Bassem Srarfi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 June 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Tunis, Tunisia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Club Africain | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stade Tunisien | |||
| 2014–2015 | Club Africain | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Club Africain | 26 | (6) |
| 2017–2020 | Nice | 56 | (4) |
| 2017 | Nice II | 4 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Zulte Waregem | 36 | (0) |
| 2023 | Al-Arabi | 0 | (0) |
| 2023– | Club Africain | 3 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Tunisia | 15 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 March 2020 (UTC) | |||
Bassem Srarfi (Arabic: بسام الصرارفي; born 25 June 1997) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Tunisian club Club Africain and the Tunisia national team.[2]
Early career
Srarfi started in the youth ranks of Tunisian clubs Stade Tunisien and Club Africain respectively, he subsequently made his first-team debut for the latter on 20 November 2015 in a Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 draw against EGS Gafsa.[2] Three games later, Srarfi scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 draw away to Hammam-Lif.[2]
Nice
On 1 February 2017, Srarfi joined Ligue 1 side Nice.[3] The transfer was subject to international clearance, but it was successfully approved hours later by the French Football Federation and Tunisian Football Federation.[4] He made his Nice debut on 24 February in Ligue 1 against Montpellier.[2][5] He has also featured for Nice II in the Championnat National 2.[2] His first goal in French football came for Nice II, in a loss to Stade Montois on 28 October.[2]
On 29 November 2017, he scored his first goal for Nice's first team in Ligue 1, helping his team to a 2–1 win against Toulouse in stoppage time.[6]
Zulte Waregem
In January 2020, Srarfi completed a transfer to Belgian First Division A outfit Zulte Waregem.[7][8] His contract with Zulte Waregem was terminated by mutual consent in the summer of 2022.[9]
International career
Srarfi received his first call-up for the Tunisia national team in August 2017, with Nabil Maâloul selecting him in the squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers versus DR Congo.[10] He was an unused substitute in both fixtures.[2] Srarfi made his senior debut for Tunisia in a 1–0 friendly win over Iran on 23 March 2018.[11] In the following May, he was named in Tunisia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[12] He was selected in the final 23.[13] He made his World Cup debut on 28 June, as Tunisia exited the tournament with victory versus Panama.[2] Srarfi made Alain Giresse's squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[14]
