Issam Ben Khémis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Épinal | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Lorient | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Lorient B | 80 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Lorient | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Stade Tunisien | 54 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Lège-Cap-Ferret | 17 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Poitiers | 22 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Angoulême | 25 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | Bordeaux | 7 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Bordeaux B | 16 | (4) |
| 2025– | Épinal | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2016 | Tunisia | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2025 | |||
Issam Ben Khémis (born 10 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National 1 club Épinal. Born in France, he played for the Tunisia national team.
Club career
On 14 May 2016, Ben Khémis made his Ligue 1 debut against Gazélec Ajaccio.[1]
On 15 July 2017, he featured as a trialist for English League One club Doncaster Rovers in their pre-season friendly against Tadcaster Albion,[2] and on 3 August signed for the club on a two-year deal.[3]
His competitive debut was in a 2–0 victory over Hull City in the second round of the EFL Cup on 22 August 2017. That season, he went on to make three appearances in League 1, one in the FA Cup, and 4 in the EFL Trophy where he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Sunderland's Under 23 side. He also scored two out of two times in penalty shoot outs in that competition.
The following season he struggled to make the squad, with two cup appearances and in the League he only made the bench, as an unused substitute once. He left Doncaster on 1 January 2019 after his contract was cancelled.[4]
In January 2019, he signed a 2.5 years contract with Stade Tunisien.[5]
International career
Ben Khémis was born in France to parents of Tunisian descent. He made his debut for the Tunisia national team in a 2-0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification victory over Guinea on 9 October 2016.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 7 December 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ivry | 2013-14 | CFA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lorient B | 2013-14 | CFA 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2014-15 | CFA | 27 | 1 | — | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
| 2015-16 | CFA | 24 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 2016-17 | CFA | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 80 | 2 | — | — | — | 80 | 2 | |||||
| Lorient | 2015-16 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016-17 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | 2017-18 | League One | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 2018-19 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Stade Tunisien | 2018-19 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 3 | ||
| 2019-20 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2020-21 | Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
| Total | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 46 | 4 | ||||
| Lège-Cap-Ferret | 2021-22 | National 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Poitiers | 2022-23 | National 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| Angoulême | 2023-24 | National 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||
| Bordeaux | 2024-25 | National 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Bordeaux B | 2024-25 | National 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 215 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 227 | 10 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup, Tunisian Cup
- ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
- 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
International
- As of match played 9 October 2016[9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ "Lorient vs. Gazélec Ajaccio - 14 May 2016- Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ↑ "Report: Tadcaster Albion 0 Doncaster Rovers 2". Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ↑ "Double signing for Rovers". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ↑ "Ben Khemis leaves Rovers". Doncaster Rovers F.C. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ↑ "ISSAM BEN KHEMIS (EX-LORIENT) QUITTE DONCASTER POUR LE STADE TUNISIEN". Football365. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ↑ Waymel, Dorian (28 August 2024). "Mercato - Merdji, Diabaté, Trichard, Mavuba, Baysse... Bordeaux présente ses 24 premiers licenciés !". MaLigue2 (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ↑ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Tunisia-Guinea". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ↑ Issam Ben Khémis at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ↑ "Issam Ben Khémis". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- 1996 births
- Footballers from Paris
- Living people
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- 21st-century Tunisian sportsmen
- French sportspeople of Tunisian descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- French men's footballers
- Tunisian men's footballers
- Tunisia men's international footballers
- FC Lorient players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Stade Tunisien players
- Stade Poitevin FC players
- Angoulême Charente FC players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- SAS Épinal players
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- English Football League players
- Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Tunisian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in England