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:Issam Jemâa

{{short description|Tunisian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Issam Jemâa

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|1|28}}

| birth_place = Gabès, Tunisia

| height = 1.85 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1995–2003

| youthclubs1 = CO Mednine

| years1 = 2003–2005

| clubs1 = Espérance

| caps1 = 49

| goals1 = 17

| years2 = 2005–2011

| clubs2 = Lens

| caps2 = 114

| goals2 = 20

| years3 = 2007–2008

| clubs3 = → Caen (loan)

| caps3 = 21

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2011–2012

| clubs4 = Auxerre

| caps4 = 7

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2012

| clubs5 = → Brest (loan)

| caps5 = 10

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2012–2014

| clubs6 = Kuwait SC

| caps6 = 38

| goals6 = 27

| years7 = 2014–2015

| clubs7 = Al-Sailiya

| caps7 = 26

| goals7 = 11

| years8 = 2016–2017

| clubs8 = Dubai CSC

| caps8 = 24

| goals8 = 24

| totalcaps = 289

| totalgoals = 106

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2014

| nationalteam1 = Tunisia

| nationalcaps1 = 84

| nationalgoals1 = 36

}}

Issam Jemâa ({{langx|ar|عِصَام جُمْعَة}}; born 28 January 1984 in Gabès) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He started his footballing career for Espérance Sportive de Tunis, and was later signed by French side Lens. A Tunisia international since 2005, he is the all-time leading scorer of the Tunisia national team.

International career

Jemâa was called up to the 2006 World Cup, but was later forced out from the squad due to injury. He was also called up to the Tunisia national team for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana and the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup

!colspan="2"|League cup

!colspan="2"|Contintental

!colspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="6"|Lens

|2005–06

|rowspan="2"|Ligue 1

|6

0001094154

|{{cite web |title=Issam JEMAA - Football : la fiche de Issam JEMAA (Al-Saïliya Doha) |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur22538.html |website=L'Équipe |access-date=8 March 2019 |language=fr |archive-date=24 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424042825/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur22538.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Issam Jemâa » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/issam-jemaa/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210112351/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/issam-jemaa/2/ |url-status=live }}

2006–07

|27

3311194409

|

2008–09

|Ligue 2

|26

5003200297

|

2009–10

|rowspan="2"|Ligue 1

|29

7420000339

|

2010–11

|26

5101000285

|

colspan="2"|Total

!114

20836314514231

!–

Caen (loan)

|2007–08

|Ligue 1

|21

3001000223

|

Auxerre

|2011–12

|Ligue 1

|7

200100082

|

Brest

|2011–12

|Ligue 1

|10

2000000102

|

rowspan="3"|Kuwait SC

|2012–13

|rowspan="2"|Kuwait Premier League

|14

111092420

|{{NFT|11708}}{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

2013–14

|24

1613163732

|{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

colspan="2"|Total

!38

2723256152

!–

rowspan="3"|Al-Sailiya SC

|2014–15

|rowspan="2"|Qatar Stars League

|25

112511

|

2015–16

|1

010

|

colspan="2"|Total

!26

112611

!–

rowspan="3"|Dubai CSC

|2015–16

|rowspan="2"|UAE Second Division

|11

121112

|

2016–17

|13

121312

|

colspan="2"|Total

!24

242424

!–

colspan="3"|Career total

!240

89293125

!–

=International goals=

{{main|List of international goals scored by Issam Jemâa}}

:Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jemâa goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Issam Jemâa{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ijemaa-intlg.html |title=Issam Jemaa – Goals in International Matches |author=Imed Kilani |website=RSSSF |access-date=17 October 2012 |archive-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415092639/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ijemaa-intlg.html |url-status=live }}

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|13 September 2005Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi, Kenya{{fb|KEN}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|2–02006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
align="center"|230 May 2006Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia{{fb|BLR}}align="center"|3–0align="center"|3–02006 LG Cup (Tunisia)
align="center"|37 February 2007Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat, Morocco{{fb|MAR}}align="center"|1–1align="center"|1–1Friendly
align="center"|4rowspan="3"|24 March 2007rowspan="3"|Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychellesrowspan="3"|{{fb|SEY}}align="center"|1–0rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3–0rowspan="3"|2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
align="center"|5align="center"|2–0
align="center"|6align="center"|3–0
align="center"|72 June 2007Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia{{fb|SEY}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|4–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
align="center"|816 June 2007Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia{{fb|MRI}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
align="center"|917 November 2011Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia{{fb|NAM}}align="center"|2–0align="center"|2–0Friendly
align="center"|1023 January 2008Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana{{fb|Senegal}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–22008 Africa Cup of Nations
align="center"|11

|7 June 2008

|Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles

|{{fb|Seychelles}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|2–0

|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier

align="center"|12

|21 June 2008

|Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia

|{{fb|Burundi}}

|align="center"|2–0

|align="center"|2–1

|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier

align="center"|13

|14 October 2008

|Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France

|{{fb|France}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|1–3

|Friendly

align="center"|14

|28 March 2009

|Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya

|{{fb|Kenya}}

|align="center"|2–1

|align="center"|2–1

|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier

align="center"|15

|11 October 2009

|Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

|{{fb|Kenya}}

|align="center"|4–0

|align="center"|1–0

|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier

align="center"|16

|30 May 2010

|Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

|{{fb|France}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|1–1

|Friendly

align="center"|17

|rowspan="2"|20 June 2010

|rowspan="2"|Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan

|rowspan="2"|{{fb|Sudan}}

|align="center"|4–0

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|6–2

|rowspan="2"|Friendly

align="center"|18

|align="center"|5–0

align="center"|19

|11 August 2010

|Stade Nacional, N'Djamena, Chad

|{{fb|Chad}}

|align="center"|2–0

|align="center"|3–1

|2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier

align="center"|20

|rowspan="2"|4 September 2010

|rowspan="2"|Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

|rowspan="2"|{{fb|Malawi|2010}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–2

|rowspan="2"|2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier

align="center"|21

|align="center"|2–0

align="center"|22

|10 October 2010

|Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo

|{{fb|Togo}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|2–1

|2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier

align="center"|23

|rowspan="3"|5 June 2011

|rowspan="3"|Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia

|rowspan="3"|{{fb|Chad}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–0

|rowspan="3"|2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier

align="center"|24

|align="center"|3–0

align="center"|25

|align="center"|5–0

align="center"|26

|10 August 2011

|Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia

|{{fb|MLI}}

|align="center"|4–2

|align="center"|4–2

|Friendly

align="center"|27

|27 January 2012

|Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon

|{{fb|NIG}}

|align="center"|2–1

|align="center"|2–1

|2012 Africa Cup of Nations

align="center"|28

|27 May 2012

|Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia

|{{fb|RWA}}

|align="center"|4–1

|align="center"|5–1

|Friendly

align="center"|29

|2 June 2012

|Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia

|{{fb|EQG}}

|align="center"|1–1

|align="center"|3–1

|2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier

align="center"|309 June 2012Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde{{fb|CPV}}align="center"|2–1align="center"|2–12014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
align="center"|3115 August 2012Széktói Stadion, Kecskemét, Hungary{{fb|IRN}}align="center"|2–2align="center"|2–2Friendly
align="center"|3230 December 2012Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates{{fb|IRQ}}align="center"|1–0align="center"|2–1Friendly
align="center"|33rowspan="2"|13 January 2013rowspan="2"|Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emiratesrowspan="2"|{{fb|GHA}}align="center"|1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–4rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|34align="center"|2–0
align="center"|35rowspan="2"|14 August 2013rowspan="2"|Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisiarowspan="2"|{{fb|CGO}}align="center"|2–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|36align="center"|3–0

Honours

Lens

  • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round=2188/Match=81579/Report=LU.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614205426/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round=2188/Match=81579/Report=LU.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 June 2007 |title=Lens 3-1 Cluj (Aggregate: 4 - 2)|publisher=UEFA |access-date=14 June 2020}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.sitercl.com/Fichejo/J/jemaaiss.htm Career history, stats and pictures of Issam Jemâa]

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{{Tunisia Squad 2012 Africa Cup of Nations}}

{{Tunisia Squad 2013 Africa Cup of Nations}}

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{{AFC Cup top scorers}}

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Category:1984 births

Category:Living people

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