Aymen Mouelhi

Aymen Mouelhi
Personal information
Full name	Aymen Mouelhi
Date of birth	14 September 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	St Joseph's
Number	16
Youth career
0000–2013	Olympique Kef
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013	Olympique Kef
2013–2015	Europa
2015–2016	Lions Gibraltar
2016–2019	Gibraltar United
2019–	St Joseph's
National team‡
2018–	Gibraltar
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:11, 22 October 2022 (UTC+1); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:44, 12 June 2022 (UTC+1)

Aymen Mouelhi (born 14 September 1986) is a semi-professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for St Joseph's.^[2]^[3] Born in Spain and raised in Tunisia, Mouelhi represents the Gibraltar national team after becoming naturalised in 2018.

International career

Mouelhi made his international debut for Gibraltar on 16 November 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Joseph Chipolina in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D match against Armenia, which finished as a 6–2 loss.^[4] After a particularly impressive performance against Norway which saw the minnows restrict the Scandinavians to only 3 goals in a respectable defeat, Mouelhi went viral after he quipped that he "expected more" of the highly rated Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who he had been tasked with marking throughout the game.^[5]

Personal life

Mouelhi is a fan of FC Barcelona, being born in the Catalan capital. Outside of football, he works in the tourism industry in Gibraltar.^[6]

Career statistics

International

As of 12 June 2022^[7]

Gibraltar
Year	Apps	Goals
2018	2	0
2019	5	0
2020	6	0
2021	10	0
2022	3	0
Total	26	0

References

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^ "UEFA Nations League – Gibraltar v Armenia". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
^ “I expected more” – Outstanding big-time behaviour from Gibraltar defender Aymen Mouelhi as he gives Erling Haaland assessment Caught Offside. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ The Gibraltar centre-back who stopped Haaland: A reinforcement for Barcelona? Marca English. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ "Aymen Mouelhi". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 27 November 2018.

External links

Aymen Mouelhi – UEFA competition record (archive)
Aymen Mouelhi – UEFA competition record (archive)
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[4] "UEFA Nations League – Gibraltar v Armenia". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.

[5] “I expected more” – Outstanding big-time behaviour from Gibraltar defender Aymen Mouelhi as he gives Erling Haaland assessment Caught Offside. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[6] The Gibraltar centre-back who stopped Haaland: A reinforcement for Barcelona? Marca English. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[7] "Aymen Mouelhi". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 27 November 2018.

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