Änis Ben-Hatira

Änis Ben-Hatira (born 18 July 1988) is a German football player. He plays for Hertha BSC and the Tunisia national football team.

Änis Ben-Hatira

Ben-Hatira in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-07-18) 18 July 1988
Place of birth	West Berlin, West Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hertha BSC II
Number	10
Youth career
1994–1995	Reinickendorfer Füchse
1995–2003	Hertha BSC
2003–2006	Tennis Borussia Berlin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2011	Hamburger SV II	51	(16)
2007–2011	Hamburger SV	29	(3)
2009	→ MSV Duisburg (loan)	13	(2)
2009–2010	→ MSV Duisburg (loan)	16	(1)
2011–2016	Hertha BSC	70	(14)
2011–2016	Hertha BSC II	5	(2)
2016	Eintracht Frankfurt	9	(1)
2016–2017	Darmstadt 98	11	(1)
2017	Gaziantepspor	14	(2)
2017–2018	Espérance Tunis	8	(1)
2019–2020	Budapest Honvéd	20	(4)
2020	Karlsruher SC	11	(1)
2021	AEL	11	(0)
2022	Berliner AK 07	10	(2)
2022–2023	US Monastir	4	(0)
2023–	Hertha BSC II	0	(0)
National team‡
2007–2008	Germany U19	8	(4)
2007–2008	Germany U20	6	(0)
2009–2010	Germany U21	9	(1)
2012–2016	Tunisia	12	(1)
Honours Men's football Representing Germany UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner 2009 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:00, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Born in Berlin, Ben-Hatira started playing for Berlin Reinickendorf, before going to Tennis Borussia Berlin. Soon, he was signed by Hamburger SV in 2006. He played a little for West Ham United, but he stayed with Hamburger SV, He went on a loan in 2009 to MSV Duisburg and stayed for the season. In 2011, he moved to Hertha BSC.

After playing for the Germany national youth football team, he was called up by the Tunisia national football team. He made his debut against Peru in a friendly match.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 3 April 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hamburger SV II	2005–06	Regionalliga Nord	14	2	—		—		14	2
	2006–07	Regionalliga Nord	11	5	—		—		11	5
	2007–08	Regionalliga Nord	13	2	—		—		13	2
	2008–09	Regionalliga Nord	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2010–11	Regionalliga Nord	12	7	—		—		12	7
	Total		51	16	—		—		51	16
Hamburger SV	2006–07	Bundesliga	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2007–08	Bundesliga	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2008–09	Bundesliga	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	2009–10	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	2010–11	Bundesliga	18	3	0	0	—		18	3
	2011–12	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		29	3	0	0	2	0	31	3
MSV Duisburg (loan)	2008–09	2. Bundesliga	13	2	0	0	—		13	2
	2009–10	2. Bundesliga	16	1	2	0	—		18	1
	Total		29	3	2	0	—		31	3
Hertha BSC	2011–12	Bundesliga	16	3	2	0	2	1	20	4
	2012–13	2. Bundesliga	18	4	1	2	—		19	6
	2013–14	Bundesliga	21	3	1	0	—		22	3
	2014–15	Bundesliga	15	4	1	0	—		16	4
	2015–16	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		70	14	5	2	2	1	77	17
Hertha BSC II	2011–12	Regionalliga Nord	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2015–16	Regionalliga Nordost	3	2	—		—		3	2
	Total		5	2	—		—		5	2
Eintracht Frankfurt	2015–16	Bundesliga	9	1	0	0	2	0	11	1
Darmstadt 98	2016–17	Bundesliga	11	1	0	0	—		11	1
Gaziantepspor	2016–17	Süper Lig	14	2	0	0	—		14	2
Espérance Tunis	2017–18	Tunisian Ligue 1	8	1	0	0	—		8	1
Budapest Honvéd	2018–19	NB I	12	3	1	0	—		13	3
	2019–20	NB 1	8	1	0	0	—		8	1
	Total		20	4	1	0	—		21	4
Karlsruher SC	2019–20	2. Bundesliga	11	1	0	0	—		11	1
AE Larissa	2020–21	Super League Greece	8	0	1	0	—		9	0
Career total			265	48	7	2	6	1	278	51

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Tunisia	2012	6	0
	2013	2	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	2	0
	2016	2	1
Total		12	1

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ben-Hatira goal.

List of international goals scored by Änis Ben-Hatira

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 October 2016	Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia	Guinea	2–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Hertha BSC

• 2. Bundesliga: 2012–13

Germany U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2009