Marouane Fellaini

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Marouane Fellaini
Fellaini, Everton FC.jpg
Personal information
Full name Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui[1]
Date of birth 22 November 1987 (1987-11-22) (age 24)
Place of birth Etterbeek, Belgium
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in) [2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Everton
Number 25
Youth career
1994–1997 Anderlecht
1997–2000 Mons
2000–2002 R. Francs Borains
2002–2004 Sporting Charleroi
2004–2006 Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2008 Standard Liège 64 (9)
2008– Everton 92 (12)
National team‡
2007– Belgium 31 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:21, 1 February 2012 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui (born 22 November 1987) is a Belgian footballer who plays for Everton and the Belgium national football team. Born in Etterbeek to Moroccan parents, Fellaini played youth football for Mons, R. Francs Borains and Sporting Charleroi before joining Standard Liège. After winning the Belgian First Division and the Ebony Shoe whilst a Liège player, he moved to England to join Everton. At Everton he was the club's Young player of the Season for 2008–09, when the club were losing finalists in the FA Cup.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

Born in Etterbeek, Brussels, Fellaini began playing football at the age of 7 for Anderlecht. In his first season at Anderlecht's Academy, he scored 26 goals and in his second he scored 37. He was at the club's academy until the age of 10 when he joined Mons. Three years later, he joined R. Francs Borains before leaving the club when he signed for Sporting Charleroi. At the age of 17, he signed his first permanent contract with Standard Liège. Between 2006 and 2008, he made 84 appearances for the club, scoring 11 times.[3] He is known for his heading ability and stamina, which made him one of the best box-to-box midfielders in the Belgian First Division and resulted in him winning the Ebony Shoe in 2008,[4] an award given to the best player of the season of African descent.

[edit] Everton

Fellaini playing for Everton

After rejected advances from Manchester United[5] and following reported interest from Aston Villa,[6] Real Madrid, Tottenham and Bayern Munich,[7] Fellaini signed for Everton in September 2008 on a five-year deal from Standard Liège for an initial transfer fee of £15 million (a record for a Belgian player and a club record for Everton).[8] He made his Everton debut in a 3–2 away victory at Stoke City on 14 September 2008,[9] and scored his first goal for the team against Newcastle United in a 2–2 home draw on 5 October 2008.[10] At the end of the 2008–09 season Fellaini was named Everton's Young Player of the Season.[11]

In his time in England he has become well known for his large "afro" hair, becoming a cult hero with Everton fans regularly sporting afro wigs as a homage to Fellaini.[12] Fellaini was deployed as a Second striker during the 2008–09 season, when Everton had all of their forwards out injured, usually playing behind another midfielder being used as an attacker, Tim Cahill.[citation needed] Later Fellaini reverted to play in his favoured defensive midfield area. His performances in late 2009 and early 2010 became so impressive that David Moyes labelled him "as good as anyone in the league", and he re-iterated this after Fellaini won Man of the Match against Manchester City on January 16.[13][14] Fellaini was stretchered off in the 34th minute of the Merseyside Derby on 6 February after a two footed tackle by Sotirios Kyrgiakos, ruling him out for the rest of the 2009–10 season.[13]

Fellaini suffered an ankle injury in an FA Cup replay victory against Chelsea in February 2011 and although he was able to play in a 2–0 win against Sunderland a week later, the injury caused him to miss the remainder of the 2010–11 season.[citation needed] He did not play a competitive match until August 2011, when he appeared as a substitute in a 1–0 loss to Queens Park Rangers at Goodison Park.[citation needed] In November 2011 he signed a new five-year contract with Everton.[15]

[edit] International career

Fellaini with Belgium in 2008
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Eligible to play for either Belgium or Morocco, Fellaini he chose to represent the country of his birth from youth level upwards. He represented the U-23 team at the 2008 Olympics and achieved 4th place, losing to Brazil.

His senior team debut was made in February 2007, and his first goal for the senior team came in a 2–1 defeat against Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualification.[16]

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2007–03–24 Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels  Portugal 1–1 1–2 2008 Euro Qualifying
2 2008–10–11 Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels  Armenia 2–0 2–0 2010 World Cup Qualifying
3 2009–11–15 Jules Ottenstadion, Ghent  Hungary 1–0 3–0 Friendly
4 2010–10–12 Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels  Austria 2–2 4–4 2012 Euro Qualifying
5 2011–10–11 Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf  Germany 1–3 1–3 2012 Euro Qualifying

[edit] Personal life

Fellaini was born to Moroccan parents from Tangier and brought up in Brussels.[17] His father, Abdellatif, was a former goalkeeper for Raja Casablanca and Hassania Agadir who signed for Racing Mechelen but was unable to play as his former Moroccan club refused to release his paperwork. Instead of returning home, he opted to become a bus driver for STIB.[18]

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Club

As of match played 31 January 2012.
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2006–07 Standard Liege Belgian First Division 30 3 7 1 - 3 0 40 4
2007–08 31 6 5 1 - 3 0 39 7
2008–09 3 0 - - 2 0 5 0
Standard Liege 64 9 12 2 - 6 0 82 11
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2008–09 Everton Premier League 30 8 4 1 1 0 - 35 9
2009–10 23 2 2 0 2 0 7 1 34 3
2010–11 20 1 3 1 2 1 - 25 3
2011–12 19 1 2 1 3 1 - 24 3
Everton 92 12 11 3 8 2 7 1 118 18
Career Total 156 21 23 5 8 2 13 1 200 29

[edit] Honours

[edit] Standard Liège

Winner

[edit] Everton

Runners-Up

  • Young Player of the Season – 2008/09

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Statistics" (PDF). Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/c2/3b/0,,12306~146370,00.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-21. 
  2. ^ [w.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~44293,00.html "Premier League Player Profile"]. Premier League. w.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~44293,00.html. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
  3. ^ "Players: Squad Profiles: Marouane Fellaini". www.evertonfc.com. http://evertonfc.com/player-profile/marouane-fellaini. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 
  4. ^ "Ebbenhouten Schoen voor Marouane Fellaini". www.hln.be. 2008-04-28. http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1325/Standard/article/detail/259456/2008/04/28/Ebbenhouten-Schoen-voor-Marouane-Fellaini.dhtml. Retrieved 2008-09-02.  (Dutch)
  5. ^ "Richardson could quit United". SkySports.com. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11667_2492890,00.html. Retrieved 2009-05-22. 
  6. ^ Aston Villa weigh up move for Standard Liege star Marouane Fellaini Daily Mirror, 29 August 2008
  7. ^ Premier League – Toffees' Fellaini bid comes unstuck Eurosport, 25 March 2008
  8. ^ Marouane Fellaini signs for Everton Everton FC, 2 September 2008
  9. ^ Marouane Fellaini career stats at Soccerbase
  10. ^ Barder, Russell (2008-10-05). "Everton 2–2 Newcastle". BBC Sport Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7639486.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-30. 
  11. ^ King, Dominic (2009-05-23). "Fulham FC v Everton FC: Young gun to marked man for Fellaini". Liverpool Echo. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2009/05/23/young-gun-to-marked-man-for-fellaini-100252-23692567/. Retrieved 2009-05-28. 
  12. ^ "How Fellaini became Everton's mane man". BBC Sport. 28 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8047494.stm. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 
  13. ^ a b "Is Marouane hair to stay?". The Football Project. 18 November 2011. http://thefootballproject.net/2011/11/18/is-marouane-here-to-stay/. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 
  14. ^ "Fellaini shows up sorry Robinho". BBC Sport. 16 January 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philmcnulty/2010/01/david_moyes_demonstrated_a_sur.html. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 
  15. ^ "Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini pens long-term contract". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15773932.stm. Retrieved December 11, 2011. 
  16. ^ "Marouane Fellaini". www.transfermarkt.co.uk. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/marouane-fellaini/besondere-spiele/spieler_39679.html. Retrieved January 19, 2012. 
  17. ^ "Collins' calling - Scotland on Sunday". Scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com. http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/international/Collins39-calling.4812160.jp. Retrieved 2010-06-16. 
  18. ^ Marouane Fellaini prêt pour le top 10 européen? Bladi, 26 March 2008 (French)

[edit] External links
Everton F.C. – current squad
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