Yassine Meriah

Yassine Meriah
Meriah lining up with Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Yassine Meriah[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-02) 2 July 1993
Place of birth Ariana, Tunisia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Club Africain
Youth career
AS Ariana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 ES Métlaoui 27 (0)
2015–2018 CS Sfaxien 81 (6)
2018–2021 Olympiacos 23 (1)
2020 → Kasımpaşa (loan) 15 (0)
2020–2021 → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) 28 (1)
2021–2022 Al Ain 10 (1)
2022–2026 Espérance de Tunis 67 (11)
2026– Club Africain 0 (0)
International career‡
2015– Tunisia 95 (6)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Tunisia
FIFA Arab Cup
Runner-up2021 Qatar
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 January 2026

Yassine Meriah (Arabic: ياسين مرياح; born 2 July 1993) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club Club Africain and the Tunisia national team.

Club career

Mariah was formed in AS Ariana, the team that was active in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2. In the 2013–14 season, he was transferred to ES Métlaoui when he was 20 years old. After spending two seasons with the team, he was prominently featured and invited to the Tunisian Olympic team. He attracted the attention of the officials of CS Sfaxien, one of the most important teams in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 who sought to sign with him, starting from the 2014–15 season. From his first season with CS Sfaxien, Meriah was a key figure in the squad and played in many of the team's defensive positions.

Olympiacos

On 28 July 2018, Meriah joined Olympiacos for an estimated transfer fee of €1,500,000, signing a four-year contract.[3] On 2 September 2018, he scored his first goal for the club in a 5–0 home win against PAS Giannina.[4]

On 31 January 2020, Meriah officially loaned in Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa, until the end of the 2019–20 season, with a €5 million buyout clause expected in the summer. Meriah started this year as de facto leader in Olympiakos defence, having a great presence in the Champions League qualifiers. Later, however, there were some games in which he made mistakes, so he was sidelined.[5] On 13 September 2020, he signed a long season loan with another Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor.[6]

Al Ain

On 28 July 2021, Meriah joined Al Ain for a reported transfer fee of €2 million signing a two-year contract.

Espérance de Tunis

On 4 August 2022, Meriah joined Espérance de Tunis as a free agent signing a two-year contract.

International career

Meriah's success with his club led him to the Tunisia national team for the first time by coach Georges Leekens on 13 June 2015 against Morocco in 2016 African Nations Championship qualification.

He scored his first goal against DR Congo in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.

In May 2018 he was named in Tunisia's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[7][8] In June 2019 he was named in Tunisia's final 23-man squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 May 2026[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ES Métlaoui 2013–14 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 13000——130
2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 14010——150
Total 27010——280
CS Sfaxien 2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 922000—112
2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 27000——270
2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 233108[a]0—323
2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 22130——251
Total 8166080—956
Olympiacos 2018–19 Super League Greece 181404[b]0—261
2019–20 Super League Greece 502011[c]0—180
Total 23160150—441
Kasımpaşa (loan) 2019–20 Süper Lig 15000——150
Rizespor (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 26100——261
Al Ain 2021–22 UAE Pro League 1011000—111
Espérance de Tunis 2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 2334012[d]0—393
2023–24 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 2051118[e]23[f]0428
2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 92103[d]13[g]0163
2025–26 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 131406[d]11[h]0242
Total 67111013947012316
Club Africain 2026–27 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 0000000000
Career total 249202416277034225
  1. ↑ Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in CAF Champions League
  5. ↑ Fourteen appearances and two goals in CAF Champions League, four appearances in African Football League
  6. ↑ Appearances in Arab Club Champions Cup
  7. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  8. ↑ Appearance in Tunisian Super Cup

International

As of match played 3 January 2026[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tunisia 201530
201630
201771
2018131
2019171
202040
2021140
202240
2023101
2024131
202571
202610
Total956
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Meriah goal.
List of international goals scored by Yassine Meriah[10]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
11 September 2017Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia DR Congo1–02–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
213 October 2018 Niger1–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
322 March 2019 Eswatini4–04–0
417 November 2023 São Tomé and Príncipe1–04–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
515 October 2024Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Comoros1–11–12025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
67 December 2025Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar Qatar2–03–02025 FIFA Arab Cup

Honours

Olympiacos

Al Ain

Espérance de Tunis

Tunisia

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Tunisia (TUN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2018. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Aνακοίνωσε τον Μεριά ο Ολυμπιακός" (in Greek). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ολυμπιακός - ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 5-0" (in Greek). Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ολυμπιακός: Ανακοίνωσε Μεριά η Κασίμπασα" (in Greek). 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Ολυμπιακός: Δανεικός για ένα χρόνο στη Ρίζεσπορ ο Μεριά" (in Greek). 13 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad – Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. ↑ Okeleji, Oluwashina (2 June 2018). "Tunisia World Cup squad: Leicester City's Benalouane in 23-man squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Tunisia announce final squad for AFCON 2019, Ahly's Maaloul out, Zamalek's Sassi in". english.ahram.org.eg. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  10. 1 2 3 "Yassine Meriah". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "Matches of Y. Meriah". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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