Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 April 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Winterthur | ||
Number | 42 | ||
Youth career | |||
Zürich | |||
2015–2017 | Kosova Zürich | ||
2017–2018 | Zürich | ||
2018–2020 | Winterthur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2020–2022 | Winterthur | 72 | (8) |
2022– | Basel | 6 | (0) |
2022– | Basel U21 | 4 | (0) |
2023– | → Winterthur (loan) | 35 | (8) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Tunisia | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:26, 22 September 2022 (UTC) |
Sayfallah Ltaief ( Arabic: سيف الله لطيف; born 22 April 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss Super League club Winterthur, on loan from Basel. From 1 July 2024, he will join Eredivisie club Twente. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Tunisia national team.
Ltaief is a product of the youth academies of Zürich, Kosova Zürich, and Winterthur. [2] He began his senior career in the Swiss Challenge League with Winterthur in 2020. On 9 June 2022, he transferred to Swiss Super League club Basel. [3] He made his professional debut with Basel in a 1–1 league draw against his former club Winterthur on 16 July 2022. [4]
On 5 December 2022, Ltaief agreed to return back to Winterthur on loan for the second half of the 2022–23 season. [5] His loan was again extended for the entirety of the 2023–24 season, as he eventually scored eight goals and six assists for Winterthur throughout the league campaign. [6]
On 17 May 2024, it was announced that Ltaief would join Dutch side Twente on a permanent deal, signing a three-year contract set to be activated from 1 July. [6] [7]
Ltaief was born in Switzerland and is of Tunisian descent. [2] He was called up to represent the Tunisia U22s in 2022, and also had training sessions with the senior national team in preparation for the 2022 Kirin Cup. [8] He made his debut with Tunisia as a late substitute in a 1–0 friendly win over Comoros on 22 September 2022. [9]
Winterthur