Sami Trabelsi

Sami Trabelsi
Personal information
Date of birth	4 February 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Sfax, Tunisia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Center back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1993	Sfax Railways Sports
1993–2000	Sfaxien
2000–2001	Al Rayyan
2001–2002	Sfaxien
Total
International career
1991–2001	Tunisia
Managerial career
2011–2013	Tunisia
2013–2023	Al Sailiya
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sami Trabelsi (Arabic: سامي طرابلسي; born 4 February 1968) is a Tunisian football coach and a former player.

He played for a few clubs, most notably CS Sfaxien.

He has 52 caps for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.^[1]^[2] After retirement as a player, he became an assistant coach for the Tunisia and coached national side for one match against France as a caretaker coach.^{[citation needed]}

On 11 March 2011 Trabelsi was officially appointed as the manager of the Tunisian National Team.^[3] But following the failure of the national team to get past the first round at the African Nations Cup 2013, Tunisia accepted Trabelsi's resignation,^[4] and he was replaced by the Tunisian coach Nabil Maâloul.^{[citation needed]}

On 8 June 2013 Trabelsi was named head coach of the Qatari side Al Sailiya.^[5]

Playing career

Sami marked his debut in the club Sfax Railways Sports before joining CS Sfaxien. In 1998 FIFA World Cup, Sami became the leader of the Tunisian national team and he formed an undefeated defense line with Khaled Badra.^{[citation needed]}