# Aymen Mathlouthi

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Tunisian footballer (born 1984)

Aymen Mathlouthi Mathlouthi with Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Personal information Full name Aymen Mathlouthi[1] Date of birth (1984-09-14) 14 September 1984 (age 41) Place of birth Tunis, Tunisia Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] Position Goalkeeper Team information Current team Tunisia U20 (Assistant) Youth career 1995–2001 Club Africain Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2001–2003 Club Africain 0 (0) 2003–2018 Étoile du Sahel 302 (0) 2018 Al-Batin 7 (0) 2018–2019 Club Africain 5 (0) 2019 Al-Adalah 10 (0) 2020–2023 Étoile du Sahel 38 (0) International career‡ 2007–2022 Tunisia 73 (0) Managerial career 2025– Tunisia U20 (Assistant) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:55, 25 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:50, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

**Aymen Mathlouthi** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): أَيْمَن الْمَثْلُوثِيّ; born 14 September 1984), also known as **Balbouli**, is a Tunisian former professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)).

Regarded by pundits as the best Tunisian goalkeepers and one of the best African goalkeepers of all time, some of his highlighted traits apart from goalkeeping, is his smooth ball control, and dribbling inside the penalty area. Mathlouthi won the [2011 African Nations Championship](/source/2011_African_Nations_Championship) held in [Sudan](/source/Sudan). The [Confederation of African Football](/source/Confederation_of_African_Football) (CAF) chose Mathlouthi as the best goalkeeper in the [2015 Africa Cup of Nations](/source/2015_Africa_Cup_of_Nations) held in [Equatorial Guinea](/source/Equatorial_Guinea), being also included in the CAF Team of the Tournament. He was [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia_national_football_team)'s starting goalkeeper vs [Panama](/source/Panama_national_football_team) at the last group stage match of the [2018 World Cup](/source/2018_FIFA_World_Cup), which also marked his World Cup debut. Called-up for the [2022 World Cup](/source/2022_FIFA_World_Cup), it was his second representing his country.

## Club career

From his earliest years, Mathlouthi joined the team's training center in his hometown (Djebel Lahmar in El Omrane), at [JS El Omrane](/source/JS_El_Omrane), where he trained as a goalkeeper.

In 1995, he decided to join [Club Africain](/source/Club_Africain). Later, he joined [Étoile du Sahel](/source/%C3%89toile_du_Sahel) based in [Sousse](/source/Sousse) in 1998 and achieved all possible national and continental glory at the club. He also participated at the [2007 FIFA Club World Cup](/source/2007_FIFA_Club_World_Cup) in Japan and finished in fourth place after defeating Mexican team [CF Pachuca](/source/CF_Pachuca) in the quarter-finals 1–0.

On 27 January 2018, he joined Saudi club [Al-Batin](/source/Al-Batin_F.C.) on a free transfer.[3] On 23 July 2018, he returned to Club Africain, where he started his professional career, in a two-year deal. He later returned to Saudi Arabia, this time to Al-Adalah and then came back to Étoile du Sahel.[4]

## International career

Mathlouthi received his first call-up with the [Tunisia national team](/source/Tunisia_national_football_team) for the first time to replace [Adel Nefzi](/source/Adel_Nefzi) in a [2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification](/source/2008_Africa_Cup_of_Nations_qualification) match against the [Seychelles](/source/Seychelles_national_football_team) on 23 March 2007. Since then, he has played constantly.[5] He participated in all editions of [Africa Cup of Nations](/source/Africa_Cup_of_Nations) since [2010](/source/2010_Africa_Cup_of_Nations) and [2011 African Nations Championship](/source/2011_African_Nations_Championship).

In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia’s 23-man squad for the [2018 FIFA World Cup](/source/2018_FIFA_World_Cup) in Russia.[6][7] After sitting on the bench of two matches, he was finally given the chance to make his historic World Cup debut in the final game against [Panama](/source/Panama_national_football_team) due to injuries of [Mouez Hassen](/source/Mouez_Hassen) and [Farouk Ben Mustapha](/source/Farouk_Ben_Mustapha).

## Personal life

Mathlouthi married on 13 May 2016. He celebrated his wedding in [Sousse](/source/Sousse) surrounded by his family and friends from Étoile du Sahel and the Tunisian team.

## Career statistics

### International

- *As of 17 July 2019[8]*

Appearances and goals by national team and year National team Year Apps Goals Tunisia 2007 1 0 2008 7 0 2009 3 0 2010 7 0 2011 6 0 2012 11 0 2013 1 0 2014 4 0 2015 9 0 2016 5 0 2017 10 0 2018 2 0 2019 1 0 Total 67 0

## Honours

**ES Sahel**

- [Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1](/source/Tunisian_Ligue_Professionnelle_1): [2007](/source/2006%E2%80%9307_Tunisian_Ligue_Professionnelle_1), [2016](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_Tunisian_Ligue_Professionnelle_1)

- [Tunisian Cup](/source/Tunisian_Cup): 2012, [2014](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_Tunisian_Cup), [2015](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_Tunisian_Cup)

- [CAF Champions League](/source/CAF_Champions_League): [2007](/source/2007_CAF_Champions_League)

- [CAF Confederation Cup](/source/CAF_Confederation_Cup): [2006](/source/2006_CAF_Confederation_Cup), [2015](/source/2015_CAF_Confederation_Cup)

- [CAF Super Cup](/source/CAF_Super_Cup): [2008](/source/2008_CAF_Super_Cup)

- [African Cup Winners' Cup](/source/African_Cup_Winners'_Cup): [2003](/source/2003_African_Cup_Winners'_Cup)

**Tunisia**

- [African Nations Championship](/source/African_Nations_Championship): [2011](/source/2011_African_Nations_Championship)

**Individual**

- Mathlouthi was named in the substitutes of the 2016 CAF Team of The Year, but was the First-Choice Goalkeeper in 2017.[9]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FIFA_2022_1-0)** ["FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Tunisia (TUN)"](https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf) (PDF). [FIFA](/source/FIFA). 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF) (PDF). *FIFA.com*. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from [the original](https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF) (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** @albatinclub (27 January 2018). ["WELCOME أيمن المثلوثي 💙"](https://twitter.com/albatinclub/status/957312306928586752) ([Tweet](/source/Tweet_(social_media))) – via [Twitter](/source/Twitter).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Aymen Mathlouthi signe pour deux ans au Club africain"](http://kapitalis.com/tunisie/2018/07/24/aymen-mathlouthi-signe-pour-deux-ans-au-club-africain/). 24 July 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Aymen Mathlouthi](https://web.archive.org/web/20150905/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=212413/index.html) – [FIFA](/source/FIFA) competition record (archived)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). ["Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists"](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb). *Goal*. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). ["Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44342860). *BBC Sport*. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Aymen Mathlouthi"](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/21456.html). *National Football Teams*. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Award Winners"](http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/CAF%20Finest%20XI%20vote%20result.pdf) (PDF). CAF. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

## External links

Tunisia squads v t e Tunisia squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Kasraoui 2 Ghezal 3 Haggui 4 El Abdy 5 El Bekri 6 Felhi 7 Ben Saada 8 Nafti 9 Chikhaoui 10 Zaiem 11 Santos 12 Mnari 13 Ben Frej 14 Zouaghi 15 Jaïdi (c) 16 Mathlouthi 17 Jemâa 18 Mikari 19 Meriah 20 Ben Dhifallah 21 Traoui 22 Nefzi 23 Chermiti Coach: Lemerre v t e Tunisia squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Nefzi (c) 2 Souissi 3 Haggui 4 Felhi 5 Jemal 6 Ragued 7 Ben Saada 8 Korbi 9 Chermiti 10 Darragi 11 Ben Radhia 12 Chemmam 13 Hammami 14 Mrabet 15 Dhaouadi 16 Mathlouthi 17 Jemâa 18 Mikari 19 Msakni 20 Nafkha 21 Ifa 22 Ben Mustapha 23 Akaichi Coach: Benzarti v t e Tunisia squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Ben Cherifia 2 Ifa 3 Haggui (c) 4 Chedli 5 Jemal 6 Ragued 7 Msakni 8 Korbi 9 Chikhaoui 10 Darragi 11 Allagui 12 Chemmam 13 Ben Yahia 14 Traoui 15 Dhaouadi 16 Mathlouthi 17 Jemâa 18 Boussaïdi 19 Khalifa 20 Abdennour 21 Saihi 22 Jridi 23 Chermiti Coach: Trabelsi v t e Tunisia squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Ben Mustapha 2 Ifa 3 Hichri 4 Baratli 5 C. Dhaouadi 6 Gharbi 7 Msakni 8 Hammami 9 Harbaoui 10 Darragi 11 Ben Youssef 12 Chemmam 13 Ben Yahia 14 Traoui 15 Z. Dhaouadi 16 Mathlouthi (c) 17 Jemâa 18 Boussaïdi 19 Khalifa 20 Abdennour 21 Mouelhi 22 Ben Cherifia 23 Khazri Coach: Trabelsi v t e Tunisia squad – 2015 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Ben Mustapha 2 Ben Youssef 3 Abdennour 4 Mohsni 5 Bedoui 6 Ragued 7 Msakni 8 Rjaïbi 9 Chikhaoui (c) 10 Younés 11 Chermiti 12 Maâloul 13 Sassi 14 Nater 15 Moncer 16 A. Mathlouthi 17 H. Mathlouthi 18 Khazri 19 Akaïchi 20 Yacoubi 21 Saihi 22 Ben Cherifia 23 Ben Djemia Coach: Leekens v t e Tunisia squad – 2017 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Jridi 2 Ben Youssef 3 Abdennour 4 Boughattas 5 Kchouk 6 Dhaouadi 7 Msakni 8 Lahmar 9 Akaïchi 10 Khazri 11 Khenissi 12 Maâloul 13 Sassi 14 Ben Amor 15 Azouni 16 A. Mathlouthi (c) 17 H. Mathlouthi 18 Khalil 19 Khalifa 20 Yacoubi 21 Nagguez 22 Ben Cherifia 23 Sliti Coach: Kasperczak v t e Tunisia squad – 2018 FIFA World Cup 1 Ben Mustapha 2 S. Ben Youssef 3 Benalouane 4 Meriah 5 Haddadi 6 Bedoui 7 Khaoui 8 F. Ben Youssef 9 Badri 10 Khazri (c) 11 Bronn 12 A. Maâloul 13 Sassi 14 Ben Amor 15 Khalil 16 Mathlouthi 17 Skhiri 18 Srarfi 19 Khalifa 20 Chaalali 21 Nagguez 22 Hassen 23 Sliti Coach: N. Maâloul v t e Tunisia squad – 2022 FIFA World Cup 1 Mathlouthi 2 Ifa 3 Talbi 4 Meriah 5 Ghandri 6 Bronn 7 Msakni (c) 8 Mejbri 9 Jebali 10 Khazri 11 Khenissi 12 Maâloul 13 Sassi 14 Laïdouni 15 Ben Romdhane 16 Dahmen 17 Skhiri 18 Chaalali 19 Jaziri 20 Dräger 21 Kechrida 22 Ben Saïd 23 Sliti 24 Abdi 25 Ben Slimane 26 Hassen Coach: Kadri

v t e 2017 CAF Team of the Year GK: Aymen Mathlouthi DF: Ahmed Fathy DF: Eric Bailly DF: Ali Maâloul MF: Mohamed Ounajem MF: Karim El Ahmadi MF: Achraf Bencharki MF: Junior Ajayi FW: Khalid Boutaïb FW: Taha Yassine Khenissi FW: Mohamed Salah

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