Saber Khelifa

Khelifa in the jersey of Evian Thonon Gaillard (2011)

Saber Khelifa ( born October 14, 1986 in Gabès ), in France mostly in the spelling Khlifa, is a Tunisian football player who plays for French first division club Olympique Marseille since 2013.

Career

Association

Saber Khelifa began his career in 2005 at the local club Stade Gabésien. There he played but only for one season, in July 2006, he joined the record champions Espérance Sportive de Tunis. There he was able to celebrate winning the Tunisian Cup in the years 2007 and 2008, but in two seasons, he completed only 24 league games and hit only once. For the season 2008/ 09 he moved to Club Sportif de Hammam -Lif, where he made ​​his breakthrough in the league. In Hammam-Lif Khelifa showed its effectiveness in front of goal in the first season, he scored eight goals in twelve games in the 2009/10 season he scored twelve goals in 20 games. Through his constant good hit Espérance Sportive de Tunis brought him back yet during the 2009/10 season. With Espérance then he won the Championnat de Tunisie 2009/10 and 2010/11.

Espérance accepted in January 2011, a transfer fee change to the then second division side FC Evian Thonon Gaillard in summer 2011. On 10 August 2011, the exchange was finally completed and Evian Thonon Gaillard even still managed to move up to the Ligue 1 On August 14, he made his debut in Ligue 1 and achieved even in a 1-0 win against OGC Nice, the decisive goal. In his team Khelifa could quickly secure a regular place and completed in the 2011/12 season 31 league games, scoring four goals.

On 12 May 2013, the 4-0 win over OGC Nice managed to score from a distance of 64 meters.

National

His senior international debut, he completed on 10 November 2010 in the qualifying match for the African Cup in 2012 against Botswana. He came on in the 78th minute for Ahmed Akaichi, but could not prevent the 0-1 defeat. His first international goal he scored 8 October 2011 in a 2-0 victory over Togo. He also belonged to the 23- man squad for Tunisia Africa Cup of 2012 in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, it was used in three games.

So far Khelifa played 23 international matches, where he met four times.

Achievements

  • Championnat de Tunisie: 2009 /10 2010/11
  • Tunisian Cup: 2007, 2008
CS Hammam-Lif Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 2011–12 Ligue 1 2013–14 Ligue 1 Gennaro Bracigliano Jordan Ayew Florian Thauvin Dimitri Payet Alaixys Romao Souleymane Diawara Benjamin Mendy Mathieu Valbuena Steve Mandanda
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