Sadok Sassi

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Sadok Sassi
Personal information
Date of birth	(1945-11-15) 15 November 1945
Place of birth	Tunis, Tunisia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Club Africain
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1958–1979	Club Africain	417	(0)
National team^‡
1963–1978	Tunisia	87	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 march 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 march 2008

Sadok Sassi (Arabic: الصادق ساسي‎), nicknamed "Attouga" (born 15 November 1945 in Tunis)^[1] is a former Tunisian footballer. He was a goalkeeper and played for Club Africain and the Tunisian national team.^[2]

Sassi is one of the most famous Tunisian football players, especially in Africa and the Arab world, and is widely known for his charisma and early success. His career began in 1963 at age eighteen, and he joined the Tunisian national team later that year as the team's goalkeeper at the 1963 African Cup of Nations.^[3] In a sixteen-years career, Sassi earned an impressive five league titles, eight cups, including three for Tunisia and the Maghreb. In 1972, he was goalkeeper for the African team at the mini-World Cup, hosted by Brazil.^[1]

The national team's undisputed first-choice goalkeeper for many years, he missed Tunisia's first World Cup appearance in 1978 through injury,^[4] and was replaced by Mokhtar Naili. Sassi earned a total of 87 international caps.^[5] He was awarded the African Football’s Silver Order of Merit by CAF.

After retiring he has worked as a General Manager for Club Africain.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Qu'est-il devenu? SADOK SASSI alias ATTOUGA, Tunisiens du Monde, 7 January 2007.
↑ Faouzi Mahjoub, Le football africain. Trente ans de Coupe d'Afrique des nations : 1957-1988, coll. « Je sais », éd. Groupe Jeune Afrique, Paris, 1988, p. 171.
↑ Courtney, Barrie; Cruickshank, Mark; Knight, Ken; Mazet, Francois; Morrison, Neil; Veroeveren, Piet; Stokkermans, Karel. "African Nations Cup 1963". RSSSF, 15 August 2013. Retrieved on 18 August 2013.
↑ Sadok Sassi – FIFA competition record
↑ Imed Kilani. "Sadok Sassi "Attouga" - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2013-08-16.

External links

Sadok Sassi at National-Football-Teams.com
Sadok Sassi at Club Africain

v t e Tunisia squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup

1 Sassi 2 Dhouieb 3 Kaabi 4 Gasmi 5 M. Labidi 6 Ghommidh 7 Lahzami (c) 8 Ben Rehaiem 9 Akid 10 Dhiab 11 A. Ben Aziza 12 K. Labidi 13 Liman 14 Karoui 15 Ben Mouza 16 Chehaibi 17 El Louze 18 Chebli 19 Hasni 20 Jebali 21 L. Ben Aziza 22 Naili Coach: Chetali

Persondata
Name	Sassi, Sadok
Alternative names
Short description	Tunisian footballer
Date of birth	15 November 1945
Place of birth	Tunis, Tunisia
Date of death
Place of death

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