Youssef Mouihbi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 1, 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | La Marsa, Tunisia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993—2004 | AS Marsa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004—2006 | AS Marsa | 19 | (5) |
| 2006—2012 | Club Africain | 75 | (19) |
| 2012—2013 | Al-Qadsiah | ||
| 2013—2014 | AS Marsa | 14 | (2) |
| 2014—2016 | ES Sahel | 48 | (14) |
| 2016—2017 | Al-Ahed SC | 11 | (1) |
| 2017—2019 | AS Marsa | ||
| International career | |||
| 2008—2015 | Tunisia | 7 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Youssef Mouihbi (Arabic: يوسف المويهبي, born 1 April 1985 in Tunisia) is a retired Tunisian footballer who played attacking midfielder for 5 professional teams, including AS Marsa and Club Africain, and the Tunisia national football team.[1][2][3]
Mouihbi played for AS Marsa Football Academy Academy beginning in 1993 before going professional with the club in 2004.[citation needed] He played for Marsa until 2006, when he signed with Club Africain.[4][5] He played in the CAF Champions League while there and helped win Tunisian Ligue during the 2007—2008 season.[1][6] He left Africain six years later and moved to Kuwait to play for Al-Qadsiah in Kuwait.[4] He returned to Tunisia a year later and re-signed with AS Marsa.[7] In 2014, he joined ES Sahel[4] and earned his coaching license from the Confederation of African Football.[8] He was part of the teams that won the CAF Confederation Cup and the 2013—2014 and 2014—2015 Tunisian Cups.[9][10][11] He stayed with Sahel for two seasons before going abroad again, this time to Lebanon to play for Al-Ahed SC.[12][13] While there, he helped win the 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League.[1] In 2017, he again returned to Marsa.[1] He worked with the organization to establish Mouihbi Académie, a football school for kids.[14] He retired in 2019.[15]
After retiring, Mouihbi finished his Baccalauréat degree in economics and management, which he set aside in 2004 to pursue football professionally.[15][16][2] He expressed interest in enrolling in University of Jendouba's Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education but was unable to do so while playing professionally.[3]
