Rachid Ofrany (born 17 January 1987) is a Dutch-Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a right winger.

Rachid Ofrany
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-01-17) 17 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Roermond, Netherlands
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Swift'36
VVV-Venlo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 VVV-Venlo 82 (9)
2009–2010AGOVV (loan) 21 (2)
2011–2012 Fortuna Sittard 1 (0)
Total 104 (11)
International career
2006–2007 Netherlands U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Ofrany started playing football with Swift'36 from his hometown, Roermond. He was admitted to VVV-Venlo's youth team from a young age, and played for all youth teams, until reaching the first team in summer 2006.

In the 2006–07 season, Ofrany made his debut for VVV on 11 August 2006 in the match against FC Eindhoven. The game ended 1–1, with Ofrany playing all 90 minutes. Shortly after the match, he was offered a professional contract with the club with him signing until 2010. VVV promoted to the Eredivisie, and he had a memorable moment in that season. In the 2–2 match against Ajax, he scored a lob from the half-way line in the 57th minute.

On 26 July 2009, it was announced that Ofrany moved to AGOVV on loan.[1] After his return to VVV, he suffered a double fracture in his leg at the end of October 2010.[2] He never fully recovered from this. In 2011, Ofrany left VVV.[3] After a short period at Fortuna Sittard and unsuccessful trials in Thailand, Indonesia and Morocco, Ofrany decided to retire permanently from professional football in 2013.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "VVV-Venlo laat Ofrany ervaring opdoen in Apeldoorn". VI. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Dubbele beenbreuk VVV'er Ofrany". nos.nl (in Dutch). 25 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Ofrany op amateurbasis naar Fortuna". L1 (in Dutch). 1 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Ofrany op proef in Thailand". www.voetbalprimeur.nl (in Dutch). 13 June 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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