Syam Ben Youssef


Syam Habib Ben Youssef is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Turkish club Denizlispor.

Club career

Born in Marseille, Ben Youssef passed by the Union sportif des traminots Marseille and the training center of SC Bastia. He joined ES Tunis on a two-year contract on 12 August 2009, he made his professional debut in the Tunisian championship on 12 September 2009, against CS Sfaxien at Stade 7 November, and scored his first goal. On 14 December, he received his first convocation with the national team.
After playing few months in 2012 in England at Leyton Orient, he signed to FC Astra Giurgiu in Romania, where he remained three seasons, won 2013–14 Cupa României and discovered European competitions.
On 29 June 2015, free of any contract with the Romanian club, he committed for three seasons to Stade Malherbe Caen, he played his first match in Ligue 1 on 22 August against OGC Nice. He scored his first goal in the fifth day against Troyes AC.
On 5 July 2017, he agreed with Caen to cancel his contract and joined the Turkish club Kasımpaşa S.K. for three seasons. He moved instead to Turkish club Denizlispor in 2020.

International career

With the Tunisia he started in 2013. He played his first African Cup in 2015, he participated also in 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
On 17 November 2015, he scored his first goal with the Tunisian team in the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualification against Mauritania.
In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia’s 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

International

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 November 2015Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia1–02–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.22 March 2019Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia1–04–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

ES Tunis
Astra Giurgiu