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{{short description|Tunisian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Issam Jemâa
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|1|28}}
| birth_place = [[Gabès]], Tunisia
| height = 1.85 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1995–2003
| youthclubs1 = CO Mednine
| years1 = 2003–2005
| clubs1 = [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis|Espérance]]
| caps1 = 49
| goals1 = 17
| years2 = 2005–2011
| clubs2 = [[RC Lens|Lens]]
| caps2 = 114
| goals2 = 20
| years3 = 2007–2008
| clubs3 = → [[Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen]] (loan)
| caps3 = 21
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2011–2012
| clubs4 = [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]]
| caps4 = 7
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2012
| clubs5 = → [[Stade Brestois 29|Brest]] (loan)
| caps5 = 10
| goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2012–2014
| clubs6 = [[Kuwait SC]]
| caps6 = 38
| goals6 = 27
| years7 = 2014–2015
| clubs7 = [[Al-Sailiya SC|Al-Sailiya]]
| caps7 = 26
| goals7 = 11
| years8 = 2016–2017
| clubs8 = [[Dubai CSC]]
| caps8 = 24
| goals8 = 24
| totalcaps = 289
| totalgoals = 106
| nationalyears1 = 2005–2014
| nationalteam1 = [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]
| nationalcaps1 = 84
| nationalgoals1 = 36
}}

'''Issam Jemâa''' ({{langx|ar|عِصَام جُمْعَة}}; born 28 January 1984 in [[Gabès]]) is a Tunisian former professional [[association footballer|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]]. He started his footballing career for [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis]], and was later signed by French side [[RC Lens|Lens]]. A Tunisia international since 2005, he is the all-time leading scorer of the [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia national team]].

==International career==
Jemâa was called up to the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]], but was later forced out from the squad due to injury. He was also called up to the Tunisia national team for the [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations]] in Ghana and the [[2010 Africa Cup of Nations]] in Angola.

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|League cup
!colspan="2"|Contintental
!colspan="2"|Total
!rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[RC Lens|Lens]]
|[[2005–06 Ligue 1|2005–06]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Ligue 1]]
|6||0||0||0||1||0||9||4||15||4
|<ref name="lequipe">{{cite web |title=Issam JEMAA - Football : la fiche de Issam JEMAA (Al-Saïliya Doha) |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur22538.html |website=L'Équipe |access-date=8 March 2019 |language=fr |archive-date=24 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424042825/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur22538.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wf">{{cite web |title=Issam Jemâa » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/issam-jemaa/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210112351/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/issam-jemaa/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- L'Équipe lacks [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]] apps -->
|-
|[[2006–07 Ligue 1|2006–07]]
|27||3||3||1||1||1||9||4||40||9
|<ref name="lequipe"/><ref name="wf"/>
|-
|[[2008–09 Ligue 2|2008–09]]
|[[Ligue 2]]
|26||5||0||0||3||2||0||0||29||7
|<ref name="lequipe"/><ref name="wf"/>
|-
|[[2009–10 Ligue 1|2009–10]]
|rowspan="2"|Ligue 1
|29||7||4||2||0||0||0||0||33||9
|<ref name="lequipe"/><ref name="wf"/>
|-
|[[2010–11 Ligue 1|2010–11]]
|26||5||1||0||1||0||0||0||28||5
|<ref name="lequipe"/><ref name="wf"/>
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!114!!20!!8!!3!!6!!3!!14!!5!!142!!31
!–
|-
|[[Stade Malherbe Caen|Caen]] (loan)
|[[2007–08 Ligue 1|2007–08]]
|Ligue 1
|21||3||0||0||1||0||0||0||22||3
|<ref name="lequipe"/><ref name="wf"/>
|-
|[[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]]
|[[2011–12 Ligue 1|2011–12]]
|Ligue 1
|7||2||0||0||1||0||0||0||8||2
|<ref name="lequipe"/><ref name="wf"/>
|-
|[[Stade Brestois 29|Brest]]
|[[2011–12 Ligue 1|2011–12]]
|Ligue 1
|10||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||10||2
|<ref name="lequipe"/><ref name="wf"/>
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Kuwait SC]]
|[[2012–13 Kuwait Premier League|2012–13]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Kuwait Premier League]]
|14||11||||||||||10||9||24||20
|<ref name="nft">{{NFT|11708}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
|-
|[[2013–14 Kuwait Premier League|2013–14]]
|24||16||||||||||13||16||37||32
|<ref name="nft"/>{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!38!!27!!!!!!!!!!23!!25!!61!!52
!–
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Al-Sailiya SC]]
|[[2014–15 Qatar Stars League|2014–15]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Qatar Stars League]]
|25||11||||||||||||||25||11
|<ref name="wf"/>
|-
|[[2015–16 Qatar Stars League|2015–16]]
|1||0||||||||||||||1||0
|<ref name="wf"/>
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!26!!11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!26!!11
!–
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Dubai CSC]]
|[[2015–16 UAE Second Division|2015–16]]
|rowspan="2"|[[UAE Second Division]]
|11||12||||||||||||||11||12
|<ref name="nft"/>
|-
|[[2016–17 UAE Second Division|2016–17]]
|13||12||||||||||||||13||12
|<ref name="nft"/>
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!24!!24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!24!!24
!–
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!240!!89!!!!!!!!!!!!!!293!!125
!–
|}

===International goals===
{{main|List of international goals scored by Issam Jemâa}}

:''Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jemâa goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Issam Jemâa<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ijemaa-intlg.html |title=Issam Jemaa – Goals in International Matches |author=Imed Kilani |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=17 October 2012 |archive-date=15 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415092639/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ijemaa-intlg.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 3 September 2005 || [[Moi International Sports Centre]], [[Nairobi]], Kenya || {{fb|KEN}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 30 May 2006 || [[Stade Olympique de Radès]], [[Radès]], Tunisia || {{fb|BLR}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–0 || 2006 LG Cup (Tunisia)
|-
| align="center"|3 || 7 February 2007 || [[Stade Moulay Abdellah]], [[Rabat]], Morocco || {{fb|MAR}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || rowspan="3"|24 March 2007 || rowspan="3"|[[Stade Linité]], [[Victoria, Seychelles|Victoria]], Seychelles || rowspan="3"|{{fb|SEY}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="3"|[[2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier]]
|-
| align="center"|5 || align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|6 || align="center"|3–0
|-
| align="center"|7 || 2 June 2007 || Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia || {{fb|SEY}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|4–0 || 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
|-
| align="center"|8 || 16 June 2007 || Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia || {{fb|MRI}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
|-
| align="center"|9 || 17 November 2011 || Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia || {{fb|NAM}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|10 || 23 January 2008 || [[Tamale Stadium]], [[Tamale, Ghana|Tamale]], Ghana || {{fb|Senegal}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–2 || [[2008 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
|align="center"|11
|7 June 2008
|Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles
|{{fb|Seychelles}}
|align="center"|1–0
|align="center"|2–0
|[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
|align="center"|12
|21 June 2008
|Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia
|{{fb|Burundi}}
|align="center"|2–0
|align="center"|2–1
|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
|align="center"|13
|14 October 2008
|[[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], France
|{{fb|France}}
|align="center"|1–0
|align="center"|1–3
|Friendly
|-
|align="center"|14
|28 March 2009
|[[Nyayo National Stadium]], Nairobi, Kenya
|{{fb|Kenya}}
|align="center"|2–1
|align="center"|2–1
|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
|align="center"|15
|11 October 2009
|Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès
|{{fb|Kenya}}
|align="center"|4–0
|align="center"|1–0
|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
|align="center"|16
|30 May 2010
|Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès
|{{fb|France}}
|align="center"|1–0
|align="center"|1–1
|Friendly
|-
|align="center"|17
|rowspan="2"|20 June 2010
|rowspan="2"|[[Al Merreikh Stadium]], [[Omdurman]], Sudan
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|Sudan}}
|align="center"|4–0
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|6–2
|rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|5–0
|-
|align="center"|19
|11 August 2010
|[[Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya|Stade Nacional]], [[N'Djamena]], Chad
|{{fb|Chad}}
|align="center"|2–0
|align="center"|3–1
|[[2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification|2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier]]
|-
|align="center"|20
|rowspan="2"|4 September 2010
|rowspan="2"|Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|Malawi|2010}}
|align="center"|1–0
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–2
|rowspan="2"|2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
|-
|align="center"|21
|align="center"|2–0
|-
|align="center"|22
|10 October 2010
|[[Stade de Kégué]], [[Lomé]], Togo
|{{fb|Togo}}
|align="center"|1–0
|align="center"|2–1
|2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
|-
|align="center"|23
|rowspan="3"|5 June 2011
|rowspan="3"|[[Stade Olympique de Sousse]], [[Sousse]], Tunisia
|rowspan="3"|{{fb|Chad}}
|align="center"|1–0
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–0
|rowspan="3"|2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
|-
|align="center"|24
|align="center"|3–0
|-
|align="center"|25
|align="center"|5–0
|-
|align="center"|26
|10 August 2011
|[[Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet]], [[Monastir, Tunisia|Monastir]], Tunisia
|{{fb|MLI}}
|align="center"|4–2
|align="center"|4–2
|Friendly
|-
|align="center"|27
|27 January 2012
|[[Stade d'Angondjé]], [[Libreville]], Gabon
|{{fb|NIG}}
|align="center"|2–1
|align="center"|2–1
|[[2012 Africa Cup of Nations]]
|-
|align="center"|28
|27 May 2012
|Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia
|{{fb|RWA}}
|align="center"|4–1
|align="center"|5–1
|Friendly
|-
|align="center"|29
|2 June 2012
|Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia
|{{fb|EQG}}
|align="center"|1–1
|align="center"|3–1
|[[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| align="center"|30 || 9 June 2012 || [[Estádio da Várzea]], [[Praia]], Cape Verde || {{fb|CPV}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| align="center"|31 || 15 August 2012 || [[Széktói Stadion]], [[Kecskemét]], Hungary || {{fb|IRN}} || align="center"|2–2 || align="center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|32 || 30 December 2012 || [[Al Nahyan Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]], United Arab Emirates || {{fb|IRQ}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|33 || rowspan="2"|13 January 2013 || rowspan="2"|[[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates || rowspan="2"|{{fb|GHA}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–4 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|34 || align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|35 || rowspan="2"|14 August 2013 || rowspan="2"|Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia || rowspan="2"|{{fb|CGO}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|36 || align="center"|3–0
|}

==Honours==
'''Lens'''
*[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]: [[2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2005]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round=2188/Match=81579/Report=LU.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614205426/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round=2188/Match=81579/Report=LU.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 June 2007 |title=Lens 3-1 Cluj (Aggregate: 4 - 2)|publisher=[[UEFA]] |access-date=14 June 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.sitercl.com/Fichejo/J/jemaaiss.htm Career history, stats and pictures of Issam Jemâa]

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