Issam Jebali

Issam Jebali
Personal information
Date of birth	25 December 1991 (age 31)
Place of birth	Majaz al Bab, Tunisia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward, winger
Club information
Current team	OB
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2014	Étoile du Sahel
2012–2013	→ Zarzis (loan)
2015–2016	Värnamo
2016–2018	Elfsborg
2018–2019	Rosenborg
2019	Al-Wehda
2019–	OB
National team‡
2018–	Tunisia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:02, 29 September 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2022

Issam Jebali (Arabic: عصام الجبالي; born 25 December 1991) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Danish Superliga club Odense Boldklub.^[1]

Club career

Jebali signed with Värnamo in 2015 before signing with Elfsborg in July 2016.^[2] In August 2018 he signed for Rosenborg.^[3] In January 2019 he signed for Al-Wehda.^[4] Al-Wehda and Jebali received criticism from Rosenborg as a response to Al-Wehda appearing to announce the signing of Jebali before a deal with Rosenborg was actually finalised.^[5]

On 30 July 2019, it was confirmed that Jebali had joined Danish Superliga club Odense Boldklub on a three-year contract.^[6] In September 2020, he scored four goals in three matches, and his performances led to him being named as the Danish Superliga Player of the Month.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 August 2021^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Domestic Cups		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
IFK Värnamo	2015	Superettan	26	5	1	0	–		27	5
	2016	Superettan	15	6	3	0	–		18	6
	Total		41	11	4	0	–		45	11
IF Elfsborg	2016	Allsvenskan	15	7	0	0	–		15	7
	2017		29	10	2	1	–		31	11
	2018		15	3	4	2	–		19	5
	Total		59	20	6	3	–		65	23
Rosenborg	2018	Eliteserien	7	3	1	0	5	2	13	5
Al-Wehda	2018–19	Saudi Pro League	13	3	1	0	–		14	3
OB	2019–20	Superliga	24	3	1	0	–		25	3
	2020–21		30	10	2	1	–		32	11
	2021–22		7	1	0	0	–		7	1
	Total		62	14	3	1	–		65	15
Career total			182	51	15	4	5	2	202	57

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 June 2022	Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan	Chile	1–0	2–0	2022 Kirin Cup Soccer
2.	14 June 2022	Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan	Japan	3–0	3–0	2022 Kirin Cup Soccer

Honours

Tunisia

Kirin Cup: 2022

Individual

Superliga Player of the Month: September 2020^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Issam Jebali at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
^ "SvenskaFans".
^ "Issam Jebali klar for Rosenborg".
^ http://www.alriyadh.com/1734067
^ "Her poserer Jebali for ny klubb – Rosenborg reagerer".
^ OB henter Issam Jebali, ob.dk, 30 July 2019
^ ^a ^b Margren, Sara (4 October 2020). "OB-bomber kåret til månedens spiller". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 December 2020.

[Soccerway-1] Issam Jebali at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[2] "SvenskaFans".

[3] "Issam Jebali klar for Rosenborg".

[4] ttp://www.alriyadh.com/1734067

[5] "Her poserer Jebali for ny klubb – Rosenborg reagerer".

[6] OB henter Issam Jebali, ob.dk, 30 July 2019

[potm-0920-7] Margren, Sara (4 October 2020). "OB-bomber kåret til månedens spiller". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 December 2020.

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