Issam Tej
Issam Tej (2014) |
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| Player information | |
|---|---|
| birthday | July 29, 1979 |
| place of birth | Tunis , Tunisia |
| citizenship |
 Tunisian
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| height | 1.87 m |
| Playing position | Circular rotor |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | al-Jaish |
| Clubs in the youth | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1991-1994 |
Transport olympic club
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| 1994-1995 |
Stade Tunisia
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| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1995-2003 |
Espérance Sportive de Tunis
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| 2003-2006 |
 SC Sélestat handball
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| 2006-2015 |
Montpellier HB
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| 2015– |
 al-Jaish
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| 2016–2016 |
→ Lekhwiya (loan)
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| National team | |
| Games (goals) | |
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Tunisia
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316 (824) |
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As of January 8, 2017 |
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Issam Tej ( Arabic عصام تاج, DMG ʿIṣṣām Tāǧ ; * July 29, 1979 in Tunis , Tunisia ) is a Tunisian handball player . He is 1.87 m tall.
Tej, who plays for the Qatari club al-Jaish and plays for the Tunisian men's national handball team, is mostly used as a circle runner.
Career
In his youth, Issam Tej played in his hometown for Club olympique des transports and Stade Tunisien . At the age of 16 he was discovered and signed by the top club Espérance Sportive de Tunis . With Tunis he was a. a. 2003 Tunisian champion and cup winner. In the same year he was signed by the French first division club SC Sélestat Handball , to which his compatriot Heykel Megannem had changed a year earlier . After Tej had been voted the league's best runner in 2006, the top club Montpellier HB signed him. There he won the French League Cup in 2007. Furthermore, Tej won the French championship in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and the French Cup in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013. In the EHF Europa Pokal, he lost to Pick Szeged in the 2014 final in Berlin . In the summer of 2015 he moved to the Qatari club al-Jaish . In March 2016 he was loaned to the Qatari club Lekhwiya .
In the German-speaking world, Tej gained greater notoriety at the end of September 2007 because of a foul game. In the first group game of the EHF Champions League 2007/08 between Montpellier HB and the German champions THW Kiel , he is said to have deliberately fouled the Kiel star Nikola Karabatić , so that Karabatić is out for several weeks or months. Curiously, Tej and the Karabatić brothers played together in a team from 2009 to 2013.
Tej has so far played 316 international matches for the Tunisian men's handball team . With his country he became African champions in 1998, 2002 and 2005 . At the men's handball world championship in 2005 in his own country, he finished fourth with Tunisia, but at the 2007 World Cup in Germany he was eliminated from the main group and ended up in 11th place. In summer 2012 he took part in the Olympic Games in London . He also took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .
Web links
- Issam Tej on the Montpellier AHB website
- Issam Tej in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Issam Tej in the LNH database
- Issam Tej in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ ihf.info: Tunisia , accessed on January 8, 2017
- ↑ handball-world.com: veteran from Montpellier moves to Qatar , accessed on August 11, 2015
- ↑ handball-world.com: Lekhwiya Handball lends three professionals , accessed on March 15, 2016
- ↑ sport1.de:Karabatić: I am disgusted ... ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.london2012.com: Issam Tej , accessed August 1, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tej, Issam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tunisian handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tunis , Tunisia |