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{{short description|Tunisian former footballer}}
'''Sabeur Trabelsi''' ({{langx|ar|صابر طرابلسي}}) (born 18 February 1978) is a Tunisian former [[football (soccer)|footballer]] who last played for [[Chatham Town F.C.|Chatham Town]].

Trabelsi previously played for [[Étoile Sportive du Sahel]]. Prior to the 2006–07 season he signed non-contract terms with [[Sittingbourne FC|Sittingbourne]] in the English [[Isthmian League Division One South]]. Trabelsi signed for Chatham Town in February 2008.

He was a member of the [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisian]] [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic]] football team, who exited in the first round, finishing third in group C, behind group and gold medal winners [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] and [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Sabeur Trabelsi Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/sabeur-trabelsi-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060943/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/sabeur-trabelsi-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|accessdate=2009-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{FIFA player|213414|Sabeur Trabelsi}}</ref>

==Personal life and legal issues==
In June 2023, Trabelsi was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of [[manslaughter]] and [[perverting the course of justice]]. The conviction followed the death of Jason Page, 51, whom Trabelsi fatally struck while working as a security guard at a [[Marks & Spencer]] store in [[Lower Earley]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], on 31 March 2021.  

Mr. Page, who had stolen meat and beer with an accomplice, fell and sustained a fatal head injury after being hit, dying in hospital the next day. The judge, Amjad Nawaz, told Trabelsi that by "lashing out in the way that you did, you must have intended some harm or were reckless to the harm caused." The court also heard that Trabelsi gave police an "untruthful account" of events following the incident.  

During sentencing, Judge Nawaz said members of the public expected a higher level of restraint from someone working in security, and that Trabelsi’s actions had "catastrophic consequences." Marks & Spencer issued a statement offering condolences to Mr. Page’s family and friends.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lower Earley security guard jailed for killing food shoplifter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-65877324 |work=BBC News |date=12 June 2023 |access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{WorldFootball.net|saber-trabelsi}}

{{Tunisia men's football squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1978 births]]
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[[Category:Tunisian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for Tunisia]]
[[Category:Étoile Sportive du Sahel players]]
[[Category:Sittingbourne F.C. players]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Olympique du Kef players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England]]
[[Category:People convicted of manslaughter]]
[[Category:Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales]]

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