Karim Saidi

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Karim Saidi
Personal information
Full name	Karim Saidi
Date of birth	March 24, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Tunis, Tunisia
Height	184cm
Position	defender
Club information
Current club	Feyenoord
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2002-04 2004-06 2006 2006-	Club Africain Feyenoord Lecce (loan) Feyenoord	34 (1) 9 (0) 6 (0)
National team**
2003-	Tunisia	15 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2006.

Karim Saidi (Arabic: كريم سعيدي) (born 24 March 1983 in Tunis) is a Tunisian football player currently playing for Feyenoord Rotterdam. He is a regular in the Tunisian national team.

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.

Feyenoord Rotterdam - Current Squad
1 Aerts | 2 Saidi | 3 Derijck | 4 Bahia | 6 Lucius | 7 Buijs | 8 de Ceulaer | 9 van Hooijdonk | 10 Hofs | 11 Huysegems | 14 Pardo | 15 Charisteas | 16 Schreuder | 18 Greene | 19 Boussaboun | 20 Vlaar | 22 Kolkka | 23 Abubakari | 24 Drenthe | 25 Altheer | 26 Davids | 27 Sammuel | 28 Castelen | 29 Vincken | 31 Timmer | 32 Ekramy | 33 de Guzmán | 39 Collen

	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