Mohamed Dräger (; born 25 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Espérance de Tunis. Born in Germany, he plays for the Tunisia national team.
Club career Born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, to a German father and Tunisian mother, Dräger played his youth football with local Freiburg Police Sports Club and in 2009 he moved to the youth department of SC Freiburg. With the club's A youth team, he won the DFB-Pokal youth Cup in 2014. They won the final with an 8–7 win on penalties against FC Schalke 04, with Dräger being one of the successful penalty takers. After being the most dangerous player in the Freiburg youth team in the 2014–15 A-Junior Bundesliga with 15 goals during that season, he advanced to their second team in 2015. In the 2016–17 season, they managed direct promotion back to the Regionalliga Südwest as the Baden-Württemberg league champion. Dräger played mainly for the second team, but he made his professional debut for SC Freiburg on 27 July 2017, in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match against Slovenian club Domžale, coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute for Mike Frantz.
In 2018, Dräger joined SC Paderborn on a two-year loan. In September 2020, he joined Greek club Olympiacos on a transfer fee in the range of €1 million.
On 31 August 2021, Dräger joined EFL Championship side Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee. On 2 February 2022, Dräger moved on loan to Swiss Super League club Luzern, with an option to buy. After the loan period, Luzern did not pull the option.
On 25 August 2023, FC Basel announced they had signed Dräger on a three-year contract. He joined Basel's first team for their 2023–24 season under head coach Timo Schultz. Dräger played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 3 September as Basel played a 2–2 draw with Zürich. He scored his first goal for his new team in the home game on 5 November 2023 as Basel won 2–1 against Yverdon.
On 30 January 2025, Dräger signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Eintracht Braunschweig in 2. Bundesliga.
On 11 January 2026, Dräger moved to Espérance de Tunis in Tunisia for two and a half seasons.
International career Dräger made his debut for the Tunisia national team on 20 November 2018, in a friendly against Morocco, as a 79th-minute substitute for Naïm Sliti, and scored on 13 October 2020 his first goal in a 1–1 friendly game draw away to Nigeria. In November 2022, Dräger was named in Tunisia's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSC Freiburg U172012–13Under 17 Bundesliga267———267SC Freiburg U192013–14Under 19 Bundesliga22150——2712014–15Under 19 Bundesliga241510——2515Total461660——5216SC Freiburg II2014–15Regionalliga40———402015–16Regionalliga181———1812016–17Oberliga Baden-Württemberg202———2022017–18Regionalliga268———268Total6811———6811SC Freiburg2017–18Bundesliga200010—30SC Paderborn (loan)2018–192. Bundesliga32040——3602019–20Bundesliga18100——181Total50140——541Olympiacos2020–21Super League Greece801010—100Nottingham Forest2021–22Championship0000——00Nottingham Forest B2021–22Premier League 220———20Luzern (loan)2021–22Swiss Super League19321——2142022–23Swiss Super League31320——333Total50641——547Basel2023–24Swiss Super League20230——2322024–25Swiss Super League1000——10Total21230——242Eintracht Braunschweig2024–252. Bundesliga50———502025–262. Bundesliga0000——00Total5000——52Eintracht Braunschweig II2025–26Oberliga Niedersachsen110———110Espérance de Tunis2025–26Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1600040—1002026–27Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 12000000020Total80004000120Career total29743181600032144
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsTunisia20181020191202020312021822022120202330Total393
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dräger goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Mohamed DrägerNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition113 October 2020Jacques Lemans Arena, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria1–11–1Friendly225 March 2021Benina Martyrs Stadium, Benghazi, Libya3–15–22021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification316 November 2021Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia2–03–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Honours Olympiacos Super League Greece: 2020–21
Basel Swiss Super League: 2024–25
Espérance de Tunis Tunisian Cup: 2025–26
Tunisia FIFA Arab Cup runner-up: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations fourth place: 2019
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