Sebastian Tounekti

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Sebastian Tounekti
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Tromsø, Norway
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Haugesund
Number 11
Youth career
2014–2018 Tromsdalen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Tromsdalen 12 (0)
2020–2022 Bodø/Glimt 14 (1)
2021–2022 → Groningen (loan) 0 (0)
2022– Haugesund 13 (0)
2023 → Ranheim (loan) 5 (1)
International career‡
2017 Norway U15 4 (1)
2019 Norway U17 5 (0)
2020 Norway U19 3 (1)
2021 Tunisia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:45, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Sebastian Tounekti (born 13 July 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Haugesund. Born in Norway, he plays for the Tunisia national team.

Club career[edit]

Tounekti was born in Tromsø.[1] He made his senior debut for Tromsdalen on 30 September 2018 against Ullensaker/Kisa; Tromsdalen won 3–0.[2]

He made his senior debut for Bodø/Glimt on 16 June 2020 against Viking; Bodø/Glimt won 4–2. He scored his first and only goal in October 2020 against Molde.[2] Tounekti and George Lewis were both players at Tromsdalen who were discovered by clubs other than Tromsdalen's larger neighbour Tromsø IL, the failure to pick them up being lamented by Tromsø fans.[3]

International career[edit]

Tounekti was born in Norway to a Tunisian father and Norwegian mother.[4] He was a youth international for Norway up until U19 level.[2] He was called up to represent the senior Tunisia national team on 19 March 2021.[5] He debuted with Tunisia in a 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Mauritania on 7 October 2021.[6]

Personal life[edit]

Tounekti is the cousin of the Norwegian footballer Bryan Fiabema.[7]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 31 March 2024[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tromsdalen 2018 Norwegian First Division 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
2019 11 0 1 0 – 12 0
Total 12 0 1 0 – 13 0
Bodø/Glimt 2020 Eliteserien 9 1 – 1 1 10 2
2021 5 0 2 0 4 0 11 0
2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 14 1 2 0 5 1 21 2
Groningen (loan) 2021–22 Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Haugesund 2022 Eliteserien 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2023 7 0 3 0 0 0 10 0
2024 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 13 0 3 0 0 0 16 0
Ranheim (loan) 2023 OBOS-ligaen 5 1 0 0 – 5 1
Career total 44 2 6 0 5 1 55 3

Honours[edit]

Bodø/Glimt

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sebastian Tounekti". altomfotball.no. TV2. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Sebastian Tounekti at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ "De seks største talentene som glapp for TIL". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Tounekti velger Tunisia – tatt ut på A-landslaget". Nettavisen. 16 March 2021.
  5. ^ "EN : La liste de Mondher Kebaier pour affronter la Libye et la Guinée Equatoriale". www.kawarji.com.
  6. ^ "Match Report of Tunisia vs Mauritania - 2021-10-07 - WC Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Sebastian (18) scoret få timer etter at søskenbarnet herjet for Chelsea: – Jeg måtte score siden han leverte så bra". www.aftenposten.no. 18 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Sebastian Tounekti". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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