 Jose Clayton is in Tunisia's squad for the Olympic games |
The joint coaches of Tunisia, Khemaies Abidi and Nabil Maaloul, have named their 22-man squad for the Olympic Games football tournament. The squad that will travel to Athens next month includes three over-age players - midfielder Jose Clayton, goalkeeper Khaled Fadhel and striker Mohamed Jedidi.
All three were part of the Tunisia squad that won the African Cup of Nations earlier this year.
Tunisia are in Group C along with Argentina, Serbia-Montenegro and Australia in the competition which gets underway on 11 August 11, two days before the official opening of the Games.
Tunisia's Olympic squad:
Goalkeepers:
Khaled Fadhel (CS Sfaxien), Jasem Khalfaoui (A.S. Marsa), Hamdi Kasraoui (Esperance Tunis)
Defenders:
Anis Boussaidi, Anis Ayari (both Stade Tunisien), Amir Haj Messoud, Issam Merdassi (all C.S. Sfaxien), Fethi Mechergui, Zied Bhairi (both Esperance Tunis), Karim Hagui (Strasbourg, France), Aleddine Yahia (Guingamp, France)
Midfielders:
Khaled Mouelhi, Wissem Ben Yahia (all Club Africain), Jose Clayton (Esperance Tunis), Majdi Traoui (Etoile du Sahel), Houcine Regueb (Paris-Saint Germain, France)
Attackers:
Mohamed Jedidi, Sabeur Trabelsi (both Etoile du Sahel), Haykel Guemamdia (C.S. Sfaxien), Amine Letifi (Creteil, France), Ali Zitouni, Issam Jomaa (both Esperance Tunis)
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