Wahbi Khazri

Wahbi Khazri (Arabic: وَهْبِيّ خَزْرِيّ; born 8 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, left winger or forward for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.

After finishing the season with 11 goals in 29 games, Khazri attracted the attention of Saint-Étienne, who recruited him in July 2018.

His first season at the Girondins was a success: he managed to win in the team as a starter and totaled nine goals in 32 league games.

[citation needed] On 7 May 2016, Khazri scored a volley in a 3–2 win over Chelsea as manager Sam Allardyce's team neared survival in the Premier League.

Richard Mennear of the Sunderland Echo wrote that "His work rate was immense, pressing and probing the Chelsea defence and causing problems from set pieces.

[14] He was sent off on 14 October in a 2–0 Derby Breton loss at Guingamp, earning two yellow cards for dissent within ten seconds.

[20] On 12 January 2019, while ASSE traveled to the Stade de Roudourou to once again face Guingamp, Wahbi Khazri scored the only goal of the match on a direct free kick at ground level, deceiving the opposing goalkeeper Marc-Aurèle Caillard.

[21] Due to the state of the club's finances, he was placed on the unwanted list by Claude Puel during the 2020–21 season.

His playing time is reduced compared to previous seasons, but through perseverance he manages to regain his starting position and even scores the first hat-trick of his career in the victory 4–1 against Bordeaux on 11 April 2021.

[27] After the eviction of Claude Puel as manager, interim coach Julien Sablé entrusted the captain's armband to Khazri.

[34] Henryk Kasperczak named Khazri among 23 Tunisians to compete at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.

[36] Manager Nabil Maâloul called up Khazri for Tunisia's squad at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

[37] In the second group match, he assisted Dylan Bronn and scored himself in added time in a 5–2 loss to Belgium in Moscow.

[41] On the second day of the group stage of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Khazri scored his first double of the competition against Mauritania, in a match where the Eagles of Carthage won 4–0.

[42] In November 2022, Khazri was called up to the Tunisia squad by Jalel Kadri for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Khazri (right) playing for Sunderland against Chelsea in May 2016
Khazri with Saint-Étienne in 2020
Khazri playing with Tunisia against Panama at the 2018 FIFA World Cup