Adel Bettaieb

{{short description|Tunisian association football player (born 1997)}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Adel Bettaieb

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|fullname =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|1|28|df=y}}

|birth_place = Villiers-le-Bel, France

|height = 1.84 m

|position = Forward

|currentclub = Universitatea Cluj

|clubnumber = 9

|youthyears1 = 2006–2010 |youthclubs1 = Villiers-le-Bel

|youthyears2 = 2010–2011 |youthclubs2 = INF Clairefontaine

|youthyears3 = 2011–2012 |youthclubs3 = Red Star

|youthyears4 = 2012–2014 |youthclubs4 = Angers

|years1 = 2014–2018 |clubs1 = Angers B |caps1 = 52 |goals1 = 6

|years2 = 2018–2019 |clubs2 = La Louviere |caps2 = 28 |goals2 = 18

|years3 = 2019–2022 |clubs3 = Dudelange |caps3 = 61 |goals3 = 33

|years4 = 2022–2023 |clubs4 = Ümraniyespor |caps4 = 21 |goals4 = 0

|years5 = 2023–2024 |clubs5 = Boluspor |caps5 = 19 |goals5 = 2

|years6 = 2024 |clubs6 = Politehnica Iași |caps6 = 17 |goals6 = 4

|years7 = 2024– |clubs7 = Universitatea Cluj |caps7 = 15 |goals7 = 0

|club-update = 12 April 2025

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Adel Bettaieb ({{langx|ar|عادل بالطيب}}; born 28 January 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Universitatea Cluj. Born in France, he has been called up to the Tunisia national team.

Professional career

A youth product of a local club in Villiers-le-Bel for 4 years, Bettaieb moved to the famed French academy INF Clairefontaine at the age of 13, and followed that up with stints at the youth sides of Red Star and Angers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tageblatt.lu/sport/fussball/f91-neuzugang-und-erster-torschuetze-f91-neuzugang-adel-bettaieb-will-nachlegen/|title=F91-Neuzugang und erster Torschütze Adel Bettaieb "will nachlegen"|first=Christelle DiederichNach drei Jahren Romanistik an der Uni Lëtzebuerg und der Sorbonne-Paris IV schloss die ehemalige Judoka ihr Masterstudium in grenzüberschreitender Kommunikation an der Université Paul Verlaine in Metz ab Seit Februar 2011 Teil der Sportredaktion des "Tageblatt" Schwerpunkte: nationaler Fußball und|last=Kampfsportarten|website=www.tageblatt.lu}} He began his senior career with their reserves in 2014. He transferred to the Belgian National Division 1 club La Louviere on 2 July 2018.{{cite web | author=Par sudinfo.be | title=Football - Adel Bettaieb, nouveau transfert à l’UR La Louvière Centre | website=sudinfo.be | date=July 2, 2018 | url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id62675/article/2018-07-02/football-adel-bettaieb-nouveau-transfert-lur-la-louviere-centre | language=fr | access-date=August 11, 2022}} He moved to the Luxembourgish club Dudelange in the summer of 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://lequotidien.lu/sport-national/bgl-ligue-bettaieb-parti-pour-rempiler/|title=[BGL Ligue] F91 : Bettaïeb parti… pour rempiler|first=Simon|last=Butel}} He helped Dudelange win the 2021–22 Luxembourg National Division. On 30 June 2022, he signed a professional 1+1 year contract with the newly promoted side Ümraniyespor in the Turkish Süper Lig.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fanatik.com.tr/tunuslu-forvet-adel-bettaieb-umraniyesporda-2290045|title=Tunuslu forvet Adel Bettaieb, Ümraniyesporda|website=Fanatik}} He made his professional debut with Ümraniyespor in a 3–3 Süper Lig tie with Fenerbahçe on 8 August 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://lequotidien.lu/a-la-une/adel-bettaieb-je-me-suis-demande-ou-jetais/|title=Adel Bettaieb : "Je me suis demandé où j'étais"|first=Julien|last=Mollereau}}

International career

Born in France, Bettaieb is of Tunisian descent through his father. He was called up to the senior Tunisia national teams in September 2019 without featuring.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tunisie-foot.com/2020/09/18/exclu-tf-interview-adel-bettaieb/|title=[Exclu TF] : Interview d’Adel Bettaïeb}}