Mahdi Ben Slimane (Arabic: مهدي بن سليمان; born 1 January 1974)[2] is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

[3] Having begun his career at AS Marsa in his native country he moved to France in 1996 to play for Olympique de Marseille.

He spent half a season on loan each at Borussia Mönchengladbach (in 2000) and club Al-Nassr (in 2001) before leaving Freiburg and returning to Tunisia, where he spent a season and half at Club Africain.

In February 2000, Ben Slimane scored a brace for SC Freiburg contributing to 2–0 win against SSV Ulm.

[5] Together with Freiburg teammate Zoubeir Baya, he represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.