Montassar Omar Talbi (Arabic: مُنتَصَّر عُمَر الطَّالِبِيّ; born 26 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lorient. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.
 Talbi with Rubin Kazan in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Montassar Omar Talbi[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 May 1998[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lorient | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Paris FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Les Lilas | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2017 | ES Tunis | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | ES Tunis | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Çaykur Rizespor | 49 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Benevento | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Rubin Kazan | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lorient | 55 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Tunisia U23 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Tunisia | 27 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:30, 10 December 2022 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career edit
Born in France, Talbi began playing football with the youth academies of Paris FC and FC Les Lilas. His family had to move back to Tunisia, and at the age of 12 Talbi moved to the academy of ES Tunis, and moved up through the youth levels.[3] Talbi made his professional debut with ES Tunis in a 0–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 tie with CS Sfaxien on 2 April 2017.[4] On 20 June 2018, Talbi signed with Çaykur Rizespor in the Turkish Süper Lig.[5]
On 9 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Rubin Kazan.[6]
On 18 July 2022, Talbi signed a five-year contract with Lorient in France.[7]
International career edit
Talbi is a youth international for the Tunisia 23s and made his debut in a 2–0 friendly loss to the Italy 23s on 15 October 2018.[8][9] He debuted with the senior Tunisia national team in a 2–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Equatorial Guinea on 28 March 2021.[10]
He was later included for the squad of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup, despite not being released by the Russian club. He reunited with the team following Rubin's 2–0 away defeat to Krylia Sovetov Samara and made his debut in the cup in the semi-finals against Egypt, which was won by Tunisia 1–0.[citation needed]
Career statistics edit
- As of 21 May 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| ES Tunis | 2016–17 | Tunisian Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Çaykur Rizespor | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 49 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2 | ||
| Rubin Kazan | 2021–22 | RPL | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Lorient | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 41 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 126 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 157 | 4 | ||
- ^ Appearances in the CAF Champions League
- ^ Appearances in the championship group play-offs
- ^ Appearances in the Arab Club Champions Cup
International goals edit
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 27 September 2022 | Parc des Princes, Paris, France |  Brazil |
1–1 | 1–5 | Friendly |
| 2. | 20 June 2023 | 19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria |  Algeria |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours edit
Tunisia
- Kirin Cup: 2022
- FIFA Arab Cup runner-up: 2021
ES Tunis
References edit
- ^ "Montassar Omar Talbi". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Turquie - Rizespor / Montassar Talbi : " Viser le plus haut niveau européen " [exclu365]". 1 September 2018.
- ^ "CS Sfaxien vs. ES Tunis - 2 April 2017 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ^ "Le défenseur de l'EST signe un contrat avec le club Turc Rizerpor". MosaiqueFM.
- ^ "МОНТАССАР ТАЛЬБИ – В "РУБИНЕ"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 9 August 2021.
- ^ "MONTASSAR TALBI REJOINT LE FC LORIENT" (in French). Lorient. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
- ^ "ENO: Italie – Tunisie, lundi 15 octobre en Vénétie". Le Temps.
- ^ "Match Report of Tunisia vs Equatorial Guinea - 2021-03-28 - Total Africa Cup of Nations Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
External links edit
Media related to Montassar Omar Talbi at Wikimedia Commons
- Montassar Talbi at the Turkish Football Federation
- Montassar Talbi at Soccerway
- Montassar Talbi at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
