Sadok Sassi

Attouga
Personal information
Full nameSadok Sassi
Date of birth15 November 1945
Place of birthTunis, Tunisia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
Club Africain
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1958–1979Club Africain417(0)
National team‡
1963–1978Tunisia110(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]

He played both matches for the Tunisian national team 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Qu'est-il devenu? SADOK SASSI alias ATTOUGA, Tunisiens du Monde, 7 January 2007.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Khaled Abul-Oyoun, Mark Cruickshank, Ken Knight, Neil Morrison, and Karel Stokkermans (3 October 2013). "African Nations Cup 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Sadok Sassi – FIFA competition record
  5. ↑ Imed Kilani. "Sadok Sassi "Attouga" - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2013-08-16.

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