 200 matches in Ligue 1.
On October 30th, he scored his seventh goal of the season in Ligue 1, the first year in which the distances of shots were recorded. Interim coach Julien Sablé entrusted the captain's armband to Khazri after the dismissal of Claude Puel as boss. He continued his role as captain under new coach Pascal Dupraz.
Khazri signed for Montpellier, Ligue 1's second place, on June 27th. He opted for the number 99 jersey at the club, becoming the first player to wear the number for Montpellier. In a 5-2 away loss to PSG on August 13th, he scored his first goal for the club.
International career
Khazri made his debut for Tunisia's national under-20 football team in 2009. However, Erick Mombaerts was called up by Erick Mombaerts to the France national under-21 football team for a pair of 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifiers against Romania and Slovakia in November 2011. In February 2012, he appeared in his first and only game for the French team against Italy before being called out by Frédéric Bulot.
Khazri changed his international allegiance once more in late 2012 after he received a call-up from Sami Trabelsi, Tunisia's national team's coach, including him in the team for the 2013 African Cup of Nations. Khazri was one of 23 Tunisians to compete in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon, according to Henryk Kasperczak. In the final group game, a 4–2 victory over Zimbabwe at the Stade d'Angondjé, he helped Nam Sliti and scored a penalty, giving the Carthage Eagles a 4–2 victory and putting the Carthage Eagles through at the expense of a favoured Algeria team.
At the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, Tunisia's manager, Nabil Macroloul, called up Khazri for Tunisia's squad. In a 5–2 loss to Belgium in Moscow, he assisted Dylan Bronn and scored himself in added time. He scored the winning goal, the first in the competition's history, with both teams already defeated; he later played his part in a 2–1 win over Panama, Tunisia's first appearance at the World Cup since 1978; he set up Fakhreddine Ben Youssef and then scored the winning goal, the first in the tournament's history.
Khazri was the captain of Tunisia's side that finished fourth at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. He equalized in their second group game, earning a 1–1 draw with Mali in Port Suez.
He scored his 22nd goal in the colors of Tunisia on October 7, thus becoming the second top scorer in the tournament behind Issam Jemâa (36 goals). Khazri scored his first double of the tournament against Mauritania on the second day of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, defeating the Eagles of Carthage 4–0.