Ahmed Akaïchi

Ahmed Akaichi
Personal information
Full name Ahmed Akaïchi
Date of birth (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989
Place of birth Bizerte, Tunisia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Al-Ittihad
Number 9
Youth career
1994–2005 Bizerte
2005–2007 Club Africain[1]
2007–2008 Bizerte
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Étoile du Sahel 46 (25)
2011–2012 Ingolstadt 04 25 (5)
2013–2015 Espérance de Tunis 63 (23)
2015–2016 Étoile du Sahel 20 (8)
2016– Al-Ittihad 3 (1)
National team‡
2010– Tunisia 20 (9)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:00, 3 November 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:02, 4 September 2016 (UTC)

Ahmed Akaïchi (Arabic: أحمد العكايشي‎‎; born 23 February 1989 in Bizerte, Tunisia)[2] is a professional footballer. He currently plays for Al-Ittihad[3] as well as the Tunisian national football team.[4]

Career

Prior to the 2009–10 season, Ahmed played up front for Étoile du Sahel. On 22 August 2009, he scored four goals in one game against local rivals ES Hammam-Sousse in a 5–1 win.[5]

He earned his first call up to the Tunisia team when he was selected for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, held in Angola.[5] In the summer of 2011, Akaïchi left Tunisia and joined German second division club FC Ingolstadt 04.[6]

During July 2015, Akaïchi went on trial with English Championship side Reading, but did not earn a contract.[7]

Akaïchi represented the Tunisia national football team at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring in a 1–1 draw with the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure that Tunisia qualified for the knockout stage.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Akaichi, Ahmed" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Akaichi Ahmed. "Ahmed Akaichi". Mtnfootball.com. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  3. ↑ http://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2016/07/28/tunisie-mercato-ahmed-akaichi-signe-pour-ittihad-jeddah-pour-3-ans/
  4. ↑ "Tunisia name African Nations Cup squad". FourFourTwo. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Young Blood : It Works.". Etoile.theoffside.com. 22 August 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "Ingolstadt holt Akaichi" [Ingolstadt sign Akaichi] (in German). DFL. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Reading FC opt against move for Tunisia international striker - for now". getreading.co.uk. Reading Post. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Congo DR 1-1 Tunisia". BBC. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.

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