Ali Abdi (footballer)

Ali Abdi
Abdi with Nice in 2025
Personal information
Full name Ali El Abdi[1]
Date of birth (1993-12-20) 20 December 1993
Place of birth Sfax, Tunisia[2]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Nice
Number 2
Youth career
Sfax RS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 JS Kairouan 15 (2)
2012–2016 Espérance de Tunis 12 (0)
2014 → Stade Tunisien (loan) 17 (4)
2016–2019 Club Africain 56 (7)
2019–2021 Paris FC 47 (9)
2020 Paris FC B 1 (0)
2021–2024 Caen 98 (14)
2021 Caen B 1 (0)
2024– Nice 40 (6)
International career‡
2015 Tunisia U23 4 (0)
2021– Tunisia 44 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 January 2026

Ali El Abdi (Arabic: عَلِيّ الْعَابِدِيّ; born 20 December 1993), known as Ali Abdi, is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 club Nice and the Tunisia national team.

Club career

Abdi made his professional debut with JS Kairouan in a 0–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 tie with EGS Gafsa on 25 December 2011.[3] On 24 June 2019, Abdi moved to Paris FC in the French Ligue 2.[4]

On 21 July 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Caen.[5]

On 2 September 2024, Abdi signed for Ligue 1 club Nice for a fee of €500,000.[6] This transfer was completed outside the regular transfer window dates thanks to a "joker" transfer exemption granted by the Ligue de Football Professionnel.[7]

International career

Abdi made his debut for the Tunisia national team on 25 March 2021 in an AFCON 2021 qualifier against Libya.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 February 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
JS Kairouan 2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 15 2 0 0 — — — 15 2
Espérance de Tunis 2012–13 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 1 0 — — 0 0 — 1 0
2013–14 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 0 0 0 0 — 2[c] 0 — 2 0
2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 11 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 11 0
2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 0 0
Total 12 0 0 0 — 2 0 — 14 0
Stade Tunisien (loan) 2013–14 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 17 4 2 0 — — — 19 4
Club Africain 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 12 2 2 0 — 11[d] 2 — 25 4
2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 22 2 5 1 — 2[d] 0 — 29 3
2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 22 3 2 0 — 7[c] 0 — 31 3
Total 56 7 9 1 — 20 2 — 85 10
Paris FC 2019–20 Ligue 2 14 0 1 0 2 0 — — 17 0
2020–21 Ligue 2 33 9 1 0 — — — 34 9
Total 47 9 2 0 2 0 — — 51 9
Paris FC B 2019–20 Championnat National 3 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Caen 2021–22 Ligue 2 31 2 0 0 — — — 31 2
2022–23 Ligue 2 32 3 1 0 — — — 33 3
2023–24 Ligue 2 33 9 0 0 — — — 33 9
2024–25 Ligue 2 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Total 98 14 1 0 — — — 99 14
Caen B 2021–22 Championnat National 2 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Nice 2024–25 Ligue 1 25 5 2 0 — 4[e] 0 — 31 5
2025–26 Ligue 1 15 1 1 0 — 7[e] 0 — 23 1
Total 40 6 3 0 — 11 0 — 54 6
Career total 287 42 17 1 2 0 33 2 0 0 339 45
  1. ^ Includes Tunisian Cup, Coupe de France
  2. ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. ^ a b Appearances in CAF Champions League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  5. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 3 January 2026[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Tunisia 2021 4 0
2022 9 2
2023 8 0
2024 11 2
2025 11 3
2026 1 0
Total 44 7
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Abdi goal.[9]
List of international goals scored by Ali Abdi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 June 2022 Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan  Chile 1–0 2–0 2022 Kirin Cup
2 16 November 2022 Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Iran 2–0 2–0 Friendly
3 7 September 2024 Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, Morocco  Gambia 1–0 2–1 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4 14 November 2024 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa  Madagascar 3–2 3–2
5 13 October 2025 Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Radès, Tunisia  Namibia 1–0 3–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 14 November 2025 Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Radès, Tunisia  Jordan 1–1 3–2 Friendly
7 27 December 2025 Fez Stadium, Fez, Morocco  Nigeria 2–3 2–3 2025 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Club Africain

Tunisia

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ Paris, Valentin (13 August 2019). "Ali Abdi signe au Paris FC". Paris FC.
  3. ^ "Kairouan vs. EGS Gafsa - 25 December 2011 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  4. ^ "Transferts : Ali Abdi (Club Africain) au Paris FC - Foot - Transferts". L'Équipe.
  5. ^ "ALI ABDI NOUVEAU JOUEUR DU STADE MALHERBE CAEN" (in French). Caen. 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Caen : Ali Abdi s'engage à Nice (off)". Foot National (in French). 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Official | Ali Abdi completes OGC Nice following Jordan Lotomba exit". Yahoo Sports. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Libya v Tunisia game report". Eurosport. 25 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b Ali Abdi at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ^ UNFP [@UNFP] (15 May 2022). "Un onze-type qui a vu la vie en rose cette saison, ne cuvée 2021–2022 qui a fière allure, n'est-ce pas" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Ouest-France (13 May 2024). "Trophées UNFP. L'équipe type de la saison de L2 : Auxerre en force, Angers et Caen bien représentés". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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