Radhi Jaïdi

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Radhi Jaïdi
Personal information
Full name	Radhi Ben Abdelmajid Jaïdi
Date of birth	30 August 1975
Place of birth	Tunis, Tunisia
Height	192cm
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Birmingham City
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1993-04 2004-06 2006-	Esperance Bolton Wanderers Birmingham City	? (?) 43 (8) 14 (1)
National team**
1996-	Tunisia	92 (6)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:01, 12 November 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2006.

Radhi Ben Abdelmajid Jaïdi (Arabic: راضي بن عبدالماجد جعايدي‎) (born August 30, 1975 in Tunis, Tunisia) is a Tunisian football player who currently plays for Birmingham City as a defender after signing from Bolton Wanderers.

Jaïdi signed for Bolton on a free transfer in July 2004 from Esperance de Tunis, who won the Tunisian league title the previous season. He had previously been in the Tunisia 2004 African Nations Cup winning squad, and in the 2002 World Cup. He was the first Tunisian player to join an English Premier League club.

Jaïdi made a lasting first impression with Bolton coach Sam Allardyce, who has consistently hailed him as a supreme header of the ball.

Jaïdi is also a regular in the Tunisia line-up and was selected by coach Roger Lemerre for the 2006 World Cup. He scored the goal which secured a 2-2 draw in their opening game against Saudi Arabia.

Jaidi joined Birmingham City in the summer of 2006 and made his debut in a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace in the early stages of the season.

[edit] External links

• Radhi Jaïdi career stats at Soccerbase

	Tunisia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Boumnijel | 2 Badra | 3 Baya | 4 Mkacher | 5 Jaziri | 6 Trabelsi | 7 Mhedhebi | 8 Gabsi | 9 Jelassi | 10 Ghodhbane | 11 Sellimi | 12 Bouzaiene | 13 Bouazizi | 14 Marzouki | 15 Jaïdi | 16 Bejaoui | 17 Thabet | 18 Ben Achour | 19 Mkademi | 20 Zitouni | 21 Melki | 22 Jaouachi | 23 Clayton | Coach: Souayah

	Tunisia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Boumnijel | 2 Essediri | 3 Haggui | 4 Yahia | 5 Jaziri | 6 Trabelsi | 7 Guemamdia | 8 Nafti | 9 Chikhaoui | 10 Ghodhbane | 11 Santos | 12 Mnari | 13 Bouazizi | 14 Chedli | 15 Jaïdi | 16 Nefzi | 17 Ben Saada | 18 Jemmali | 19 Ayari | 20 Namouchi | 21 Saidi | 22 Kasraoui | 23 Melliti | Coach: Lemerre

Birmingham City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Taylor | 2 Kelly | 3 Sadler | 4 Taylor | 5 Upson | 6 Clemence | 7 Larsson | 8 Dunn | 9 Forssell | 10 Jerome | 11 Gray | 12 Nafti | 13 Doyle | 14 Campbell | 15 Kilkenny | 16 Tébily | 17 Danns | 18 Oji | 21 N'Gotty | 22 Johnson | 23 Birley | 24 Jaïdi | 25 Aluko | 26 Muamba | 27 Bendtner | 28 McSheffrey | Manager: Bruce