Wahbi Khazri

Khazri later set up Lamine Koné's 82nd-minute goal from a corner, as Sunderland won 2–1.

He made his debut in that match coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute for Ludovic Genest.

Bastia scored the winning goal a minute later to win the match 1–0.

Wahbi Khazri (وهبي خزري; born 8 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, left winger or forward for club Montpellier.

Trained at Bastia from 2004, Khazri made his professional debut there in 2009 and quickly became a vital part of the team, as he helped the club reach promotion to Ligue 2 in 2011, and then Ligue 1 in 2012.

He received his first call up to the senior squad for their match against Amiens on 20 February 2009.

He scored his first career goal on 13 March 2009, in a 1–0 victory over Montpellier.

Wahbi quickly established himself as a goalscorer, scoring again a couple of weeks later in a 3–1 win over Vannes.

He scored again, this time on the final match day of the season against Troyes, scoring the first goal in a 2–1 victory.

The loss meant Troyes would be relegated to the Championnat National.

He was the former captain of the national team, playing 74 matches and scoring 25 goals for the side between 2013 and 2022.

He left in 2014 to join fellow French side Bordeaux.

On 1 July 2014, he signed up for four years with the Bordeaux.

He played his first match in his new colors on 9 August 2014, on the first day of the 2014–15 season against Montpellier.

Bordeaux won by a goal to zero that day.

He scored his first goal in his second appearance for Bordeaux, the next day as the Girondins host Monaco on 17 August.

He scored his goal on a penalty that he himself caused and thus participated in the victory of his family 4–1.

On 28 September 2014, he scored the 3,400th goal in Girondins history.

His first season at the Girondins was a success: he managed to win in the team as a starter and totaled nine goals in 32 league games.

He scored his first goal of the 2015–16 season, in his first match against Reims on 9 August 2015 (defeated by a score of 2–1).

On 11 September, he scored a goal in a high-tension match for championship leaders Paris Saint-Germain (PSG); he managed to take the ball from the feet of Kevin Trapp, the opposing goalkeeper, even if the match ended in a 2–2 draw.

In 2016, Khazri joined Sunderland in the Premier League; he was subsequently loaned to Rennes during the 2017–18 campaign.

On 30 January 2016, Khazri joined Sunderland on a four and a half-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

Khazri scored his first goal for Sunderland against Manchester United on 13 February 2016, opening the scoring with a direct free kick that beat David de Gea at his far post.

On 7 May 2016, Khazri scored a volley in a 3–2 win over Chelsea as manager Sam Allardyce's team neared survival in the Premier League.

Richard Mennear of the Sunderland Echo wrote that "His work rate was immense, pressing and probing the Chelsea defence and causing problems from set pieces. He has regained his form just at the right time".

On 31 August 2017, Khazri returned to Ligue 1, signing a season-long loan at Rennes.

He was sent off on 14 October in a 2–0 Derby Breton loss at Guingamp, earning two yellow cards for dissent within ten seconds.

His nine goals helped the club to 5th place and qualification to the Europa League.

After finishing the season with 11 goals in 29 games, Khazri attracted the attention of Saint-Étienne, who recruited him in July 2018.

In 2022, Khazri signed for Montpellier.

Born in France, Khazri represented his birth country at youth international level, and Tunisia at senior international level.

He represented Tunisia at five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and at both the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup.

A native of Ajaccio, Khazri started his career with local side Jeunesse Sportive Ajaccio before moving to Bastia.

On 17 July 2018, Khazri transferred to Saint-Étienne for four years and chose to wear number 10.

He played his first match with the “Greens” on the first day of Ligue 1, 11 August against Guingamp at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, and it was on that day that he also scored his first goal in his new colors.

He opened the scoring by performing a volley after a cross from the left of Loïs Diony.

ASSE wins 2–1 in this game.

On 28 September, on behalf of the eighth day of Ligue 1, he achieved a performance at home against Monaco, scoring the only two goals of the match, thus achieving his first double with Saint-Étienne.

On 12 January 2019, while ASSE traveled to the Stade de Roudourou to once again face Guingamp, Wahbi Khazri scored the only goal of the match on a direct free kick at ground level, deceiving the opposing goalkeeper Marc-Aurèle Caillard.