Hamdi Harbaoui

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| name = Hamdi Harbaoui

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|1|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bizerte, Tunisia

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Forward

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| years1 = 2003–2008 | clubs1 = Espérance Tunis | caps1 = 107 | goals1 = 38

| years2 = 2008 | clubs2 = → Mouscron (loan){{Cite web |url=http://www.footgoal.net/fichejoueur.php?id_comp=47&id_club=43&id_joueur=2863 |title=Hamdi Harbaoui {{!}} FOOTGOAL |access-date=2010-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210824/http://www.footgoal.net/fichejoueur.php?id_comp=47&id_club=43&id_joueur=2863 |archive-date=2014-08-12 |url-status=dead }} | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2008–2010 | clubs3 = Visé | caps3 = 50 | goals3 = 35

| years4 = 2010–2011 | clubs4 =OH Leuven | caps4 = 34 | goals4 = 25

| years5 = 2011–2014 | clubs5 = Lokeren | caps5 = 107 | goals5 = 46

| years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs6 = Qatar SC | caps6 = 28 | goals6 = 21

| years7 = 2015–2016 | clubs7 = Lokeren | caps7 = 16 | goals7 = 12

| years8 = 2016 | clubs8 = Udinese | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2016–2017 | clubs9 = Anderlecht | caps9 = 19 | goals9 = 4

| years10= 2017 | clubs10= → Charleroi (loan) | caps10= 14 | goals10= 4

| years11= 2017–2019 | clubs11 = Zulte Waregem | caps11 = 52 | goals11 = 44

| years12= 2019–2020 | clubs12 = Al-Arabi | caps12 = 23 | goals12 = 11

| years13= 2021 | clubs13 = Excel Mouscron | caps13 = 10 | goals13 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006 | nationalyears2 =2008

| nationalteam1 = Tunisia U-21 | nationalteam2 =Tunisia U-23

| nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 2

| nationalyears3 = 2012–2015

| nationalteam3 = Tunisia

| nationalcaps3 = 16

| nationalgoals3 = 4

| club-update = 09:11, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 10 June 2018 (UTC)

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Hamdi Harbaoui ({{langx|ar|حمدي الحرباوي}}; born 5 January 1985) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Club career

Harbaoui started his career in his home country with Espérance Tunis.

In the winter transfer window in season 2007–08, Harbaoui joined Belgian side Mouscron,{{cite news|title=Le Tunisien Harbaoui signe à l'Excelsior Mouscron|url=http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1509/Football-Belge/article/detail/119618/2007/12/31/Le-Tunisien-Harbaoui-signe-a-l-Excelsior-Mouscron.dhtml|access-date=30 June 2016|work=7sur7|date=31 December 2007|language=fr}} who loaned him to Visé. After two successful seasons with Visé he was signed by OH Leuven, who were at that time playing in the Belgian Second Division.{{cite web|last1=Diederich|first1=Dirk|title=Hamdi Harbaoui signe à Louvain!|url=https://www.walfoot.be/fra/news/lis/2010-05-28/hamdi-harbaoui-signe-a-louvain|access-date=30 June 2016|website=Walfoot|date=28 May 2010|language=fr}} At OH Leuven, he immediately became a key player, scoring 25 goals during the 2010–11 season and thereby became the second division top scorer. Having helped OH Leuven to promotion to the Belgian Pro League, he signed with Lokeren.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

With Lokeren, he won the 2011–12 Belgian Cup, scoring the only goal in the cup final. In the 2013–14 season, still with Lokeren, he won the Belgian Cup again and also became the season's top scorer in the league with 22 goals in 33 games.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

In July 2014, Harbaoui moved to Qatar SC on a two-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of €2.5 million{{cite news|title=Harbaoui verlaat Lokeren en trekt naar Qatar|url=http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/1.2046304|access-date=30 June 2016|work=Sporza|date=29 July 2014|language=nl}}

On 9 May 2016, Harbaoui signed a three-year contract with Italian side Udinese Calcio.{{Cite web|url=http://www.football-italia.net/84088/official-udinese-sign-harbaoui|title=Official: Udinese sign Harbaoui {{!}} Football Italia|website=www.football-italia.net|access-date=2018-03-28}}

On 30 August 2016, just three months after joining Udinese and without having made an appearance in a competitive match, Harbaoui returned to Belgium, moving to Anderlecht on a one-year deal.{{cite news|title=Harbaoui en Bruno zijn de volgende twee aanwinsten van Anderlecht|url=http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/1.2755864|access-date=31 August 2016|work=Sporza|date=30 August 2016|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902042600/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/1.2755864|archive-date=2 September 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Calciomercato Udinese, ceduto subito Harbaoui|url=https://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/calcio-mercato/2016/08/30-14900462/calciomercato_udinese_ceduto_subito_harbaoui/|access-date=31 August 2016|work=Corriere Dello Sport|date=30 August 2016|language=it}} In January 2017, he was sent out on loan to Charleroi for the second half of the season.{{cite news|last1=Bughin|first1=Nicolas|title=Exclusif: Harbaoui à Charleroi, c'est fait! (PHOTOS)|trans-title=Exclusive: Harbaoui in Charleroi, it's done! (PHOTOS)|url=https://www.dhnet.be/sports/football/division-1a/charleroi/exclusif-harbaoui-a-charleroi-c-est-fait-photos-586eb2d4cd70717f88e934e0|access-date=26 February 2017|work=La Dernière Heure|date=6 January 2017|language=fr}}

Career statistics

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

scope="col"\|No. !scope="col" data-sort-type="date"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Hamdi Harbaoui{{soccerway\|hamdi-harbaoui/21128}}
style="text-align:center"\|1 \|rowspan="2"\|27 May 2012	rowspan="2"\|Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia	rowspan="2"\|{{fb\|Rwanda}}	style="text-align:center"\|2–0	rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\|5–1	rowspan="2"\|Friendly
style="text-align:center"\|2 \|style="text-align:center"\|3–0
style="text-align:center"\|3 \|2 June 2012	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia	{{fb\|Equatorial Guinea}}	style="text-align:center"\|2–1	style="text-align:center"\|3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"\|4 \|3 June 2016	Stade du Ville, Djibouti, Djibouti	{{fb\|Djibouti}}	style="text-align:center"\|2–0	style="text-align:center"\|3–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

ES Tunis

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2003–04, 2005–06
Tunisian Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

Lokeren

Belgian Cup: 2011–12, 2013–14{{cite web|url=https://www.dhnet.be/sports/football/mercato/hamdi-harbaoui-quitte-zulte-waregem-pour-le-qatar-5d24f7fcf20d5a396efcbde0|title=Hamdi Harbaoui quitte Zulte Waregem pour le Qatar|publisher=DH Net|date=9 July 2019|access-date=13 August 2019|language=nl}}

Individual

Belgian Second Division top scorer: 2010–11
Belgian Lion Award: 2013, 2014{{cite web|url=http://lelionbelge.be/|title=LE PALMARES|publisher=Le Lion Belge|access-date=12 August 2019|language=fr}}
Belgian First Division A top scorer: 2013–14,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35951355|title=Tunisia lift a suspension on striker Hamdi Harbaoui|publisher=BBC Sport|date=3 April 2016|access-date=12 August 2019}} 2017–18, 2018–19

References

External links

{{Soccerway|hamdi-harbaoui/21128}}

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scope="col"\|No. !scope="col" data-sort-type="date"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of international goals scored by Hamdi Harbaoui{{soccerway\|hamdi-harbaoui/21128}}
style="text-align:center"\|1 \|rowspan="2"\|27 May 2012	rowspan="2"\|Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia	rowspan="2"\|{{fb\|Rwanda}}	style="text-align:center"\|2–0	rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"\|5–1	rowspan="2"\|Friendly
style="text-align:center"\|2 \|style="text-align:center"\|3–0
style="text-align:center"\|3 \|2 June 2012	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia	{{fb\|Equatorial Guinea}}	style="text-align:center"\|2–1	style="text-align:center"\|3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
style="text-align:center"\|4 \|3 June 2016	Stade du Ville, Djibouti, Djibouti	{{fb\|Djibouti}}	style="text-align:center"\|2–0	style="text-align:center"\|3–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification