Youssef Mouihbi

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Youssef Mouihbi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-04-01) April 1, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	La Marsa, Tunisia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1993—2004	AS Marsa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004—2006	AS Marsa	19	(5)
2006—2012	Club Africain	75	(19)
2012—2013	Al-Qadsiah
2013—2014	AS Marsa	14	(2)
2014—2016	ES Sahel	48	(14)
2016—2017	Al-Ahed SC	11	(1)
2017—2019	AS Marsa
International career
2008—2015	Tunisia	7	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Youssef Mouihbi (Arabic: يوسف المويهبي, born 1 April 1985 in Tunisia) is a retired Tunisian footballer who played attacking midfielder for 5 professional teams, including AS Marsa and Club Africain, and the Tunisia national football team.[1][2][3]

Mouihbi played for AS Marsa Football Academy Academy beginning in 1993 before going professional with the club in 2004.^[citation needed] He played for Marsa until 2006, when he signed with Club Africain.[4][5] He played in the CAF Champions League while there and helped win Tunisian Ligue during the 2007—2008 season.[1][6] He left Africain six years later and moved to Kuwait to play for Al-Qadsiah in Kuwait.[4] He returned to Tunisia a year later and re-signed with AS Marsa.[7] In 2014, he joined ES Sahel[4] and earned his coaching license from the Confederation of African Football.[8] He was part of the teams that won the CAF Confederation Cup and the 2013—2014 and 2014—2015 Tunisian Cups.[9][10][11] He stayed with Sahel for two seasons before going abroad again, this time to Lebanon to play for Al-Ahed SC.[12][13] While there, he helped win the 2016–17 Lebanese Premier League.[1] In 2017, he again returned to Marsa.[1] He worked with the organization to establish Mouihbi Académie, a football school for kids.[14] He retired in 2019.[15]

After retiring, Mouihbi finished his Baccalauréat degree in economics and management, which he set aside in 2004 to pursue football professionally.[15][16][2] He expressed interest in enrolling in University of Jendouba's Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education but was unable to do so while playing professionally.[3]

References

1. "Y. Mouihbi". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
2. Ben Malek, Fakhreddine (2021-02-20). "Tunisie : Après sa retraite, Youssef Mouihbi retourne à l'école" (in French). Tunisie Numerique. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
3. "Youssef Mouihbi : Le sacre de 2008 m'a donné plus de joie que le Bac (Vidéos)" (in French). Mosaique. 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
4. "ESS : Samedi, la signature de Youssef Mouihbi ! Omrani à l'ASM" (in French). G Net News. 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
5. Ayari, Rami (n.d.). "Club Africain Star Youssef Mouihbi Aiming for April Return". Goal. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
6. Mugabe, Bonnie (2011-01-26). "Club Africain name squad for APR clash". New Times. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
7. "Le Club Sportif Sfaxien est le champion du mercato hivernal" (in French). G Net News. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
8. Amara, Mansour (2014-01-10). "Oussama Sellami chef de file des diplômés de la licence «C» de la CAF" (in French). Webdo. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
9. "[CA] : Les joueurs de 60 à 41" (in French). Tunisie Foot. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
10. "VIDEO: Étoile du Sahel win 2015 CAF Confederation Cup". KingFut. 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
11. "Palmarès depuis 1956" (in French). Tunisian Football Federation. n.d. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
12. Orocoti, Franck (2016-08-19). "YOUSSEF MOUIHBI : LE TUNISIEN S'ENGAGE POUR UN AN DE PLUS AU LIBAN" (in French). Africa Top Sports. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
13. "Youssef Mouihbi signe pour un club libanais" (in French). Realites. 2016-01-25. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
14. "Youssef Mouihbi (joueur de l'ASM et fondateur de «Mouihbi Académie») : «Apporter aux enfants ce dont je n'ai pas bénéficié à leur âge»" (in French). Turess. 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
15. Khouini, Khaled (2021-07-04). "Al Hilal du Soudan sur Elyes Jelassi". La Presse. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
16. "A 36 ANS, YOUSSEF MOUIHBI DÉCROCHE SON BAC" (in French). Tuniscope. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-02-11.