Rami Kaib
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 May 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Nyköping, Sweden[1] | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Halmstads BK | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | IF Elfsborg | 57 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | SC Heerenveen | 49 | (0) |
| 2023 | Djurgårdens IF | 5 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | IF Elfsborg | 24 | (2) |
| 2025 | → Halmstads BK (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2026– | Halmstads BK | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Sweden U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017 | Sweden U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022– | Tunisia | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 June 2022 | |||
Rami Kaib (Arabic: رامي كعيب; born 8 May 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Allsvenskan club Halmstads BK.[2] Born in Sweden, he plays for the Tunisia national team.
Early life
[edit]Kaib was born on 8 May 1997 in Sweden to a Tunisian father and a Lebanese mother.[3][4]
Club career
[edit]On 13 January 2021, Kaib joined Eredivisie side Heerenveen on a four-and-a-half-year deal.[5]
On 15 July 2025, Kaib joined Halmstads BK on a loan-deal, from IF Elfsborg.[6]
International career
[edit]Kaib represented Sweden at the under-19 level and, despite being eligible to also represent Tunisia and Lebanon, stated that he had "ambitions to play for the Sweden national team",[3] and no intention of representing Lebanon.[4]
In May 2022, the Tunisian Football Federation announced that Kaib had signed the necessary documents in order to play for the Tunisia national team.[7]
Honours
[edit]Tunisia
References
[edit]- ↑ "Rami Kaib – Profilo giocatore – Calcio". Eurosport (in Italian). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ Rami Kaib at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- 1 2 LI, H (27 February 2020). "[ENQUÊTE] Ces joueurs tunisiens qui évoluent en Scandinavie". Ettachkila. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- 1 2 Edvardsson, Filip (27 January 2021). "Bodde på 27(!) kvadrat med lagkamraterna: "Väldigt roligt"". fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ↑ "Heerenveen sign Swedish full-back". Football Oranje. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ↑ "HBK lånar in meriterade Rami Kaib" [HBK loans qualified Rami Kaib] (in Swedish). Halmstads BK. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ↑ "محترف الدوري الهولندي ينضم لنسور قرطاج". كووورة. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Rami Kaib at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Rami Kaib at National-Football-Teams.com
- Rami Kaib at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nyköping
- Footballers from Södermanland County
- Swedish people of Tunisian descent
- Swedish people of Lebanese descent
- Tunisian people of Lebanese descent
- Sportspeople of Tunisian descent
- Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
- Swedish men's footballers
- Tunisian men's footballers
- Men's association football full-backs
- IF Elfsborg players
- SC Heerenveen players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
- Halmstads BK players
- Allsvenskan players
- Eredivisie players
- Sweden men's youth international footballers
- Tunisia men's international footballers
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Tunisian expatriate men's footballers
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- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
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