Mootez Zaddem

Mootez Zaddem
Zaddem with Étoile du Sahel in 2022
Personal information
Full name Mootez Zaddem[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001[1]
Place of birth Sousse, Tunisia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Club Africain
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Valmiera 23 (0)
2021–2022 → Étoile du Sahel (loan) 21 (0)
2022–2025 Espérance de Tunis 24 (2)
2024 → Al Masry (loan) 21 (5)
2025 → Modern Sport (loan) 13 (0)
2025–2026 Erbil 12 (1)
2026 Al-Shorta 21 (2)
2026- Club Africain 0 (0)
International career‡
2020–2021 Tunisia U20 12 (0)
2021– Tunisia 3 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Men's football
FIFA Arab Cup
Runner-up2021 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024

Mootez Zaddem (Arabic: معتز الزدام; born 5 January 2001 in Sousse) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Club Africain and the Tunisia national team.[2][3]

Club career

On 10 September 2021, Zaddem moved to Étoile du Sahel on a one-year loan from Valmeria.[4]

Zaddem in action in a CAF Champions League match for Étoile du Sahel

International career

With the under 20s, he participated in the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in 2021. During this competition held in Mauritania, he played six games. Tunisia ranked fourth in the tournament, losing to the Gambia in the match for third place.

Zaddem made his international debut for Tunisia on 3 December 2021, coming off the bench in the 86th minute against the Syria national football team.[4][5] He was part of the squad that were runners-up in the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 January 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Valmiera 2020 Latvian League 18010—1[c]0—200
2021 Latvian League 5000—2[d]0—70
Total 23010—30—270
Étoile du Sahel (loan) 2021–22 Tunisian Ligue 1 21010—6[e]0—280
Espérance de Tunis 2022–23 Tunisian Ligue 1 17141—9[e]0—302
2023–24 Tunisian Ligue 1 41——2[f]02[g]081
2024–25 Tunisian Ligue 1 20————20
Total 23241—11020403
Al Masry (loan) 2023–24 Egyptian League 2150010——225
Modern Sport (loan) 2024–25 Egyptian League 1301100——141
Erbil 2025–26 Iraq Stars League 12110———131
Career total 113882102002014410
  1. ↑ Includes Latvian Football Cup, Tunisian Cup, Egyptian Cup and Iraq FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Egyptian League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  5. 1 2 Appearances in CAF Champions League
  6. ↑ One appearance in CAF Champions League, one appearance in African Football League
  7. ↑ Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup

International

As of 26 March 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Tunisia U20 2020 4 0
2021 8 0
Total 12 0
Tunisia 2021 2 0
2024 1 0
Total 3 0
Career total 15 0

Honours

Tunisia

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Mootez Zaddem". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Tunisia beat Namibia 2-0". The Namibian. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Mootez Zaddem". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. ↑ VAVEL.com (4 December 2021). "Goals and Highlights: Syria 2-0 Tunisia in FIFA Arab Cup 2021 | 12/04/2021". VAVEL. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "SquadLists" (PDF). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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