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{{short description|Tunisian footballer (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image = Adel Chedli.jpg
| caption = Chedli with [[Raja Casablanca]] in 2012
| name = Adel Chedli
| fullname = Adel Ben-Bechir Chedli
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|9|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[La Ricamarie]], France
| height = 1.76 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1994–1997
| clubs1 = [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]
| caps1 = 33
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1997–2004
| clubs2 = [[FC Sochaux|Sochaux]]
| caps2 = 153
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2004–2005
| clubs3 = [[FC Istres|Istres]]
| caps3 = 24
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2005–2006
| clubs4 = [[1. FC Nürnberg]]
| caps4 = 8
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2006–2007
| clubs5 = [[FC Sion|Sion]]
| caps5 = 27
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2007–2008
| clubs6 = [[Al-Shaab CSC]]
| caps6 = 5
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2008–2010
| clubs7 = [[FC Istres|Istres]]
| caps7 = 36
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2010–2012
| clubs8 = [[Étoile Sportive du Sahel]]
| caps8 = 48
| goals8 = 7
| years9 = 2012–2013
| clubs9 = [[Raja Casablanca]]
| caps9 = 2
| goals9 = 0
<!-- Stats for league only -->| totalcaps = 336
| totalgoals = 12
| nationalyears1 = 1996–2012
| nationalteam1 = [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]
| nationalcaps1 = 45
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| manageryears1 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs1 = [[Pays d'Aix FC|Pays d'Aix]]
| manageryears2 = 2017–2018
| managerclubs2 = Olympique Rovenain
| manageryears3 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs3 = [[AC Arles-Avignon|Arles]]
| manageryears4 = 2021-
| managerclubs4 = [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] (assistant manager)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|TUN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2004 Africa Cup of Nations|2004 Tunisia]]|}}
{{MedalComp|[[African Nations Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2011 African Nations Championship|2011 Sudan]]|}}
}}

'''Adel Ben-Bechir Chedli''' ({{langx|ar|عَادِل بْن بَشِير الشَّاذِلِيّ}}, born 16 September 1976) is a former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]]. Born in France, he represented [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] at international level.

==Club career==
Born in [[La Ricamarie]], [[Loire (department)|Loire]], France, Chedli joined [[AS Saint-Étienne]] and broke into the first team in 1996. In 1997, he was transferred to [[FC Sochaux]] for whom he played several years in the [[Ligue 1]]. It was during that time that also earned his first cap for the [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisian national team]]. Before his move to Germany Chedli played for [[FC Istres]]. He left the club on a free transfer after they had been relegated to [[Ligue 2]] after playing in 88 games.

At Nürnberg, Chedli had a rough first year and a hard time breaking into the first squad, at the end of the season he had played in only six Bundesliga matches and was at times demoted to the club's [[Bayernliga]] [[reserve team]]. His situation did not improve when Chedli was sent off twice in a short span, once with the reserves and once in friendly against the [[Kansas City Wizards]]. After the latter incident in which Chedli had kicked a Wizards player in the shins, he left the field cursing at Nürnberg first team coach [[Hans Meyer (footballer)|Hans Meyer]], an event that the Nürnberg press interpreted as insubordination and predicted an early release of the left midfielder whose contract with Nürnberg would have run until 2007. That prediction became true in July 2006, when player and team agreed on a termination of the contract.

==International career==
A French youth international{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}, he made his debut for his native Tunisian side on 26 May 1996, a friendly match against [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]]. Due to nationality transfer was not allowed until the 2000s, he's entered the team again and been a regular with the Tunisian national team since 2003 and won the 2004 [[2004 African Nations Cup|African Nations' Cup]] with the "Carthage Eagles". He was also a member of the Tunisian [[2005 FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup]] team in 2005 and was a member of the squad at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup (squads)#Tunisia|2006 World Cup]].<ref>{{FIFA player|213371|Adel Chedli}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Tunisia'''
* [[Africa Cup of Nations]]: [[2004 Africa Cup of Nations|2004]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3485991.stm|title=Tunisia win Cup of Nations|date=14 February 2004|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2011-03-14}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Lequipe|2600}}
* {{LFP|chedli-adel}}
* {{Fussballdaten|chedliadel}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Footballers from Loire (department)]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:French sportspeople of Tunisian descent]]
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