Salim Khelifi


Salim Khelifi is a professional footballer who plays for FC Zürich as a midfielder. A former youth international for Switzerland, Khelifi represents the Tunisia national football team.

Club career

Khelifi made his professional debut on 6 August 2012 for Lausanne-Sport against Servette in a Swiss Super League match. He scored his first league goal for the club on 17 November 2012 in a 3-0 home win against Thun.
In January 2014 Khelifi joined Eintracht Braunschweig, who played in the Bundesliga at the time. He made his debut in the Bundesliga on 3 May 2014, replacing Karim Bellarabi in the 88th minute of Braunschweig's home game against FC Augsburg.
On 21 June 2018, Khelifi signed a three-year contract with Swiss side FC Zürich.
On 23 August 2019, Khelifi joined Holstein Kiel on a season-long loan deal with an option to make the deal permanent.

International career

Khelifi debuted for the Tunisia national football team in a 1-0 friendly win over Mauritania on 6 September 2019.