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{{short description|Tunisian footballer (born 1984)}}
{{family name hatnote|Ben Saada|Saada}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Chaouki Ben Saada
| image = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|7|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bastia]], France
| full_name = Chaouki Ben Saada<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Tunisia |publisher=FIFA |page=30 |date=21 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019}}</ref>
| height = 1.70 m
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder]], [[Forward (association football)|forward]]
| youthyears1 = 1993–2001
| youthclubs1 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
| years1 = 2001–2008
| clubs1 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
| caps1 = 170
| goals1 = 16
| years2 = 2008–2011
| clubs2 = [[OGC Nice|Nice]]
| caps2 = 80
| goals2 = 9
| years3 = 2011–2012
| clubs3 = [[RC Lens|Lens]]
| caps3 = 35
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2012–2014
| clubs4 = [[AC Arles-Avignon|Arles-Avignon]]
| caps4 = 34
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2014–2019
| clubs5 = [[Troyes AC|Troyes]]
| caps5 = 95
| goals5 = 8
| years6 = 2019–2022
| clubs6 = [[SC Bastia|Bastia]]
| caps6 = 61
| goals6 = 7
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[France national under-21 football team|France U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2005–2010
| nationalteam2 = [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]
| nationalcaps2 = 38
| nationalgoals2 = 5
| club-update = 
}}

'''Chaouki Ben Saada''' ({{langx|ar|شوقي بن سعادة}}; born 1 July 1984) is a French-born former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]] and [[forward (association football)|forward]] for the [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia national team]].

==Club career==
Born in [[Bastia]], France, Ben Saada made 170 appearances for [[SC Bastia|Bastia]], scoring 16 goals for the team.

On 2 July 2008, he signed with [[Ligue 1]] side [[OGC Nice]] for €1.5 million along with teammate [[Kafoumba Coulibaly]], agreeing to a three-year contract.

After a three-year stint with Nice, he signed a two-year deal with [[Ligue 2]] outfit [[RC Lens]] on 24 August 2011.

In August 2012, Ben Saada moved to Ligue 2 club [[AC Arlésien|Arles-Avignon]] on a two-year contract. In October 2014, he then signed a one-year contract with [[Troyes AC]], extending his stay in the [[Ligue 2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.estac.fr/newsite/news/11519/79/TV-Presentation-Ben-Saada.htm|language=French|title=[TV] Présentation Ben Saada|publisher=[[Troyes AC|estac.fr]]|date=24 October 2014|accessdate=24 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024161229/http://www.estac.fr/newsite/news/11519/79/TV-Presentation-Ben-Saada.htm#|archive-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==International career==
Ben Saada played international football for France at youth level, earning an [[FIFA U-17 World Championship|Under-17 World Championship]] medal in 2001. Since then, he adopted the Tunisian nationality of his parents, and first played for the [[Tunisia national football team|national side]] in March 2005. He has won 12 international caps, scoring 1 goal (as of 7 June 2006). He was in the Tunisian squad for the [[2006 African Cup of Nations]], but was initially omitted from the squad for [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]], before being called up to replace [[Issam Jomaa]], who withdrew with a knee injury.

==Career statistics==

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ben Saada goal''.<ref>{{NFT|11188}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Chaouki Ben Saada
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|align="center"|1
|11 November 2005
|[[Stade Sébastien Charléty]], [[Paris]], France
|{{fb|DR Congo}}
|align="center"|1–1
|align="center"|2–2
|[[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
|align="center"|2
|27 January 2008
|[[Tamale Stadium]], [[Tamale, Ghana|Tamale]], Ghana
|{{fb|South Africa}}
|align="center"|2–0
|align="center"|3–1
|[[2008 African Cup of Nations]]
|-
|align="center"|3
|4 February 2008
|Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana
|{{fb|Cameroon}}
|align="center"|1–2
|align="center"|2–3
|2008 African Cup of Nations
|-
|align="center"|4
|7 June 2008
|[[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles]]
|{{fb|Seychelles}}
|align="center"|2–0
|align="center"|2–0
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)]]
|-
|align="center"|5
|21 June 2008
|[[Stade 7 November]], [[Radès]], Tunisia
|{{fb|Burundi}}
|align="center"|1–0
|align="center"|2–1
|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Bastia]]
[[Category:French sportspeople of Tunisian descent]]
[[Category:Tunisian men's footballers]]
[[Category:21st-century Tunisian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Tunisia men's international footballers]]
[[Category:French men's footballers]]
[[Category:France men's youth international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players]]
[[Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:2006 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:2008 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:2010 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:SC Bastia players]]
[[Category:OGC Nice players]]
[[Category:RC Lens players]]
[[Category:AC Arlésien players]]
[[Category:ES Troyes AC players]]
[[Category:Ligue 1 players]]
[[Category:Ligue 2 players]]
[[Category:21st-century French sportsmen]]

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