Yassine Meriah
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Full name | Yassine Meriah | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 2 July 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ariana, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Espérance de Tunis | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Association d'Ariana | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Étoile de Métlaoui | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Club Sfaxien | 81 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2021 | Olympiacos | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | → Kasımpaşa (loan) | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 28 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Al Ain | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Espérance de Tunis | 33 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2015– | Tunisia | 70 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023 |
Yassine Meriah (Arabic: ياسين مرياح; born 2 July 1993) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Espérance de Tunis and the Tunisia national team.
Club career
Mariah was formed in Association d'Ariana, the team that was active in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2. In the 2013–14 season, he was transferred to Étoile de Métlaoui when he was 20 years old. After spending two seasons with the team, he was prominently featured and invited to the Tunisian Olympic team. He attracted the attention of the officials of Club Sfaxien, one of the most important teams in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 who sought to sign with him, starting from the 2014–15 season. From his first season with Club Sfaxien, Meriah was a key figure in the squad and played in many of the team's defensive positions.
Olympiacos
On 28 July 2018, Meriah joined Olympiacos for an estimated transfer fee of €1,500,000, signing a four-year contract. On 2 September 2018, he scored his first goal for the club in a 5–0 home win against PAS Giannina.
On 31 January 2020, Meriah officially loaned in Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa, until the end of the 2019–20 season, with a €5 million buyout clause expected in the summer. Meriah started this year as de facto leader in Olympiakos defence, having a great presence in the Champions League qualifiers. Later, however, there were some games in which he made mistakes, so he was sidelined. On 13 September 2020, he signed a long season loan with another Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor.
Al Ain
On 28 July 2021, Meriah joined Al Ain for a reported transfer fee of €2 million signing a two-year contract.
Espérance de Tunis
On 4 August 2022, Meriah joined Espérance de Tunis as a free agent signing a two-year contract.
International career
Meriah's success with his club led him to the Tunisia national team for the first time by coach Georges Leekens on 13 June 2015 against Morocco in 2016 African Nations Championship qualification.
He scored his first goal against DR Congo in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
In May 2018 he was named in Tunisia's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. In June 2019 he was named in Tunisia's final 23-man squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 30 June 2023
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Étoile de Métlaoui | 2013–14 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 13 | 0 | |
2014–15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |||
Total | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |||
Club Sfaxien | 2014–15 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
2015–16 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||||
2016–17 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
2017–18 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||||
Total | 81 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 95 | 6 | ||
Olympiacos | 2018–19 | Super League Greece | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
2019–20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Total | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
Kasımpaşa (loan) | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
Rizespor (loan) | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 26 | 1 | |
Al Ain | 2021–22 | UAE Pro League | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Espérance de Tunis | 2022–23 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 3 |
Career total | 205 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 258 | 12 |
International
- Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Meriah goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 1 September 2017 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, Tunisia | DR Congo | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 13 October 2018 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, Tunisia | Niger | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
3 | 22 March 2019 | Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, Tunisia | Eswatini | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
Individual
- Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2019
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Tunisian men's footballers
- Tunisia men's international footballers
- AS d'Ariana players
- ES Métlaoui players
- CS Sfaxien players
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers
- Çaykur Rizespor footballers
- Al Ain FC players
- Espérance Sportive de Tunis players
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- Super League Greece players
- Süper Lig players
- UAE Pro League players
- Tunisia men's under-23 international footballers
- People from Aryanah
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- Tunisian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Tunisia men's A' international footballers
- 2016 African Nations Championship players
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players