Ayman Ben Mohamed

Ayman Ben Mohamed (arabic: أَيْمَن بْن مُحَمَّد; born 8 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back, most recently for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Espérance de Tunis.^[2] Born in England, he plays for the Tunisia national team.

Ayman Ben Mohamed

Ben Mohamed with Le Havre in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Ayman Ben Mohamed[1]
Date of birth	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth	London, England
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	UCD	17	(1)
2015	Longford Town	27	(2)
2016	Bohemians	17	(2)
2016–2019	Espérance de Tunis	13	(0)
2019–2022	Le Havre	35	(1)
2022	Le Havre II	3	(0)
2021	→ Denizlispor (loan)	7	(0)
2023–2024	Guingamp	13	(0)
2024–2025	Espérance de Tunis	10	(0)
International career‡
2018–2020	Tunisia	14	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 February 2025

Club career

Born in London to an Irish mother and Tunisian father, Ben Mohamed and his family moved to Dublin at the age of two.^[3] In 2012, he signed for UCD while also studying business, staying with the Students for three seasons before moving onto Longford Town. In November 2015, it was announced Ben Mohamed would join Bohemians for the 2016 season.^[4]

After a string of impressive performances for The Gypsies, he attracted international attention, eventually signing for Tunisian side Espérance de Tunis for an undisclosed sum.^[5]

In 2017, Ben Mohamed suffered a cruciate ligament injury, ruling him out for over a year. He returned in 2018 in his new position at left back, helping his side win the 2018 CAF Champions League final and qualify for the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup.^[6][7]

A free agent after his Espérance de Tunis contract expired in summer 2019, Ben Mohamed joined Ligue 2 club Le Havre AC in August 2019, agreeing a contract until 2022.^[8][9] He made his Ligue 2 debut for the club vs Grenoble on 23 August 2019, coming on in the 82nd minute and scoring the third goal in a 3–1 win.^[10]

On 29 January 2021, Ben Mohamed moved to Turkish club Denizlispor, on a loan deal until the end of the season.^[11]

On 31 July 2023, Ben Mohamed signed for Ligue 2 club Guingamp.^[12]

International career

In May 2016, whilst at Bohemians Ben Mohamed earned a surprise call-up to the Tunisia squad for the African Cup of Nations qualifier against Djibouti despite never having previously declared for The Eagles of Carthage.^[13]

On 2 October 2018, he was called up again and earned his first cap in a 2–1 victory over Niger.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 26 April 2025^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
UCD	2012	League of Ireland Premier Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2013		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2014		17	1	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	17	1
	Total		17	1	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	17	1
Longford Town	2015	League of Ireland Premier Division	27	2	4	1	1	1	—		2[a]	0	34	4
Bohemians	2016	League of Ireland Premier Division	17	2	1	0	2	0	—		1[a]	0	21	2
Espérance de Tunis	2016–17	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1	3	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		3	0
	2017–18	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1	2	0	0	0	—		6[b]	0	—		8	0
	2018–19	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1	8	0	2	0	—		11[b]	0	4[c]	0	25	0
	Total		13	0	2	0	—		17	0	4	0	36	0
Le Havre	2019–20	Ligue 2	16	1	0	0	0	0	—		—		16	1
	2020–21	Ligue 2	12	0	1	0	—		—		—		13	0
	2021–22	Ligue 2	7	0	0	0	—		—		—		7	0
	Total		35	1	1	0	0	0	—		—		36	1
Le Havre II	2021–22	Championnat National 3	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
Denizlispor (loan)	2020–21	Süper Lig	7	0	—		—		—		—		7	0
Guingamp	2023–24	Ligue 2	13	0	2	0	—		—		—		15	0
Espérance de Tunis	2024–25	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1	10	0	2	0	—		3[b]	0	0	0	15	0
Career total			142	6	12	1	3	1	20	0	7	0	184	8

1. Appearance(s) in Leinster Senior Cup
2. Appearances in CAF Champions League
3. Two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup, one appearance in CAF Super Cup and one appearance in Tunisian Super Cup

International

As of 13 October 2020^[16]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tunisia	2018	3	0
	2019	9	0
	2020	2	0
Total		14	0

Honours

Espérance de Tunis

• Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19,^[8][17] 2024–25
• CAF Champions League: 2018, 2018–19^[8]
• Tunisian Super Cup: 2018, 2024^[17]
• Tunisian Cup: 2024–25