Wahbi Khazri

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Wahbi Khazri, the French forward, made 42 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 3 times, averaging 0.07 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2015-16, with 2 goals. In our match data he features from 2016 to 2017. More of his recorded appearances came under David Moyes than any other manager — 42 in all. Among the bigger results he featured in was a 4-0 win over Crystal Palace away in 2017. He lined up alongside Jermain Defoe more than any other team-mate in our data, the two starting 19 games together. Across 38 matches we hold detailed data for, his average match rating is 6.59.

Figures are from our match-by-match data, densest from 2010 onward.

Wahbi Khazri ( Arabic : وَهْبِيّ خَزْرِيّ ; born 8 February 1991) is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder , left winger or forward . 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 left in 2014 to join fellow French side Bordeaux . In 2016, Khazri joined Sunderland in the Premier League ; he was subsequently loaned to Rennes during the 2017–18 campaign. 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 was the former captain of the national team, playing 74 matches and scoring 25 goals between 2013 and 2022. He represented Tunisia at five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and at both the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup . — Wikipedia

Position: FW
Nationality: France
Birthplace: Ajaccio
Born: 8 Feb 1991
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 80 kg

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At Sunderland

On 30 January 2016, Khazri joined Sunderland on a four-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee. [ 12 ] 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. Khazri later set up Lamine Koné 's 82nd-minute goal from a corner, as Sunderland won 2–1. [ citation needed ] 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". [ 13 ] On 31 August 2017, Khazri returned to Ligue 1, signing a season-long loan at Rennes . [ 14 ] 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. [ 15 ] His nine goals helped the club to 5th place and qualification to the Europa League. [ 16 ] — Wikipedia

Career

France national under-17 association football team (2006–07)→France national under-19 association football team (2008–08)→Tunisia national under-20 football team (2009–09)→SC Bastia (2009–14)→France national under-21 association football team (2012–12)→Tunisia men's national football team (2013–22)→FC Girondins de Bordeaux (2014–16)→Sunderland A.F.C. (2016–18)→Stade Rennais F.C. (2017–18)→AS Saint-Étienne (2018–22)→Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (2022–25)

Season	Apps	Goals	Mins
2017-18	5	0	147
2016-17	23	1	838
2015-16	14	2	1,077

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