Osame Sahraoui (Arabic: أسامة الصحراوي; born 11 June 2001) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Ligue 1 club Lille and the Morocco national team.
.jpg) Sahraoui with Lille in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 June 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lille | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Hauketo | ||
| 2014–2019 | Vålerenga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Vålerenga | 84 | (13) |
| 2023–2024 | Heerenveen | 47 | (9) |
| 2024– | Lille | 10 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2023 | Norway U21 | 13 | (2) |
| 2023 | Norway | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Morocco | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 | |||
Born in Norway to parents of Moroccan descent, he previously played for his country of birth at under-21 and senior levels before subsequently changing his allegiance and making himself available for selection by Morocco.
Club career
editVålerenga
editGrowing up in Hauketo IF, Sahraoui joined Vålerenga's youth system in 2014.[1] Steadily advancing in the junior ranks, he signed his first professional contract in May 2019,[1] then made his senior debut in June 2020 against Stabæk, where he provoked a penalty kick that equalised the match.[2] In July 2020, he signed a contract extension which runs until 2023.[3] On 26 July 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Strømsgodset.[4]
SC Heerenveen
editOn 31 January 2023, Sahraoui signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen.[5] He made his debut for the club the very next game on 4 Februari against FC Utrecht which resulted in a 1–0 defeat.[6]
Lille
editOn 1 August 2024, French Ligue 1 club Lille announced the signing of Sahraoui on a five-year contract.[7]
International career
editBorn in Norway, Sahraoui is of Moroccan descent. He was previously called up to a training camp for Morocco youth national teams.[8]
On 8 October 2021, Sahraoui gained his first cap for the Norway U21 in a match against Croatia.[9]
In August 2023, Sahraoui received his first call-up to the Norway senior national team by head coach Ståle Solbakken, for a friendly match against Jordan and a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Georgia.[10]
Personal life
editHe was born and raised in Oslo, where his parents moved to from the city of Al Hoceima in northern Morocco.
Sahraoui's uncle, Mohammed Fellah, is a former professional footballer.[11]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vålerenga | 2020 | Eliteserien | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 5 | ||
| 2021 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 6 | ||||
| Total | 84 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 91 | 13 | |||
| Heerenveen | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 2[c] | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 9 | 3 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 52 | 9 | |||
| Lille | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[d] | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |
| Career total | 141 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 156 | 22 | ||
- ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, KNVB Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
edit- As of match played 15 October 2024[14]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
| Morocco | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 2 | 0 | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Viser at de satser på meg". Vålerenga (in Norwegian Bokmål). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "– Kommer det en mulighet til, så tar jeg selvfølgelig den". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 22 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Stortalentet forlenger med Vålerenga!". Vålerenga (in Norwegian). 22 July 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Wahl, Stian André de (26 July 2020). "Vålerenga slo Strømsgodset etter Sahraoui-show: - Klasse". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Osame Sahraoui kiest voor sc Heerenveen". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ tres.nl, TRES-. "Debutantenfeestje levert geen resultaat op tegen FC Utrecht". sc Heerenveen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "L'attaquant international norvégien Osame Sahraoui rejoint le LOSC" (in French). Lille OSC. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "- Viser at de satser på meg" (in Norwegian). Vålerenga Fotball. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Kroatia – Norge – 08.10.2021 18.00". fotball.no – Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Norges tropp mot Jordan og Georgia" [Norway's squad against Jordan and Georgia] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ Giæver, Jonas (5 September 2022). "Bekrefter storklubbens interesse". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ "Osame Sahraoui". altomfotball.no. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Osame Sahraoui at Soccerway
- ^ "Osame Sahraoui". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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