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Ali Maâloul (born 1 January 1990; Arabic: علي معلول) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Al Ahly and the Tunisia national team.
Club career
Maâloul in formed and made his debut with CS Sfaxien.
Since 2009, the player has joined the team and has been competing for his place in the starting lineup.
Slowly, Ali Maaloul took on more games, honed his skills more and had clear offensive characteristics. From season to season he took his foot in the starting line-up to become one of the pillars of his team and one of the pillars of the Tunisian national team, especially with his skill to carry fixed balls and register free kicks. Since the 2014–15 season, Ali Maaloul has become the first captain of CS Sfaxien.
In the 2015–16 season, Ali Maaloul became the scorer of the league with 14 goals in round 20, a record that has not been matched by any defender in the history of the Tunisian league. No defender has scored more than 9 goals per season.
As of July 2016, Maâloul joined the Egyptian club Al Ahly for a period of four years; the total amount of the transfer was $750,000.
International career
Maâloul made his international debut for the Tunisia on 6 July 2013 against Morocco. He played his first African Cup in 2015, he participated also in 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Career statistics
International
- As of 17 July 2019
| Tunisia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 54 | 0 |
Honours and Achievements
Club
CS Sfaxien
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2012–13
- CAF Confederation Cup: 2013
Al Ahly
- Egyptian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
- Egypt Cup: 2016–17
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2017, 2018
Individual
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 top goalscorer : 2015–16