 Maâloul withAl Ahly at the2021 FIFA Club World Cup | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ali Maâloul[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1990-01-01)1 January 1990 (age 35) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sfax, Tunisia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | CS Sfaxien | |||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2009 | CS Sfaxien | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | CS Sfaxien | 157 | (31) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2025 | Al Ahly | 163 | (35) | |||||||||||
| 2025– | CS Sfaxien | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Tunisia | 89 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 April 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Ali Maâloul (Arabic:عَلِيّ مَعْلُول; born 1 January 1990) is a Tunisianfootballer who plays as aleft-back forTunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 clubCS Sfaxien and theTunisia national team.
Maâloul started his career with hometown clubCS Sfaxien and became their captain from the2014–15 season. In the2015–16 season, he became the top scorer in the league with 14 goals in 20 matches, a record for a defender since none has scored more than nine goals in a season. At CS Sfaxien, he wore the number 10 shirt, unusual for his position.
On 25 July 2016, Maâloul signed a four-year contract withAl Ahly, becoming one of the Egyptian giants' key players on their way to conquering many tournaments. In August 2025, after nine years away, he rejoined CS Sfaxien.[2]
On 6 July 2013, Maâloul made his debutTunisia in a 1–0 loss toMorocco in the2014 African Nations Championship qualification phase.[3] He also participated in two editions of theAfrica Cup of Nations in2015 and2017. In the 2015 edition, he played four matches as Tunisia lost in the quarter-finals to hostsEquatorial Guinea in extra time. In the2017 edition, he played three matches as Tunisia went out again in the quarter-finals, this time toBurkina Faso.
Maâloul also represented Tunisia at the2016 African Nations Championship, playing three matches. Tunisia continued their quarter-final disappointment by losing toMali. He also played two matches at the2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia[4][5] againstEngland (2–1) andBelgium (5–2).
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| CS Sfaxien | 2008–09 | TLP1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 13 | ||
| 2014–15 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 29 | 4 | |||
| 2015–16 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 16 | ||||
| Total | 157 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 205 | 37 | ||
| Al Ahly | 2015–16 | EPL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||
| 2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 10 | ||
| 2019–20 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 9 | ||
| 2020–21 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 6 | ||
| 2021–22 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 9 | ||
| 2022–23 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 10 | ||
| 2023–24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Total | 163 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 74 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 277 | 50 | ||
| Career total | 320 | 66 | 22 | 1 | 107 | 15 | 32 | 5 | 473 | 87 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 91 | 3 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 9 October 2020 | Stade Olympique de Radès,Radès, Tunisia |  Sudan | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 16 November 2021 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia |  Zambia | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 24 March 2023 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia |  Libya | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
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