Ali Boumnijel (Arabic: علي بومنيجل, born 13 April 1966) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper at the international level for the Tunisia national team. He works for Sochaux as assistant coach.[1]
 Boumnijel in November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 April 1966 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Menzel Jemil, Tunisia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Tunisia (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1997 | Gueugnon | 166 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | → Nancy (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2003 | Bastia | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Rouen | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Club Africain | 84 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 289 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–2007 | Tunisia | 51 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Tunisia (goalkeeper coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Umm Salal (goalkeeper coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | China (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Étoile du Sahel (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Sochaux (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Tunisia (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Personal life
editBorn in Menzel Jemil, Boumnijel holds Tunisian and French nationalities.[2]
Club career
editHe began his career in FC Gueugnon in France, however without playing any games. His first game as a professional footballer came on 20 October 1991 for AS Nancy in a 1–3 loss to AJ Auxerre. Afterwards he returned to his previous team, where he played five seasons, until changing to SC Bastia. He played for Bastia for six years, and then one season at FC Rouen.[3] In 2004, he moved back to Tunisia to play for Club Africain.
International career
editIn the national team he debuted on 27 November 1991 against Côte d'Ivoire. Having established himself as a competitive goalkeeper he went on to play for Tunisia in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup . Boumnijel was Tunisia's first choice goalkeeper, and played at the 2004 African Nations Cup where the Tunisia team won. In the semifinals he saved a crucial penalty from Peter Odemwingie to help Tunisia beat Nigeria in a penalty shootout.[4]
Aged 40, he was the oldest player at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Boumnijel has been praised for his great leadership and goalkeeping skills during the World Cup.
Honours
editTunisia
References
edit- ^ "Communiqué : Stéphane Mangione et Ali Boumnijel nouveaux adjoints" (in French). FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Official Site. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "Joueur".
- ^ Ali Boumnijel – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- ^ "Tunisia make African final". BBC. 11 February 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ "Tunisia win Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 14 February 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
External links
edit- Ali Boumnijel at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ali Boumnijel – FIFA competition record (archived)