Montassar Talbi

Born in France, Talbi began playing football with the youth academies of Paris FC and Les Lilas. His family had to move back to Tunisia, and at the age of 12 Talbi moved to the academy of Espérance de Tunis, and moved up through the youth levels. Talbi made his professional debut with ES Tunis in a 0–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 tie with CSS on 2 April 2017. On 20 June 2018, Talbi signed with Çaykur Rizespor in the Turkish Süper Lig. On 9 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan. On 18 July 2022, Talbi signed a five-year contract with Lorient in France.

Talbi is a youth international for the Tunisia 23s and made his debut in a 2–0 friendly loss to the Italy 23s on 15 October 2018. He debuted with the senior Tunisia national team in a 2–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Equatorial Guinea on 28 March 2021. He was later included for the squad of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup, despite not being released by the Russian club. He reunited with the team following Rubin's 2–0 away defeat to Krylia Sovetov Samara and made his debut in the cup in the semi-finals against Egypt, which was won by Tunisia 1–0.

Club

As of match played 17 May 2026

International

As of match played 25 June 2026

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.

Espérance de Tunis

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 2016–17, 2017–18 Arab Club Champions Cup: 2017 Lorient

Ligue 2: 2024–25 Tunisia

Kirin Cup: 2022 FIFA Arab Cup runner-up: 2021 Individual

Tunisian Footballer of the Year: 2023 UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2024–25