Wajdi Kechrida

Wajdi Kechrida (Arabic: وجدي كشريدة; born 5 November 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Super League Greece club Atromitos. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.

Wajdi Kechrida
Personal information
Full name Wajdi Kechrida[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-05) 5 November 1995[1]
Place of birth Nice, France[2]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Atromitos
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 Étoile du Sahel 72 (1)
2021–2022 Salernitana 17 (0)
2022– Atromitos 30 (1)
International career‡
2015 Tunisia U23 3 (0)
2019– Tunisia 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:35, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Kechrida made his professional debut for Étoile Sportive du Sahel in a 3–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 win over ES Zarzis on 10 September 2016.[3]

On 31 July 2021 he was purchased by U.S. Salernitana 1919,[4] strongly desired by Salernitana's manager Angelo Mariano Fabiani. He made his first appearance in the Coppa Italia match against Reggina, won 2-0 by Salernitana, and his debut in Serie A in the first day of the season against Bologna.[5]

On 29 August 2022, Kechrida signed a two-year contract with Atromitos in Greece.[6]

International career

Kechrida made his debut for the Tunisia in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 4–0 win over Eswatini on 22 March 2019.[7]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played on 17 July 2019[2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Tunisia 201980
Total80

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Tunisia (TUN)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. Wajdi Kechrida at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Zarzis vs. Étoile Sahel - 10 septembre 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  4. "Lassana Coulibaly e Wajdi Kechrida sono giocatori della Salernitana – US Salernitana 1919 | Sito ufficiale della U.S. Salernitana 1919".
  5. "Bologna-Salernitana 3-2: vittoria in rimonta per Mihajlovic". tuttosport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  6. "Έναρξη συνεργασίας με τον Ουαζντί Κεσχρίντα" (in Greek). Atromitos. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. "CAF - Competitions - 32nd Edition of Total Africa Cup of Nations - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
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