Ali Ben Safouane Youssef (; born 5 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol. Born in Sweden, he represents Tunisia at international level.
Ali Youssef grew up in a borough of Gothenburg Municipality. He started playing football for Färjenäs IF. and later IF Warta before joining the BK Häcken youth academy in 1946. Ahead of the 2019 season, he was promoted to the first team. In June 2019, he extended his contract with Häcken until 2023.
Youssef made his Allsvenskan debut on 28 July 2019 in a 2âÂÂ0 loss against DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF, where he replaced Daleho Irandust in the 83rd minute. In July 2021, in a UEFA Europa Conference League match against Aberdeen, Youssef suffered a cruciate ligament injury, which kept him sidelined for a year.
On 10 July 2022, Youssef made his comeback after the injury, coming on as a substitute and scoring the decisive 2âÂÂ1 goal after only three minutes on the pitch in a win over Mjällby AIF. Later that month, in a match against IF Elfsborg, he injured his cruciate ligament again, sidelining him for another extended period. Youssef made a total of four appearances, one of which was as a starter, and scored one goal during the 2022 season, where Häcken won their first ever league title.
In January 2025, Youssef signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Cypriot club Apollon Limassol. He made his competitive debut for the club on 29 January, replacing Gaétan Weissbeck in the 84th minute of a 3âÂÂ1 away victory against Anorthosis Famagusta in the Cypriot Cup quarter-finals. His league debut followed four days later, again coming on as a late substitute in a 1âÂÂ0 win over Omonia Aradippou. On 24 February, Youssef scored his first goal for Apollon, opening the score in a 1âÂÂ1 draw against.
Born in Sweden, Youssef is of Tunisian descent. He represented the Sweden U20 in a friendly 3âÂÂ2 win over the Norway U20s in October 2019, scoring 2 goals. In May 2021, Youssef was called up to the Tunisia national team for the first time, tentatively committing his international future to the nation of his parents' birth. He debuted with Tunisia in a friendly 1âÂÂ0 friendly win over DR Congo on 5 June 2021.
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