{{Short description|Footballer (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{family name hatnote|Ben Youssef|Youssef}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Syam Ben Youssef | full_name = Sham Habib Ben Youssef<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=4 June 2018 |access-date=4 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=19 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | image = Bel-Tun (6) (cropped).jpg | upright = 0.9 | caption = Ben Youssef with [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|3|31|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Marseille]], France | height = 1.89 m<ref name="FIFA"/> | position = [[Centre-back]] | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1995–2007 | youthclubs1 = US Traminots Marseille | youthyears2 = 2007–2008 | youthclubs2 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]] | years1 = 2008–2009 | clubs1 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]] | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2009–2011 | clubs2 = [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|ES Tunis]] | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2011–2012 | clubs3 = [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2012–2015 | clubs4 = [[FC Astra Giurgiu|Astra Giurgiu]] | caps4 = 67 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2015–2017 | clubs5 = [[Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen]] | caps5 = 35 | goals5 = 3 | years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = [[Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen B]] | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 2 | years7 = 2017–2019 | clubs7 = [[Kasımpaşa S.K.|Kasımpaşa]] | caps7 = 73 | goals7 = 4 | years8 = 2020 | clubs8 = [[Denizlispor]] | caps8 = 4 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2020–2021 | clubs9 = [[CFR Cluj]] | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2022 | clubs10 = [[PFC Beroe Stara Zagora|Beroe]] | caps10 = 13 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2022 | clubs11 = [[US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole|Quevilly-Rouen B]] | caps11 = 1 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2022–2023 | clubs12 = [[US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole|Quevilly-Rouen]] | caps12 = 27 | goals12 = 1 | years13 = 2023–2024 | clubs13 = [[Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen]] | caps13 = 4 | goals13 = 0 | totalcaps = 276 | totalgoals = 16 | nationalyears1 = 2008–2009 | nationalteam1 = [[Tunisia national under-20 football team|Tunisia U20]] | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2010–2019 | nationalteam2 = [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] | nationalcaps2 = 48 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | club-update = 11 June 2024 | nationalteam-update = 17 July 2019 }} '''Syam Habib Ben Youssef''' ({{langx|aeb|صيام الحبيب بن يوسف}}; born 31 March 1989) is a former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[centre-back]]. Born in France, he played for the [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia national team]] from 2010 to 2019, scoring two goals in forty-eight caps.

==Club career== ===Bastia=== Born in [[Marseille]], Ben Youssef passed by the Union sportif des traminots Marseille and the training center of [[SC Bastia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kawarji.com/joueur,1093,156.html|title=Fiche de – Tunisie Ligue 1 2009/2010|website=www.kawarji.com|language=fr|access-date=5 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610193912/http://www.kawarji.com/joueur,1093,156.html|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===ES Tunis=== He joined [[ES Tunis]] on a two-year contract on 12 August 2009,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mosaiquefm.net/index/a/ActuDetail/Element/7952-Syam-Ben-Youssef-d%C3%A9barque-chez-les-sangs-et-or.html|title=Actualité Tunisie : News et info de la Tunisie – Radio Mosaique|website=www.mosaiquefm.net|language=fr-FR|access-date=5 February 2018}}</ref> he made his professional debut in the Tunisian championship on 12 September 2009, against [[CS Sfaxien]] (4–0) at [[Stade 7 November]], and scored his first goal. On 14 December, he received his first convocation with the national team.

===Leyton Orient=== In 2012 Ben Youssef played for English club [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]],<ref name="LeacockOrient">{{cite news| url=http://www.leytonorient.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10439~2576265,00.html| publisher=Leyton Orient F.C| title=O's Sign Defender Leacock| date=14 January 2012}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>

===Astra Giurgiu=== He signed to [[FC Astra Giurgiu|Astra Giurgiu]] in [[Romania]], where he remained three seasons, won [[2013–14 Cupa României]] and discovered European competitions.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Ziarul Prahova |title=Şi Astrei îi plac tunisienii! |date=23 June 2012 |url=https://www.ziarulprahova.ro/stiri/sport/113449/si-astrei-ii-plac-tunisienii |accessdate=23 June 2012}}</ref>

===Caen=== On 29 June 2015, free of any contract with the Romanian club, Ben Youssef committed for three seasons to [[Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen]], he played his first match in [[Ligue 1]] on 22 August against [[OGC Nice]]. He scored his first goal in the fifth day against [[Troyes AC]].

===Kasımpaşa=== On 5 July 2017, he agreed with Caen to cancel his contract and joined the Turkish club [[Kasımpaşa S.K.|Kasımpaşa]] for three seasons.

===Denizlispor=== Ben Youssef moved to Turkish club Denizlispor in 2020.

===CFR Cluj=== On 4 November 2020, Ben Youssef joined Romanian club [[CFR Cluj]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cfr1907.ro/bun-venit-syam-ben-youssef/|title=BUN VENIT, SYAM BEN YOUSSEF!|accessdate=4 November 2020|date=4 November 2020|author=Mihaitalazarica|publisher=[[CFR Cluj]]|language=Romanian}}</ref>

===Beroe=== In February 2022, Ben Youssef signed with [[First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)|Bulgarian First League]] club [[PFC Beroe Stara Zagora|Beroe]].<ref>{{cite web |title="Берое" привлече Бен Юсеф |url=https://www.beroe.bg/2022/02/14/%d0%b1%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b5-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b2%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%87%d0%b5-%d0%b1%d0%b5%d0%bd-%d1%8e%d1%81%d0%b5%d1%84/ |website=beroe.bg |access-date=22 February 2022|language=bg}}</ref> He left [[PFC Beroe Stara Zagora|Beroe]] at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Сиам Бен Юсеф с равносметка за престоя си в Берое |url=https://topsport.bg/beroe/siam-ben-yusef-s-ravnosmetka-za-prestoya-si-v-beroe.html |website=topsport.bg |date=12 June 2022 |access-date=1 July 2022|language=bg}}</ref>

=== Return to Caen ===

On 1 July 2023, Ben Youssef returned to Caen, signing a one-year contract with the club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SYAM BEN YOUSSEF DE RETOUR AU SM CAEN |url=https://www.smcaen.fr/2022-2023/actualites/groupe-pro/syam-ben-youssef-de-retour-au-sm-caen |access-date=21 July 2023 |date=1 July 2023 |publisher=[[Stade Malherbe Caen]] |language=fr}}</ref>

==International career== With the [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] Ben Youssef started in 2013. He played his first African Cup in [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations|2015]], he participated also in [[2017 Africa Cup of Nations]].

On 17 November 2015, he scored his first goal with the Tunisian team in [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round|the second round of the 2018 World Cup qualification]] against [[Mauritania national football team|Mauritania]].

In June 2018 he was named in Tunisia’s 23-man squad for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] in Russia.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crawford |first1=Stephen |title=Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad – Final 23-man lists |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb |website=Goal |accessdate=16 July 2019 |date=4 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Okeleji |first1=Oluwashina |title=Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44342860 |accessdate=17 July 2019 |work=BBC Sport |date=2 June 2018}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {{updated|17 July 2019|<ref name="NFT">{{NFT|53822|Syam Ben Youssef|accessdate=14 July 2018}}</ref>}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="7"|[[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] |2013||2||0 |- |2014||9||0 |- |2015||12||1 |- |2016||4||0 |- |2017||12||0 |- |2018||7||0 |- |2019||2||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!48!!2 |}

:''Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ben Youssef goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Syam Ben Youssef<ref name="NFT"/> |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | style="text-align:center"|1 || 17 November 2015 || [[Stade Olympique de Radès]], [[Radès]], Tunisia || {{fb|MTN|1959}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- | style="text-align:center"|2 || 22 March 2019 || Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia || {{fb|ESW}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || [[2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J|2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification]] |}

==Honours== '''ES Tunis''' *[[CAF Champions League]]: [[2011 CAF Champions League|2011]] *[[Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1|Tunisian Ligue 1]]: [[2009–10 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1|2010–11]] *[[Tunisian President Cup|Tunisian Cup]]: 2010–11

'''Astra Giurgiu''' *[[Cupa României]]: [[2013–14 Cupa României|2013–14]] *[[Supercupa României]]: [[2014 Supercupa României|2014]]

'''CFR Cluj''' *[[Liga I]]: [[2020–21 Liga I|2020–21]] *[[Supercupa României]]: [[2020 Supercupa României|2020]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.frf.ro/competitii/supercupa-romaniei-cfr-cluj-vs-fcsb/|title=FOTO&VIDEO &#124; CFR Cluj a câștigat Supercupa României!|trans-title=PHOTO&VIDEO &#124; CFR Cluj won the Romanian Supercup!|publisher=[[Romanian Football Federation]]|language=ro|date=15 April 2021|access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Soccerway|syam-ben-youssef/109705}} *{{NFT|53822}}

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