Mejdi Traoui
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Mejdi Traoui is a Tunisia
n footballer
. He currently plays for Espérance Sportive de Tunis.
2004 Olympic
football team, which exited in the first round, finishing third in group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina
and runners-up Australia
.
Traoui was picked by Tunisia for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. He scored a spectacular late equaliser, during Tunisia's 2-2 draw with Senegal
during the first round of games in Tunisia's group D, on January 23.
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
n footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
. He currently plays for Espérance Sportive de Tunis.
Career
On May 1, 2008, Traoui signed a contract at Red Bull Salzburg until summer 2011. He made two substitute appearances in the Austrian Bundesliga for Red Bull Salzburg during 2008. In January 2009 he was loaned to Al-Wahda for the remainder of the season.International career
Traoui was part of the TunisiaTunisia national football team
The Tunisia national football team , nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage , is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. They have qualified for four FIFA World Cups, the first one in 1978, but have yet to make it out of the first round...
2004 Olympic
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
football team, which exited in the first round, finishing third in group C, behind group and gold medal winners Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and runners-up Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Traoui was picked by Tunisia for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. He scored a spectacular late equaliser, during Tunisia's 2-2 draw with Senegal
Senegal national football team
The Senegal national football team, nicknamed the Lions of Teranga, is the national team of Senegal and is controlled by the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football...
during the first round of games in Tunisia's group D, on January 23.