Hamdi Kasraoui

Hamdi Kasraoui (Arabic: حمدي القصراوي, born 18 January 1983) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Hamdi Kasraoui
Personal information
Full name Hamdi Kasraoui[1]
Date of birth (1983-01-18) 18 January 1983
Place of birth Sousse, Tunisia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Espérance de Tunis 135 (1)
2009–2013 RC Lens 42 (0)
2013 Club Sfaxien 8 (0)
2014–2015 Stade Tunisien 18 (0)
2015–2018 Club Bizertin 46 (0)
Total 249 (1)
International career
2005–2012 Tunisia 38 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Tunisia (goalkeeping coach)
2021–2023 Espérance de Tunis (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Kasraoui played for Espérance Sportive de Tunis until 25 May 2009, when he signed with French club RC Lens, which at the time had just secured promotion back to the Ligue 1.[2] He spent the 2009-10 season as the club's second-choice goalkeeper, behind Vedran Runje, making his Ligue 1 debut on 17 April 2010 in a goalless draw at OGC Nice after Runje was ruled out with an injury. After his debut, Kasraoui went on to appear in all of the club's remaining five league matches of the season.

Kasraoui decided to return to Tunisia in December 2012. Much appreciated in the northern club, Kasraoui announced his departure to his teammates leaving a message full of emotion in the locker room. For several days now, his signature in Club SS Sfaxien has been formalized by the Tunisian club on 20 December for a six-month contract. He won the Tunisian championship for the fourth time in his career.

He also signed a contract with Stade Tunisien in 2014 before joining Club Bizertin in 2015 where he remained 3 years before retiring in 2018.

International career

Kasraoui has 16 caps for the Tunisian national team, and played at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Germany and the 2006 African Cup of Nations in Egypt. However, he has been the second-choice goalkeeper both on club and international level. He was called up to the 2006 World Cup as a reserve for Ali Boumnijel. After Boumnijel retired from international football, Kasraoui became the first choice goalkeeper for Tunisia in 2008 African Cup of Nations but he has not been as successful as its predecessor.

He retired internationally in 2012.

Coaching career

He made his debut in his managerial career on 4 August 2018 when he was appointed as a goalkeeping coach of Tunisia national team with the head coach Faouzi Benzarti. On 2 August 2021, he was appointed as a goalkeeping coach of Espérance de Tunis.

References
  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. "Brief-Soccer-Lens sign Tunisian goalkeeper Kasroaui". Reuters. 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-05-25.


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