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 Nafti playing for Birmingham City in 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 November 1978 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Toulouse, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Khor SC (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Toulouse | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Toulouse | 28 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Racing B | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Racing Santander | 110 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Birmingham City | 70 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Aris | 32 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Valladolid | 51 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Murcia | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Cádiz | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 364 | (9) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2010 | Tunisia | 46 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Marbella | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Mérida | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Mérida | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Badajoz | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Free | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Lugo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Leganés | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Levante | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Wydad | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Alcorcón | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Al-Khor SC | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Mehdi Nafti (Arabic: مَهْدِيّ النَّفْطِيّ; born 28 November 1978) is a Tunisian football manager and former player.
Nafti played as a defensive midfielder for Toulouse, Racing Santander, Birmingham City, Aris, Valladolid, Murcia and Cádiz. He was born in France, and won 46 caps for Tunisia, representing the nation at the 2006 World Cup and three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
After retiring as a player he went into coaching, working mainly in Spain. He managed Lugo, Leganés and Levante in the Segunda División.