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Tarak Dhiab

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Tarak Dhiab (Arabic: طَارِق ذِيَاب; born 15 January 1954) is a Tunisian former footballer and politician. The African Footballer of the Year in 1977, he is listed by the Tunisian Football Federation as having 107 caps for the Tunisia national team, although this number has not been ratified by FIFA. At the 1978 FIFA World Cup, he was a member of the Tunisia national team that became the first national team from Africa to win a World Cup match. Dhiab was chosen as the Tunisian footballer of the 20th century. He has served as Minister of Youth and Sports under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali between 24 December 2011 and 29 January 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tarak Dhiab is the 3,014th most popular soccer player (down from 3,012th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Tunisia (up from 96th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Tunisian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Tarak Dhiab ranks 3,014 out of 21,273. Before him are Marc Bartra, Guillermo Escalada, Jørn Andersen, Roberto Rojas, David Ospina, and Mauro Bellugi. After him are Peter Withe, Ståle Solbakken, Marc Cucurella, Guy François, Guillermo Saavedra, and Mwepu Ilunga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Tarak Dhiab ranks 337. Before him are Einar Már Guðmundsson, Hanif Kureishi, Guy Kawasaki, Annette Haven, Jo Gartner, and Jouko Törmänen. After him are Ken Stott, Amparo Muñoz, Ashrita Furman, Daniyal Akhmetov, Rahim Ademi, and Dietrich Thurau.

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In Tunisia

Among people born in Tunisia, Tarak Dhiab ranks 92 out of 210. Before him are Jean Vuarnet (1933), Silvan Shalom (1958), Ahlam Mosteghanemi (1953), Bahi Ladgham (1913), Pierre Lévy (1956), and Taos Amrouche (1913). After him are Moufida Tlatli (1947), Carlos Marcello (1910), Faouzi Benzarti (1950), Tommaso Costantino (1885), Paul G. Comba (1926), and Ali Laarayedh (1955).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Tunisia

Among soccer players born in Tunisia, Tarak Dhiab ranks 5. Before him are Sadok Sassi (1945), Abdelmajid Chetali (1939), Ziad Tlemçani (1963), and Mohamed Akid (1949). After him are Mokhtar Hasni (1952), Hatem Trabelsi (1977), Témime Lahzami (1949), Mohamed Ben Rehaiem (1951), Ali Boumnijel (1966), Mokhtar Naili (1953), and Faouzi Mansouri (1956).

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