Nassim Ben Khalifa

Grasshoppers

Ben Khalifa started playing football with local team Nyon, Gland and Lausanne-Sport before joining Grasshoppers after being recommended by Stéphane Chapuisat and this was the start of his professional career. Ben Khalifa made his debut with Grasshoppers in the Swiss Super League on 7 March 2009, at the age of 17, where he played the last 11 minutes in the game against FC Sion. He scored his first Super League goal in his fourth game, on 19 July 2009, also against Sion. Until he left Grasshopper at the end of the 2009–10 season, Ben Khalifa played a total of 28 league matches and scored eight goals. The club would find themselves in the financial difficulties and would need to sell him. As a result of moving, the sale of Ben Khalifa helps the club solve their financial difficulties.

Wolfsburg

On 19 February 2010, he signed a four-year contract with VfL Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga and joined his new club on 1 July 2010. He attracted interest from Premier League club Arsenal and Serie A side Inter Milan, but Wolfsburg managed to beat both clubs to sign him. However, he has never played for Wolfsburg in a Bundesliga game. Ben Khalifa spent the first half of the 2010–11 season, playing in the club's reserve, where he made his debut, in a 4–2 win over Türkiyemspor Berlin on 20 August 2010. Ben Khalifa made six appearances scoring two goals against Magdeburg on 19 September 2010 and Oberneuland on 1 October 2010. He later stated about playing…

Ben Khalifa has played for Swiss youth squads at various levels from U-15 to U-18. He has participated at the U-17 European Championships in 2008 in Turkey and in 2009 in Germany as well as at the Under-17 World Cup in 2009 in Nigeria, where he was awarded the "Silver Ball" trophy for the second best player of the tournament. At the age of only 18, he made his debut for the Swiss U-21 squad on 26 May 2010 against Turkey. For the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa he was on Switzerland's reserve list (30 players), but did not make it into the final 23-man squad. His first appearance for the Swiss national team was on 11 August 2010 against Austria. He remains available to represent Tunisia, having never competed in any major tournament for Switzerland.

Ben Khalifa is of Tunisian origin. His native languages are Arabic and French, and he learned English and German at school.

Grasshopper

Swiss Cup: 2012–13 ES Tunis

Tunisian League: 2020–21, 2021–22 Tunisian Super Cup: 2020–21 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

J.League Cup: 2022 Switzerland U-17

FIFA U-17 World Cup: 2009 Individual

U17 Silver Ball: 2009