Ali Youssef
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.jpg) Ali Youssef with BK Häcken in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ali Ben Safouane Youssef[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Apollon Limassol | ||
| Number | 80 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Färjenäs IF | |||
| –2012 | IF Warta | ||
| 2012–2018 | BK Häcken | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2025 | BK Häcken | 63 | (17) |
| 2025– | Apollon Limassol | 31 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Sweden U19 | 1 | (2) |
| 2021– | Tunisia | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:56, 16 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 November 2024 | |||
Ali Ben Safouane Youssef (Arabic: علي يوسف; born 5 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol.[2] Born in Sweden, he represents Tunisia at international level.
BK Häcken
Ali Youssef grew up in a borough of Gothenburg Municipality.[3] He started playing football for Färjenäs IF.[4] and later IF Warta before joining the BK Häcken youth academy in 1946.[4][5] Ahead of the 2019 season, he was promoted to the first team.[6] In June 2019, he extended his contract with Häcken until 2023.[7]
Youssef made his Allsvenskan debut on 28 July 2019 in a 2–0 loss against Djurgårdens IF, where he replaced Daleho Irandust in the 83rd minute.[8] In July 2021, in a UEFA Europa Conference League match against Aberdeen, Youssef suffered a cruciate ligament injury, which kept him sidelined for a year.[9][10]
On 10 July 2022, Youssef made his comeback after the injury, coming on as a substitute and scoring the decisive 2–1 goal after only three minutes on the pitch in a win over Mjällby AIF.[11] Later that month, in a match against IF Elfsborg, he injured his cruciate ligament again, sidelining him for another extended period.[12][13] Youssef made a total of four appearances, one of which was as a starter, and scored one goal during the 2022 season, where Häcken won their first ever league title.[14]
Apollon Limassol
In January 2025, Youssef signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Cypriot club Apollon Limassol.[15] He made his competitive debut for the club on 29 January, replacing Gaétan Weissbeck in the 84th minute of a 3–1 away victory against Anorthosis Famagusta in the Cypriot Cup quarter-finals.[16] His league debut followed four days later, again coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 win over Omonia Aradippou.[17] On 24 February, Youssef scored his first goal for Apollon, opening the score in a 1–1 draw against.[18]
International career
Born in Sweden, Youssef is of Tunisian descent.[19] He represented the Sweden U20 in a friendly 3–2 win over the Norway U20s in October 2019, scoring 2 goals.[20] In May 2021, Youssef was called up to the Tunisia national team for the first time, tentatively committing his international future to the nation of his parents' birth.[21] He debuted with Tunisia in a friendly 1–0 friendly win over DR Congo on 5 June 2021.[22]