Ghailene Chaalali

Ghailene Chaalali (Arabic: غَيْلَان الشَّعْلَالِيّ; born 28 February 1994) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Libyan Premier League club Al Ahli Tripoli and the Tunisia national team.

Ghailene Chaalali

Chaalali playing for Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Ghailene Chaalali[1]
Date of birth	(1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	Manouba, Tunisia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al Ahli Tripoli
Number	25
Youth career
	Espérance de Tunis
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2019	Espérance de Tunis	89	(4)
2019–2020	Yeni Malatyaspor	11	(0)
2020–2024	Espérance de Tunis	44	(1)
2024–	Al Ahli Tripoli	11	(1)
International career‡
2017–	Tunisia	32	(1)
Medal record Representing  Tunisia Men's football FIFA Arab Cup Runner-up 2021 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 December 2022

Club career

Chaalali participated in 2015 CAF Champions League with the club team Espérance de Tunis. During this competition, he scored a goal against Cosmos de Bafia of Cameroon.^{[citation needed]}

International career

In 2017, Chaalali was summoned to a training course of the Tunisian team before a match against Egypt counting for the qualification at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.^[3]

In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.^[4][5]

Career statistics

As of 25 July 2019^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tunisia	2017	5	1
	2018	4	0
	2019	8	0
Total		17	1

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chaalali goal.

List of international goals scored by Ghailene Chaalali^[6]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 September 2017	Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, Tunisia	DR Congo	2–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Espérance de Tunis

• Tunisian Cup: 2015–16
• Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
• Arab Club Champions Cup: 2017
• CAF Champions League: 2018, 2018–19
• Tunisian Super Cup: 2018, 2021