Montassar Talbi

Montassar Omar Talbi (born 26 May 1998) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian club Rubin Kazan and the Tunisia national football team.

Montassar Talbi
Talbi with Rubin Kazan in 2021
Personal information
Full name Montassar Omar Talbi[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-26) 26 May 1998
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Rubin Kazan
Number 3
Youth career
2003–2006 Paris FC
2006–2010 Les Lilas
2010–2017 ES Tunis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 ES Tunis 20 (1)
2018–2021 Çaykur Rizespor 49 (1)
2021 Benevento 0 (0)
2021– Rubin Kazan 13 (0)
National team‡
2018 Tunisia U23 1 (0)
2021– Tunisia 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2021

Club career

Born in France, Talbi began playing football with the youth academies of Paris FC and FC Les Lilas. His family had to move back to Tunisia, and at the age of 12 Talbi moved to the academy of ES Tunis, and moved up through the youth levels.[2] Talbi made his professional debut with ES Tunis in a 0-0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 tie with CS Sfaxien on 2 April 2017.[3] On 20 June 2018, Talbi signed with Çaykur Rizespor in the Turkish Süper Lig.[4]

On 9 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Rubin Kazan.[5]

International career

Talbi is a youth international for the Tunisia 23s and made his debut in a 2-0 friendly loss to the Italy 23s on 15 October 2018.[6][7] He debuted with the senior Tunisia national team in a 2–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Equatorial Guinea on 28 March 2021.[8] He was later included for the squad of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup, despite not being released by the Russian club.

Honours

ES Tunis

References
  1. "Montassar Omar Talbi". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. "Turquie - Rizespor / Montassar Talbi : " Viser le plus haut niveau européen " [exclu365]". 1 September 2018.
  3. "CS Sfaxien vs. ES Tunis - 2 April 2017 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  4. "Le défenseur de l'EST signe un contrat avec le club Turc Rizerpor". MosaiqueFM.
  5. "МОНТАССАР ТАЛЬБИ – В "РУБИНЕ"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 9 August 2021.
  6. "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  7. "ENO: Italie – Tunisie, lundi 15 octobre en Vénétie". Le Temps.
  8. "Match Report of Tunisia vs Equatorial Guinea - 2021-03-28 - Total Africa Cup of Nations Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 28 Mar 2021. Retrieved 29 Mar 2021.
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