M. Talbi

Montassar Omar Talbi (Arabic: مُنْتَصِر عُمَر الطَّالِبِيّ; born 26 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Lorient. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team.

Club career 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.

International career 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.