Career
He currently plays for California Bizertin in the Tunisian League. Zaiem started his career by playing with his home town club AS Ariana where he became professional in 2001. After two seasons playing with Ariana in the Tunisian second league, in 2003 he signed with one of the most popular Tunisian clubs, the Sportive de Tunis.
Brough as a prospective young player Zaiem will play with 5 seasons and becoming an important club player.
In early 2009 he decided to move to Arab football, joining First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Khor Sports Club playing in the Qatar Stars League, but in next summer Zaiem will return to Tunisia and wear the shirt number 10 with Club Sportif. During his 2-year spell with, he played the 2010 CAF Confederation Cup final where they lost against FUS Rabat, a 3-2 in aggregate.
After the first match having finished with a 0-0 tie, in the second match while the match was tie 1-1 in the start of the second half Zaiem gave the lead to by scoring a penalty in the 49 minute however the Marrocan club scored two more goals in the second half making the final score of 2-3. In summer 2011 Zaiem signed with Egyptian top league club ENPPI. In the summer 2012 Zaiem signed with Tunisian league club California Bizertin on a two-year contract.
Kamel Zaiem played his first match for the Tunisian national team in 2006.
Whithin the two last seasons with he had started receiving regularly calls, and he was selected for the Tunisian team at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations. By early 2011 he has played 13 matches for Tunisia, having scored twice.