Zoubeir Baya: Career Stats, Clubs, Age & Nationality

Zoubeir Baya: profile

Zoubeir Baya (born 15 May 1971 in M'saken, Tunisia) is a retired Tunisian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Baya made the step into senior football with Étoile Sportive du Sahel in 1991. He played for 4 clubs in 3 countries between 1991 and 2006. His most appearances came at Étoile Sportive du Sahel (1991–1997), where he made 129 appearances and scored 34 goals. Across all recorded club spells he totals 373 appearances and 83 goals.

At international level, Baya represented Tunisia (1994–2002), earning 81 caps and scoring 16 goals. Our match database lists 12 of his international goals; the first came against Gabon on 28 January 1996 (Africa Cup of Nations).

M'saken has produced 4 footballers in our database, including Saïf Ghezal, Assil Jaziri and Anis Ajroud.

Key facts

Senior international debut: 1994 (aged about 23)
First international goal: 1996 – aged 24 (match)
Club career: 1991–2006 (16 seasons)
Countries played in: 3: Tunisia, Germany and Turkey
Club goals per game: 0.22 (83 in 373)
Height: 176 cm — taller than 18% of Tunisian internationals on record
Latest move: CS M'saken (2005)
Shares a birthday with: Patrice Evra, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and Carl Medjani (more)

Club career

Years	Club	League	Apps	Goals
1991–1997	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1	129	34
1997–2001	SC Freiburg	Bundesliga	114	21
2001–2002	Beşiktaş J.K.	Süper Lig	26	2
2002–2005	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1	52	13
2005–2006	CS M'saken	Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2	52	13
	Total		373	83

Appearances and goals are league figures where recorded on Wikidata; “–” means not recorded.

International career

Years	Team	Level	Caps	Goals
1994–2002	Tunisia	Senior	81	16

International goals (12)

#	Date	Match	Min	Competition
1	28 Jan 1996	Gabon 1–1 Tunisia	10	Africa Cup of Nations
2	31 Jan 1996	Zambia 2–4 Tunisia	20	Africa Cup of Nations
3	12 Jan 1997	Tunisia 1–0 Egypt	10	World Cup Qualification
4	17 Aug 1997	Tunisia 4–0 Namibia	19	World Cup Qualification
5	17 Aug 1997	Tunisia 4–0 Namibia	57	World Cup Qualification
6	23 Jan 2000	Nigeria 4–2 Tunisia	90	Africa Cup of Nations
7	8 Jul 2000	Tunisia 1–0 Madagascar	43	World Cup Qualification
8	25 Feb 2001	Tunisia 6–0 DR Congo	84	World Cup Qualification
9	1 Jul 2001	Tunisia 6–0 Congo	44	World Cup Qualification
10	1 Jul 2001	Tunisia 6–0 Congo	61	World Cup Qualification
11	15 Jul 2001	DR Congo 0–3 Tunisia	50	World Cup Qualification
12	15 Jul 2001	DR Congo 0–3 Tunisia	54	World Cup Qualification