Ali Boumnijel

Ali Boumnijel (Arabic: علي بومنيجل‎, born 13 April 1966 in Menzel Jemil) was an International and Tunisian football goalkeeper.

The Tunisian international began his career in FC Gueugnon in France, however without playing any games. His first game as a professional footballer came on October 20, 1991 for AS Nancy in a 1:3 loss to AJ Auxerre. Afterwards he returned to his previous team, where he played five seasons, until changing to SC Bastia. He played for Bastia for six years, and then one season at FC Rouen.^[1] In 2004, he moved back to Tunisia to play for Club Africain.

In the national team he debuted on November 27, 1991 against Côte d'Ivoire. Having established himself as a competitive goalkeeper he went on to play for Tunisia in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2002 FIFA World Cup . Boumnijel was Tunisia's first choice goalkeeper, and played at the 2004 African Nations Cup where the Tunisia team won.

Aged 40, he was the oldest player at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Boumnijel has been praised for his great leadership and goalkeeping skills during the World Cup.

References

External links

• Ali Boumnijel at National-Football-Teams.com

Tunisia Squads v t e Tunisia squad – 1994 Africa Cup of Nations GK Boumnijel GK El Ouaer GK Salhi DF Boukadida DF Hichri DF Mahjoubi DF Mizouri DF Okbi DF Souissi DF Thabet DF Trabelsi MF Sassi MF Bouzaiene MF Chihi MF Gharbi MF A. Sellimi MF S. Sellimi MF Souayah FW Hamrouni FW Limam FW Rouissi FW Tlemcani Coach: Zouaoui (Benzarti) v t e Tunisia squad – 1998 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Khabir 2 Badra 3 Trabelsi 4 Hicheri 5 Mkacher 6 Chouchane 7 Rouissi 8 Baya 9 Jelassi 10 Ghodhbane 11 Sahbani 12 Fekih 13 Bouazizi 14 Chihi 15 Zdiri 16 Salhi 17 Thabet 18 Ben Slimane 19 Gabsi 20 Jaballah 21 Tlemçani 22 Boumnijel Coach: Kasperczak v t e Tunisia squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 El Ouaer 2 Ben Younes 3 S. Trabelsi 4 Boukadida 5 H. Trabelsi 6 Chouchane 7 Thabet 8 Baya 9 Jelassi 10 Ghodhbane 11 Sellimi 12 Melki 13 Bouazizi 14 Chihi 15 Souayah 16 Salhi 17 Clayton 18 Ben Slimane 19 Ben Ahmed 20 Jaballah 21 Badra 22 Boumnijel Coach: Kasperczak (Selmi) v t e Tunisia squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Boumnijel 2 Badra (c) 3 Baya 4 Mkacher 5 Jaziri 6 Trabelsi 7 Mhedhebi 8 Gabsi 9 Jelassi 10 Ghodhbane 11 Sellimi 12 Bouzaiene 13 Bouazizi 14 Marzouki 15 Jaïdi 16 Bejaoui 17 Thabet 18 Ben Achour 19 Mkademi 20 Zitouni 21 Melki 22 Jaouachi 23 Clayton Coach: Souayah v t e Tunisia squad – 2004 Africa Cup of Nations Winners (1st Title) 1 Boumnijel 2 Badra 3 Haggui 4 Yahia 5 Jaziri 6 H. Trabelsi 7 Mhedhebi 8 Nafti 9 Braham 10 Ghodhbane 11 Santos 12 Mnari 13 Bouazizi 14 Chedli 15 Jaïdi 16 Fadhel 17 Jedidi 18 Ben Achour 19 Ayari 20 Clayton 21 Saidi 22 Azaiez Coach: Lemerre v t e Tunisia squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Boumnijel 2 Saidi 3 Essediri 4 El Abdy 5 Jaziri 6 Trabelsi 7 Mhedhebi 8 Nafti 9 Guemamdia 10 Ghodhbane 11 Santos 12 Mnari 13 Namouchi 14 Chedli 15 Jaïdi 16 Fadhel 17 Ben Saada 18 Benachour 19 Ayari 20 Clayton 21 Jemâa 22 Kasraoui 23 Hadj Massaoued Coach: Lemerre v t e Tunisia squad – 2006 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Boumnijel 2 Merdassi 3 Haggui 4 Melliti 5 Jaziri 6 H. Trabelsi 7 Ben Saada 8 Namouchi 9 Guemamdia 10 Ghodhbane 11 Santos 12 Mnari 13 Bouazizi 14 Chedli 15 Jaïdi 16 Fadhel 17 Jemâa 18 Ben Achour 19 Ayari 20 Clayton 21 Yahia 22 Kasraoui 23 Ltaïef Coach: Lemerre v t e Tunisia squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Boumnijel 2 Essediri 3 Haggui 4 Yahia 5 Jaziri 6 Trabelsi 7 Guemamdia 8 Nafti 9 Chikhaoui 10 Ghodhbane 11 Santos 12 Mnari 13 Bouazizi (c) 14 Chedli 15 Jaïdi 16 Nefzi 17 Ben Saada 18 Jemmali 19 Ayari 20 Namouchi 21 Saidi 22 Kasraoui 23 Melliti Coach: Lemerre