Sayfallah Ltaief
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Twente | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Zürich | |||
| 2015–2017 | Kosova Zürich | ||
| 2017–2018 | Zürich | ||
| 2018–2020 | Winterthur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2022 | Winterthur | 66 | (8) |
| 2022–2024 | Basel | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Basel U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Winterthur (loan) | 50 | (9) |
| 2024– | Twente | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Tunisia | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:26, 22 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Sayfallah Ltaief (Arabic: سيف الله لطيف; born 22 April 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dutch Eredivisie club Twente. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Tunisia national team.
Club career
[edit]Ltaief is a product of the youth academies of Zürich, Kosova Zürich, and Winterthur.[2] He began his senior career in the Swiss Challenge League with Winterthur in 2020. On 9 June 2022, he transferred to Swiss Super League club Basel.[3] He made his professional debut with Basel in a 1–1 league draw against his former club Winterthur on 16 July 2022.[4]
On 5 December 2022, Ltaief agreed to return to Winterthur on loan for the second half of the 2022–23 season.[5] His loan was again extended for the entirety of the 2023–24 season, as he eventually scored eight goals and six assists for Winterthur throughout the league campaign.[6]
On 17 May 2024, it was announced that Ltaief would join Dutch side Twente on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract set to be activated from 1 July.[6][7]
International career
[edit]Ltaief was born in Switzerland and is of Tunisian descent.[2] He was called up to represent the Tunisia U22s in 2022, and also had training sessions with the senior national team in preparation for the 2022 Kirin Cup.[8] He made his debut with Tunisia as a late substitute in a 1–0 friendly win over Comoros on 22 September 2022.[9]
Honours
[edit]Winterthur
References
[edit]- ^ "Sayfallah Ltaief". FC Basel. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ a b Germany, Verlagshaus Jaumann. "FC Basel: Sayfallah Ltaief zum FC Basel - Verlagshaus Jaumann". www.verlagshaus-jaumann.de.
- ^ "Der FCB holt auch noch Sayfallah Ltaief von Winterthur". 4-4-2.com. 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Winterthurs grosser Abend – Und dann wird es in der Festhütte plötzlich surreal". Der Bund.
- ^ "SAYFALLAH LTAIEF LEIHWEISE ZUM FC WINTERTHUR" (in German). FC Basel. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Sayfallah Ltaief lascia la Super League e si accasa al Twente". RSI (in Italian). 17 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Sayf Ltaief naar FC Twente". FC Twente (in Dutch). 17 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ Dubach, Matthias (27 May 2022). "Winti-Dribbler Ltaief rückt zur Nati ein". Blick.
- ^ JENNY, Hédi (22 September 2022). "Match amical | Tunisie-Comores (Cet après-midi à 15h30) au Stade Omnisports Croissy-sur-Seine - Technique : Se situer…".
External links
[edit]- Sayfallah Ltaief at Soccerway
- SFL Profile
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Zurich
- Tunisian men's footballers
- Tunisia men's international footballers
- Swiss men's footballers
- Swiss people of Tunisian descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Winterthur players
- FC Basel players
- FC Twente players
- Swiss Super League players
- Swiss Challenge League players
- Swiss Promotion League players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Tunisian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen