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Issam Jebali

Issam Jebali is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for J1 League club Gamba Osaka and the Tunisia national team.

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Issam Jebali
Personal information
Full name Issam Jebali1
Date of birth (1991-12-25) 25 December 19911
Place of birth Majaz al Bab, Tunisia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)1
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Gamba Osaka
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Étoile du Sahel 40 (3)
2012–2013 → Zarzis (loan) 8 (2)
2015–2016 Värnamo 41 (11)
2016–2018 Elfsborg 59 (20)
2018–2019 Rosenborg 7 (3)
2019 Al-Wehda 13 (3)
2019–2023 OB 92 (27)
2023– Gamba Osaka 69 (12)
International career‡
2018– Tunisia 13 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 September 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 December 2022, 13:50 (UTC)

Issam Jebali (Arabic: عصام الجبالي; born 25 December 1991) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for J1 League club Gamba Osaka and the Tunisia national team.2

Club career

On 9 February 2015, Jebali was announced at Värnamo on a two year contract.3

On 18 July 2016, Jebali was announced at Elfsborg on a three and a half year contract.4 On 23 March 2017, he signed a new four year contract with the club through the 2021 season.5

On 8 August 2018, Jebali was announced at Rosenborg on a four year contract, after scoring 5 goals and registering 5 assists with Elfsborg.6

In January 2019, Jebali signed for Al-Wehda.7 Al-Wehda and Jebali received criticism from Rosenborg as a response to Al-Wehda appearing to announce the signing of Jebali before a deal with Rosenborg was actually finalised.8

On 30 July 2019, it was confirmed that Jebali had joined Danish Superliga club Odense Boldklub on a three-year contract.9 In September 2020, he scored four goals in three matches, and his performances led to him being named as the Danish Superliga Player of the Month.10

On 5 January 2023, Jebali officially joined Japanese side Gamba Osaka for an estimated transfer fee of 7.5 million Danish krones (around one million euros), signing a three-year contract with the club.111213 He was named the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two MVP after helping his club secure the title with a 1–0 victory over Al-Nassr in the final on 16 May 2026.14

International career

Jebali was called up to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations after Firas Ben Larbi withdrew due to injury.15

During the Kirin Cup, Jebali scored his first international goal against Chile on 10 June 2022, scoring in the 89th minute.16

Jebali was called up to the Tunisia squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.17

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 December 20242
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
IFK Värnamo 2015 Superettan 26 5 1 0 — — — 27 5
2016 15 6 3 0 — — — 18 6
Total 41 11 4 0 — — — 45 11
IF Elfsborg 2016 Allsvenskan 15 7 0 0 — — — 15 7
2017 29 10 2 1 — — — 31 11
2018 15 3 4 2 — — — 19 5
Total 59 20 6 3 — — — 65 23
Rosenborg 2018 Eliteserien 7 3 1 0 — 5 2 — 13 5
Al-Wehda 2018–19 Saudi Pro League 13 3 1 0 — — — 14 3
OB 2019–20 Danish Superliga 19 3 1 0 — — 5 0 25 3
2020–21 30 10 3 1 — — — 33 11
2021–22 25 10 5 1 — — — 30 11
2022–23 13 4 1 0 — — — 14 4
Total 92 27 10 2 — — 5 0 107 29
Gamba Osaka 2023 J1 League 29 5 1 0 4 0 — — 34 5
2024 18 2 3 1 0 0 — — 21 3
Total 47 7 4 1 4 0 — — 55 8
Career total 254 71 26 6 4 0 5 2 5 0 294 79

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 June 2022 Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan  Chile 1–0 2–0 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer
2. 14 June 2022 Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan  Japan 3–0 3–0

Honours

Gamba Osaka

Tunisia

Individual

References

References

  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Tunisia (TUN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. Issam Jebali at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. "Officiellt: IFK Värnamo värvar Jebali och Widén". fotbolltransfers.com.
  4. "SvenskaFans".
  5. "Officiellt: Elfsborg förlänger med Issam Jebali". fotbolltransfers.com.
  6. "Issam Jebali klar for Rosenborg".
  7. "الوحدة يعلن وصول التونسي عصام الجبالي.. اليوم".
  8. "Her poserer Jebali for ny klubb – Rosenborg reagerer". 27 January 2019.
  9. OB henter Issam Jebali, ob.dk, 30 July 2019
  10. Margren, Sara (4 October 2020). "OB-bomber kåret til månedens spiller". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  11. "Issam Jebali er solgt til Gamba Osaka". www.ob.dk (in Danish). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  12. "イッサム ジェバリ選手 オーデンセ ボルドクルブ（デンマーク）より完全移籍加入のお知らせ". Gamba Osaka (in Japanese). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  13. Porse, Kristian (3 January 2023). "Avis: Issam Jebali får tre år i Gamba Osaka". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  14. "Gamba's Issam Jebali named MVP". The AFC. 16 May 2026.
  15. "Tunisie : Un changement de dernière minute en attaque" [Tunisia: a last minute change in attack] (in French). Orange S.A. 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  16. "Chile vs Tunisia - 10 June 2022". int.soccerwy.com.
  17. "القائمة النهائية للمنتخب الوطني التونسي التي ستمثل الراية الوطنية خلال نهائيات كأس العالم قطر 2022 " [The final list of the Tunisian national team that will represent the national flag during the Qatar 2022 World Cup.] (in Arabic). Tunisian Football Federation. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.