Sebastian Tounekti (born 13 July 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Haugesund. Born in Norway, he represents the Tunisia national team.

Club career

Tounekti was born in Tromsø. He made his senior debut for Tromsdalen on 30 September 2018 against Ullensaker/Kisa; Tromsdalen won 3–0.

Sebastian Tounekti

He made his senior debut for Bodø/Glimt on 16 June 2020 against Viking; Bodø/Glimt won 4–2. He scored his first and only goal in October 2020 against Molde. Tounekti and George Lewis were both players at Tromsdalen who were discovered by clubs other than Tromsdalen's larger neighbour Tromsø IL, the failure to pick them up being lamented by Tromsø fans.

Sebastian Tounekti

International career

Tounekti was born in Norway to a Tunisian father and Norwegian mother. He was a youth international for Norway up until U19 level. He was called up to represent the senior Tunisia national team on 19 March 2021. He debuted with Tunisia in a 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over Mauritania on 7 October 2021.

Sebastian Tounekti

Personal life

Tounekti is the cousin of the Norwegian footballer Bryan Fiabema.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Bodø/Glimt

Eliteserien: 2020

References

2002 births

Living people

Footballers from Tromsø

Tunisian men's footballers

Tunisia men's international footballers

Norwegian men's footballers

Norway men's youth international footballers

Tunisian people of Norwegian descent

Norwegian people of Tunisian descent

Men's association football midfielders

Norwegian First Division players

Eliteserien players

Tromsdalen UIL players

FK Bodø/Glimt players

FC Groningen players

Tunisian expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands

Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands