Badri playing forTunisia at the2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anice Badri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-09-18)18 September 1990 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TFC | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Lille | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Royal Mouscron | 85 | (17) |
| 2016–2020 | Espérance de Tunis | 102 | (35) |
| 2020 | Al-Ittihad | 11 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Espérance de Tunis | 40 | (13) |
| 2024–2025 | AFC | 5 | (2) |
| 2025– | TFC | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2019 | Tunisia | 28 | (10) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 January 2022 | |||
Anice Badri (Arabic:أنيس البدري; born 18 September 1990) is a Tunisian professionalfootballer who plays forTFC as aforward.[3]
Anice Badri spent his childhood inLyon, his hometown. At the age of 13, he joined theOlympique Lyonnais training center and played for three years in the youth teams of the club. In 2006, he suffered a herniated disc and must stop football for more than a year. He found the ground in 2008 atAS Saint-Priest, where he remained a year under the team under 19 years. He then moved toMonts d'Or Azergues Foot where he joined the first team in July 2010. He only played five matches inCFA2 until September of this year, when he joinedLille OSC, club reserve team. He played for two and a half years, playing 40 games for 9 goals.
On 31 January 2013, Badri was loaned toRoyal Mouscron-Péruwelz, aBelgian Second Division team. He is regularly lined up and his loan extended for a season. He became a holder during the2013–2014 and was an important part in the victory of the club in the final round for the accession to theBelgian First Division A, he scored a goal at each of the last three matches. He is transferred free of charge by Mouscron-Péruwelz on 3 July 2014 and scored a goal for his first match in Belgian First Division A againstAnderlecht.[4] He was holder at each match during the first lap but then sees his second half of the season disturbed by minor injuries.
After his unsuccessful career in France and Belgium, he opted to return to his homeland Tunisia, where he joined the Tunisian giantEspérance Sportive de Tunis in a four years contract. Since then, from being unused and forgotten, he rose to prominence, helping the club to win two consecutiveCAF Champions League titles for the first time, as well as making the club a formidable force in Tunisia.
Badri was born and raised in France to parents of Tunisian descent. Badri opted to represent theTunisia national football team, and got his first call-up for a set of AFCON qualifiers againstTogo in March 2016.[5] He scored his first goal on 5 September 2017 againstDR Congo inKinshasa at the 79th minute which brought the team closer to qualifying for theWorld Cup in Russia.
In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia's 23-man squad for the2018 World Cup in Russia.[6][7]
Badri predominantly speaks French, having been born and raised in France. He also speaks fluent English, but he's not fluent in Arabic.
| Tunisia | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 |
| Total | 22 | 5 |
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5 September 2017 | Stade des Martyrs,Kinshasa, DR Congo | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 2. | 28 May 2018 | Estádio Municipal,Braga, Portugal | 1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly | |
| 3. | 1 June 2018 | Stade de Genève,Geneva, Switzerland | 1–1 | 2–2 | ||
| 4. | 22 March 2019 | Stade Olympique de Radès,Radès, Tunisia | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 5. | 11 June 2019 | Gradski stadion Varaždin,Varaždin, Croatia | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 6. | 21 September 2019 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2020 African Nations Championship qualification | |
| 7. | 20 October 2019 | Stade Boubker Ammar,Salé, Morocco | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 8. | 2–1 |