| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Skander Souayah | ||
| Date of birth | 20 November 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Sfax, Tunisia | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1&fras1;2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–2001 | CS Sfaxien | 253 | (28) |
| 1999–2000 | → Al Ain FC (loan) | ||
| 2001–2005 | Espérance Tunis | 22 | (4) |
| Total | 275 | (32) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–2002 | Tunisia | 38 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Skander Souayah (Arabic: إسكندر السويح) (born 20 November 1972) is a Tunisian former football player who played for CS Sfaxien and Espérance Tunis.
He played for the Tunisia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he scored the only Tunisian goal of the competition from the penalty kick in the match against Romania.[1]
Souayah received a six-month ban from FIFA's Disciplinary Committee following his positive doping test in March 2002.[2]
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 December 1993 | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra |  Ghana | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 8 February 1994 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard |  Malta | 1–0 | 1–1 | Rothmans International Tournament |
| 3 | 6 October 1996 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis |  Sierra Leone | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1998 African Cup of Nations qualification |
| 4 | 7 August 1997 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis |  Zambia | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1997 LG Cup |
| 5 | 9 August 1997 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis |  Nigeria | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1997 LG Cup final |
| 6 | 17 August 1997 | Stade El Menzah, Tunis |  Namibia | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 26 June 1998 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France |  Romania | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
References
- ^ Skander Souayah – FIFA competition record
- ^ "Doping - Skander Souayah (Tunisia) banned for 6 months". FIFA. 23 July 2002. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
External links
- Skander Souayah at National-Football-Teams.com