Faouzi Rouissi

Faouzi Rouissi
Personal information
Full name	Faouzi Rouissi
Date of birth	20 March 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Tunis, Tunisia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1981–1988	Club Africain
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1992	Club Africain
1992–1994	Caen
1994–1995	Al-Hilal
1997–2000	Club Africain
1999–2001	Greuther Fürth
2001–2002	Al-Wahda
2002–2003	Club Africain
International career
1989–2001	Tunisia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Faouzi Rouissi (born 20 March 1971 in Tunis) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a striker during his club career and for the Tunisia national team.

Rouissi's career started at the age of 10, when he joined local club Club Africain. He spent seven successful years in their youth academy before debuting as a senior in the 1988–89 season. During that season, he established himself as a regular and over the next four seasons that he played there he picked up two league titles, an African cup and an afro-Asian cup before leaving for French Ligue 2 side Stade Malherbe Caen.

Rouissi also had a spell with SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. Bundesliga.^[1] He played in seven FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.^[2]

Career Statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tunisia	1989	6	0
	1990	4	2
	1991	5	0
	1992	6	2
	1993	5	7
	1994	4	3
	1995	2	0
	1996	2	0
	1997	1	0
	1998	7	1
	1999	7	3
	2000	2	0
	2001	3	0
Total		54	18

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

List of international goals scored by Faouzi Rouissi
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	19 August 1990	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Chad	2-1	2-1	1992 African Cup of Nations qualification	^[4]
2	18 November 1990	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Ethiopia	2-0	2-0	1992 African Cup of Nations qualification	^[5]
3	11 October 1992	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Benin	1-0	5-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[6]
4	20 December 1992	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Morocco	1-0	1-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[7]
5	10 January 1993	Boujemaa Kmiti Stadium, Béja, Tunisia	Bulgaria	1-0	3-0	Friendly	^[8]
6	17 January 1993	Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin	Benin	2-0	5-0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[9]
7				3-0
8				5-0
9	22 September 1993	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Germany	1-1	1-1	Friendly	^[10]
10	7 November 1993	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Egypt	1-0	2-0	Friendly	^[11]
11	7 November 1993	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Egypt	2-0	2-0	Friendly	^[11]
12	17 March 1994	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Niger	1-0	4-2	Friendly	^[12]
13	17 March 1994	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Niger	3-0	4-2	Friendly	^[12]
14	30 March 1994	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Zaire	1-0	1-1	1994 African Cup of Nations	^[13]
15	4 February 1998	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako, Mali	Mali	1-0	1-0	Friendly	^[14]
16	22 January 1999	Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria	Algeria	1-0	1-0	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification	^[15]
17	28 February 1999	El Menzah Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia	Uganda	5-0	6-0	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification	^[16]
18	10 April 1999	Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda	Uganda	2-0	2-0	2000 African Cup of Nations qualification	^[17]