Montassar Omar Talbi (; born 26 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Lorient. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.
Club career Born in France, Talbi began playing football with the youth academies of Paris FC and Les Lilas. His family had to move back to Tunisia, and at the age of 12 Talbi moved to the academy of Espérance de Tunis, and moved up through the youth levels. Talbi made his professional debut with ES Tunis in a 0–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 tie with CSS on 2 April 2017. On 20 June 2018, Talbi signed for Turkish side Çaykur Rizespor in the Süper Lig.
On 9 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.
On 18 July 2022, Talbi signed a five-year contract with Lorient in France.
International career Talbi is a youth international for the Tunisia 23s and made his debut in a 2–0 friendly loss to the Italy 23s on 15 October 2018. He debuted with the senior Tunisia national team in a 2–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Equatorial Guinea on 28 March 2021.
He was later included for the squad of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup, despite not being released by the Russian club. He reunited with the team following Rubin's 2–0 away defeat to Krylia Sovetov Samara and made his debut in the cup in the semi-finals against Egypt, which was won by Tunisia 1–0.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season, and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsEspérance de Tunis2016–17Tunisian Ligue 1002070601502017–18Tunisian Ligue 1141000030171Total141207090321Çaykur Rizespor2018–19Süper Lig1041——512019–20Süper Lig27020——2902020–21Süper Lig21120——231Total49181——572Rubin Kazan2021–22Russian Premier League25020——270Lorient2022–23Ligue 138130——4112023–24Ligue 125000——2502024–25Ligue 230110——3112025–26Ligue 129020——310Total122260——1282Career total210418170902445
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsTunisia2021100202216120239120241202025142202660Total674
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first. + List of international goals scored by Montassar Talbi No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 27 September 2022 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 1–1 1–5 Friendly 2 20 June 2023 19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, Algeria 1–0 1–1 3 14 November 2025 Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Radès, Tunisia 2–2 3–2 4 27 December 2025 Fez Stadium, Fez, Morocco 1–3 2–3 2025 Africa Cup of Nations
Honours Espérance de Tunis Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2016–17, 2017–18 Arab Club Champions Cup: 2017
Lorient Ligue 2: 2024–25
Tunisia Kirin Cup: 2022 FIFA Arab Cup runner-up: 2021
Individual Tunisian Footballer of the Year: 2023 UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2024–25
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