Karim Saidi

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Karim Saidi
Personal information
Full name	Karim Saidi
Date of birth	March 24, 1983 (1983-03-24) (age 26)
Place of birth	Tunis, Tunisia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position	defender
Club information
Current club	Club Africain
Youth career
1994–2002	Club Africain
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001–2004 2004–2008 2006 2008 2008-2009 2009-	Club Africain Feyenoord → Lecce (loan) → Sivasspor (loan) Club Africain Tours FC	00? 00(?) 046 00(1) 009 00(0) 013 00(0) 005 00(0)
National team2
2003–	Tunisia	015 00(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 october 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Karim Saidi (Arabic: كريم سعيدي‎) (born 24 March 1983 in Tunis) is a Tunisian football player who currently plays for French Ligue 2 club Tours FC.

When Karim was 10 years old he joined Club Africain, one of the major clubs in Tunisia. He made his debut in the Tunisian national team against Morocco in 2003. In 2004 the right-footed defender moved to Feyenoord Rotterdam after advice from his friend Hatem Trabelsi and signed a contract till 2008. During his first season he was the first choice in Feyenoord's central defense, as a result of which he played 30 matches in the Dutch Eredivisie.

As of 2005/06, Saidi lost his spot in the starting eleven. Determined to play as a regular in order to increase his chances to be in the Tunisian squad during the FIFA World Cup 2006, he moved on loan to US Lecce of Italian Serie A on January 31, 2006. He made 9 appearances with Lecce and gained a place in the Tunisian squad for the FIFA World Cup 2006.

Following the World Cup, Karim returned to Feyenoord for the 2006/2007 season. He remained at the club until January 2008, when he moved on loan to Sivasspor in January 2008. Karim made a good impression in the Turkish first division helping the club secure an impressive fourth place allowing it to participate in its first ever European cup.

On October 9 2008 he signed a four-year contract with his former club Club Africain. Failing to reassert himself in his childhood club, he signed a two-year deal with Tours FC in June 2009.

[edit] External links

• Career stats - National football teams
• Career stats - Voetbal International (Dutch)

v • d • e Tunisia squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Boumnijel • 2 Saidi • 3 Essediri • 4 El Abdy • 5 Jaziri • 6 Trabelsi • 7 Mhedhebi • 8 Nafti • 9 Guemamdia • 10 Ghodhbane • 11 Santos • 12 Mnari • 13 Namouchi • 14 Chedli • 15 Jaïdi • 16 Fadhel • 17 Ben Saada • 18 Ben Achour • 19 Ayari • 20 Clayton • 21 Jemâa • 22 Kasraoui • 23 Hadj Massaoued • Coach: Lemerre

v • d • e Tunisia squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Boumnijel • 2 Essediri • 3 Haggui • 4 Yahia • 5 Jaziri • 6 Trabelsi • 7 Guemamdia • 8 Nafti • 9 Chikhaoui • 10 Ghodhbane • 11 Santos • 12 Mnari • 13 Bouazizi • 14 Chedli • 15 Jaïdi • 16 Nefzi • 17 Ben Saada • 18 Jemmali • 19 Ayari • 20 Namouchi • 21 Saidi • 22 Kasraoui • 23 Melliti • Coach: Lemerre