Montassar Talbi

Montassar Talbi
Talbi with Rubin Kazan in 2021
Personal information
Full name Montassar Omar Talbi[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-26) 26 May 1998[2]
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Lorient
Number 3
Youth career
2003–2006 Paris
2006–2010 Les Lilas
2010–2017 Espérance de Tunis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Espérance de Tunis 14 (1)
2018–2021 Çaykur Rizespor 49 (1)
2021 Benevento 0 (0)
2021–2022 Rubin Kazan 25 (0)
2022– Lorient 122 (2)
International career‡
2018 Tunisia U23 1 (0)
2021– Tunisia 67 (4)
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
Runner-up2021 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:00, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:45, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Montassar Omar Talbi (Arabic: مُنْتَصِر عُمَر الطَّالِبِيّ; born 26 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lorient. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.

Club career

Born in France, Talbi began playing football with the youth academies of Paris FC and Les Lilas. His family had to move back to Tunisia, and at the age of 12 Talbi moved to the academy of Espérance de Tunis, and moved up through the youth levels.[3] Talbi made his professional debut with ES Tunis in a 0–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 tie with CSS on 2 April 2017.[4] On 20 June 2018, Talbi signed with Çaykur Rizespor in the Turkish Süper Lig.[5]

On 9 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.[6]

On 18 July 2022, Talbi signed a five-year contract with Lorient in France.[7]

International career

Talbi is a youth international for the Tunisia 23s and made his debut in a 2–0 friendly loss to the Italy 23s on 15 October 2018.[8][9] He debuted with the senior Tunisia national team in a 2–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Equatorial Guinea on 28 March 2021.[10]

He was later included for the squad of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup, despite not being released by the Russian club. He reunited with the team following Rubin's 2–0 away defeat to Krylia Sovetov Samara and made his debut in the cup in the semi-finals against Egypt, which was won by Tunisia 1–0.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Espérance de Tunis 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue 1 00207[b]06[c]0150
2017–18 Tunisian Ligue 1 14100003[d]0171
Total 141207090321
Çaykur Rizespor 2018–19 Süper Lig 1041——51
2019–20 Süper Lig 27020——290
2020–21 Süper Lig 21120——231
Total 49181——572
Rubin Kazan 2021–22 Russian Premier League 25020——270
Lorient 2022–23 Ligue 1 38130——411
2023–24 Ligue 1 25000——250
2024–25 Ligue 2 30110——311
2025–26 Ligue 1 29020——310
Total 122260——1282
Career total 210418170902445
  1. ↑ Includes Tunisian Cup, Turkish Cup, Russian Cup, Coupe de France
  2. ↑ Appearances in CAF Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearances in Tunisian Ligue 1 championship group play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

International

As of match played 25 June 2026[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tunisia 2021100
2022161
202391
2024120
2025142
202660
Total674

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.[11]

List of international goals scored by Montassar Talbi
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
127 September 2022Parc des Princes, Paris, France Brazil1–11–5Friendly
220 June 202319 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria Algeria1–01–1
314 November 2025Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Radès, Tunisia Jordan2–23–2
427 December 2025Fez Stadium, Fez, Morocco Nigeria1–32–32025 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Espérance de Tunis

Lorient

Tunisia

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Montassar Omar Talbi". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Turquie - Rizespor / Montassar Talbi : " Viser le plus haut niveau européen " [exclu365]". 1 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "CS Sfaxien vs. ES Tunis - 2 April 2017 - Soccerway". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ "Le défenseur de l'EST signe un contrat avec le club Turc Rizerpor". MosaiqueFM.
  6. ↑ "МОНТАССАР ТАЛЬБИ – В "РУБИНЕ"" (in Russian). FC Rubin Kazan. 9 August 2021. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "MONTASSAR TALBI REJOINT LE FC LORIENT" (in French). Lorient. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  9. ↑ "ENO: Italie – Tunisie, lundi 15 octobre en Vénétie". Le Temps.
  10. ↑ "Match Report of Tunisia vs Equatorial Guinea - 2021-03-28 - Total Africa Cup of Nations Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  11. 1 2 Montassar Talbi at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. ↑ Lacaille, Tom (10 May 2025). "Lorient champion de Ligue 2, Martigues relégué en National, Guingamp jouera les play-offs de montée" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  13. ↑ Alvarez, Bruno (12 May 2025). "Trophées UNFP. Dembélé, Doué, Luis Enrique… Le palmarès complet des meilleurs de la saison de L1". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2025.
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