Salim Khelifi
Khelifi (left), with Muhamed Demiri
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-26) 26 January 1994
Place of birth Lausanne, Switzerland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Perth Glory
Number 10
Youth career
2002–2007 Bex
2007–2009 Vevey-Sports
2009 Bex
2009–2011 Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Lausanne-Sport 76 (6)
2014–2015 Eintracht Braunschweig II 6 (1)
2014–2018 Eintracht Braunschweig 86 (11)
2018–2022 Zürich 41 (5)
2020–2022 Zürich II 9 (6)
2019–2020 → Holstein Kiel (loan) 9 (0)
2022– Perth Glory 24 (3)
International career‡
2010–2011 Switzerland U17 14 (2)
2011–2013 Switzerland U19 18 (2)
2013–2016 Switzerland U21 11 (1)
2019– Tunisia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2020

Salim Khelifi (born 26 January 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Perth Glory in the A-League Men. Born in Switzerland, he was a youth international for Switzerland before representing the Tunisia national team.

Club career

Khelifi made his professional debut on 6 August 2012 for Lausanne-Sport against Servette in a Swiss Super League match. He scored his first league goal for the club on 17 November 2012 in a 3–0 home win against Thun.

In January 2014 Khelifi joined Eintracht Braunschweig, who played in the Bundesliga at the time.[1] He made his debut in the Bundesliga on 3 May 2014, replacing Karim Bellarabi in the 88th minute of Braunschweig's home game against FC Augsburg.[2]

On 21 June 2018, Khelifi signed a three-year contract with Swiss side FC Zürich.[3]

On 23 August 2019, Khelifi joined Holstein Kiel on a season-long loan deal with an option to make the deal permanent.[4]

On 21 May 2022, Zürich announced that Khelifi's contract will not be extended.[5]

In September 2022, Khelifi joined Australian A-League Men club Perth Glory on a one-year contract.[6] In December 2022, his contract was extended for another two seasons.[7]

International career

Khelifi debuted for the Tunisia national team in a 1–0 friendly win over Mauritania on 6 September 2019.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Braunschweig packt Khelifi aus" (in German). kicker.de. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Match report". soccerway.com. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Der FC Zürich verpflichtet Mittelfeldspieler Salim Khelifi". fcz.ch. 21 June 2018. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Salim Khelifi kommt von FC Zürich nach Holstein Kiel" (in German). Holstein Kiel. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Four expiring contracts will not be renewed". FC Zürich. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Morgan, Gareth (15 September 2022). "Glory swoop for Tunisian international winger". Perth Glory.
  7. ↑ Morgan, Gareth (30 December 2022). "ALM Squad Update: Khelifi signs new deal, Azubel departs". Perth Glory.
  8. ↑ "Tunisia vs. Mauritania - 6 September 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
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