Rami Kaib
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 May 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Nyköping, Sweden[1] | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | SC Heerenveen | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2020 | IF Elfsborg | 57 | (1) |
2021– | SC Heerenveen | 39 | (0) |
National team | |||
2016 | Sweden U19 | 2 | (0) |
2017 | Sweden U20 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Tunisia | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:31, 20 May 2022 (UTC) |
Rami Kaib (Arabic: رامي كعيب; born 8 May 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Dutch club SC Heerenveen.[2] Kaib was born in Sweden and has Tunisian heritage; he represented his native country internationally at under-19 level, before being called up to the Tunisia national team in 2022.
Club career
On 13 January 2021, Kaib joined Eredivisie side Heerenveen on a four-and-a-half-year deal.[3]
International career
Born in Sweden, Kaib is of Tunisian descent from his father,[4] and Lebanese from his mother.[5] He has represented Sweden at under-19 level and, despite being eligible to also represent Tunisia and Lebanon, has stated that he has "ambitions to play for the Swedish national team",[4] and that he had no intention of representing Lebanon.[5]
In May 2022, the Tunisian Football Federation announced that Kaib had signed the documents in order to play for the Tunisia national team.[6]
References
- ^ "Rami Kaib - Profilo giocatore - Calcio". Eurosport (in Italian). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ Rami Kaib at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Heerenveen sign Swedish full-back". Football Oranje. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ a b LI, H (27 February 2020). "[ENQUÊTE] Ces joueurs tunisiens qui évoluent en Scandinavie". Ettachkila. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Edvardsson, Filip (27 January 2021). "Bodde på 27(!) kvadrat med lagkamraterna: "Väldigt roligt"". fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "محترف الدوري الهولندي ينضم لنسور قرطاج". كووورة. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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