Mohamed Larbi

Mohamed Larbi
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Wael Larbi
Date of birth (1987-09-02) 2 September 1987
Place of birth Soliman, Tunisia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Compiègne 27 (0)
2010–2011 St Pryvé St Hilaire 14 (1)
2011–2013 Luçon 72 (13)
2013–2016 Gazélec Ajaccio 76 (16)
National team
2016– Tunisia 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2016 (UTC).


Mohamed Larbi (born 2 September 1987), is a Tunisian professional footballer playing as a midfielder.[1]

Career

FC Nantes

Larbi hails from the famous FC Nantes Academy where he played from age 13 to 18. He was featured in the documentary "L'Académie du Foot" alongside Dimitri Payet. Larbi was one of the pillar of the FC Nantes team which reached the finals of the 2004 Montaigu U16 tournament, losing to Karim Benzema's Olympique Lyon team. He signed his first professionnal contract in 2005, with Espérance Sportive de Tunis, one the leading teams in the Tunisian league.

Espérance Sportive du Sahel, Menton, AFC Compiègne, St-Pryvé St-Hilaire

After an unsuccessful experience in Tunisia, Larbi decided to return to France to play in the semi-pro divisions with Menton, AFC Compiègne and St-Privé St-Hilaire.

Luçon VF

Larbi signed with Luçon in third-tier Championnat National in 2011 on a two-year contract. He played for one and half seasons, totalling 77 games and 14 goals. He left the team to sign with Gazélec Ajaccio in February 2013.

GFC Ajaccio

Larbi joined the team for the 2012–2013 season and went on the help the club earn third spot in the Championnat National which secured a return to Ligue 2. During the 2013–2014 season, GFC Ajaccio again won promotion, this time to Ligue 1, with Larbi scoring nine goals.

Larbi made his debut in Ligue 1 in the 2015-2016 season. In his best season by far, he was named twice in the "L'Équipe type de Ligue 1", the best 11 players designated by the newspaper L'Équipe. He played 34 games amassing 9 goals and 3 assists.[2] He scored twice against Girondins de Bordeaux on 31 October 2015 in a 2–1 win and scored another brace against Olympique Lyonnais 20 on December 2015.

In May 2016, Larbi announced that he would not return to GFC Ajaccio for the 2016–2017 season.

In early November 2016, having only played for five minutes in two matches, he was dismissed by the club after failing to attend a warm-down session after a match on 14 October.[2]

International career

Larbi made his debut for Tunisia against Togo on 27 March 2016.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Mohamed Larbi" (in French). L'Equipe. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Mohamed Larbi licencié par le Gazélec Ajaccio". BBC Afrique (in French). 2 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "CAN 2017-Gr A : La Tunisie réalise l'essentiel et rejoint la tête du groupe". Kawarji (in French). 25 March 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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