Imed Ben Younes
Tunisian footballer and coach
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Imed Ben Younes (Arabic: عماد بن يونس; born 16 June 1974) is a Tunisian former football player and current head coach of ES Métlaoui.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 June 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Sfax, Tunisia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | ES Métlaoui (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Sfax Railways Sports | ||
| 1995–1998 | ES Sahel | ||
| 1998–2002 | CS Sfaxien | ||
| 2002–2003 | Al-Wakrah | ||
| 2003 | ES Tunis | ||
| 2004–2005 | EOG Kram | ||
| 2008–2009 | Sfax Railways Sports | ||
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Tunisia U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 1995–2002 | Tunisia | 13 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2018 | ES Tunis (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | ES Sahel (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Sfax Railways Sports | ||
| 2019–2020 | ES Sahel (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | ES Sahel | ||
| 2020–2021 | Wydad (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Raja Casablanca (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | US Monastir (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | US Monastir | ||
| 2023–2024 | ES Sahel | ||
| 2024 | Olympique Béja | ||
| 2024 | CA Bizertin | ||
| 2024– | ES Métlaoui | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played for a few clubs in Tunisia including Étoile Sahel and CS Sfaxien and played a single season at Qatari club Al-Wakrah. After retiring in 2005, he returned in 2008 to play for Sfax Railways Sports, his first professional football club.
International career
Ben Younes played for the Tunisia national team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, appearing as a substitute in the three matches that Tunisia played. He also played for Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] His last international match was a friendly against Slovenia.[2]
Career statistics
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 January 1996 | EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa |  Ghana | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1996 African Cup of Nations |
| 2 | 25 January 1996 | EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa |  Ivory Coast | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1996 African Cup of Nations |
| 3 | 2–0 | |||||
| 4[3] | 5 November 1997 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||
| 6[4] | 2 May 1998 | Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse |  Georgia | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 7[5] | 6 June 1998 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis |  Wales | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
